4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (764+ 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, 8+ hour ago   (624+ 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, 17+ hour ago   (553+ 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, 22+ hour ago   (588+ words) John Malkovich, just a day after entering the top of the Best Actor race for his “Wild Horse Nine” performance, was announced to star in a production of “The Music Critic” in Israel next year. Phoenix is set to reunite…...

5+ day, 5+ min ago   (705+ words) Phoenix is set to reunite with Mills on this next film, which is being distributed by A24 and starts shooting January 2027. This will be Phoenix’s first film since “Eddington.” Mulaney will star as wisenheimer Agent Maxwellg Smart. Seth Grahame-Smith (“Now You…...

5+ day, 22+ min ago   (605+ words) Phoenix is set to reunite with Mills on this next film, which is being distributed by A24 and starts shooting January 2027. This will be Phoenix’s first film since “Eddington.” Mulaney will star as wisenheimer Agent Maxwellg Smart. Seth Grahame-Smith (“Now You…...

5+ day, 18+ 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…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (597+ words) Hansen-Løve has a new film — a period piece set in England. “If Love Should Die” will focus on the 18th-century English philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft. This was announced three years ago, and it is finally happening. Venice keeps trudging along. Twelve…...

1+ week, 1+ 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…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (775+ words) Originally, Cregger was reported to be directing “Gladys.” He then dropped out. He was also supposed to co-write the script with Zach Shields, and apparently now he isn’t. The mystery surrounding Telluride’s secret A24 screening now appears to have been solved....