3+ hour, 35+ min ago   (609+ words) “Hope,” Na’s first film in ten years — his last one being the exemplary “The Wailing” —is a gloriously messy, blood-soaked sci-fi epic that may become a cult classic despite—or because of—its polarizing nature. The David Corenswet-starring "Mr. Irrelevant…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago   (602+ words) “Hope,” Na’s first film in ten years — his last one being the exemplary “The Wailing” —is a gloriously messy, blood-soaked sci-fi epic that may become a cult classic despite—or because of—its polarizing nature. The David Corenswet-starring "Mr. Irrelevant…...

8+ hour, 19+ min ago   (604+ words) To say it blew the roof off the place would be an understatement. I don't think I've ever seen a Toronto audience — any festival audience — embrace a movie the way they did last night. Marvel killed “Blade,” so now here…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (606+ words) Cohen will portray the title character. "The Popinjay Cavalier" is set to premiere in London's West End in spring 2027. It's being described as a "swashbuckling comedy" set in 1830s Europe Shooting is currently underway in London, with Huppert joined in the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (612+ words) I can confirm that Joel Coen’s “Jack of Spades” is based on Frances Frederica Montrésor’s 1901 novel “The Alien: A Story of Middle Age.” It’s a ghost story. A gothic mystery. Stone and Parker’s “Whitney Springs” still isn’t finished. The budget has…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (696+ words) We’re just 24 days away from its release, yet there doesn’t seem to be much excitement building around this film. The marketing has not worked. This looks like something Eastwood would have released in the aughts? More specifically, in 2005 or 2006, when…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (701+ words) Zeller’s feature debut, “The Father,” was an acclaimed and Oscar-winning film. Many believe he struck out with his sophomore effort, 2022’s critically maligned “The Son.” This is another miss. No surprise, “Practical Magic 2” is not doing well with critics. We…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (626+ words) The problem with “Musk” isn’t that it’s boring. It’s that it’s four hours long and, for much of that runtime, has surprisingly little new to say about Elon Musk. In the Academy’s 97-year history, no documentary has ever been nominated…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (681+ words) Brady Corbet's “The Origin of the World,” his X-Rated epic about "Northern California’s economy" in the 1970s epic, has now started production in South Africa under the working title “SALT FLATS.” Hansen-Løve has a new film — a period piece set in…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (632+ words) The announcement and trailer for A24’s “You Can See Everything,” a 174-minute documentary about Elizabeth Holmes made by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, premiered last night at Telluride. Meier also calls the project a “love story,” which might mean we’re…...