Bill Simmons on Making Sure Celtics City Doc Isn’t ‘an Infomercial’
Bill Simmons is a lifelong Boston Celtics fan who grew up going to games with his dad. A love of the Celtics, especially when he grew up rooting for the team through the hot-streak '80s, planted seeds...
View ArticleElric Kane on 20 Films That Inspired His Dating-App Horror Film The Dead Thing
As someone who has been discussing and recommending films on my two podcasts (Fangoria's Colors of the Dark and the New Beverly Cinema's Pure Cinema Podcast) for the last decade, I shouldn’t have...
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Jean Luc Herbulot and Hus Miller on Shooting Zero in Senegal
Writer-director Jean Luc Herbulot and actor-writer-producer Hus Miller wanted the freedom to take risks with their scrappy action-thriller, Zero. So they decided to shoot it in Dakar, Senegal, where...
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To Make ‘Toots,’ My Sensitive Film About Aging, I Needed the Perfect Fart Noise
Chris Evans is a Shreveport, Louisiana-based filmmaker whose latest film, "toots." is on a festival run that has recently included the Sedona International Film Festival and El Dorado Film Festival....
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Did Bong Hoon Ho’s Mickey 17 Predict the Trump Assassination Attempt?
Spoiler Warning: The following contains spoilers about Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-Ho, out today. There’s a moment in Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 when Mark Ruffalo’s Trump-like character is grazed by a bullet...
View ArticleYoung Guns 3: Dead or Alive to Shoot in New Mexico, 35 Years After Young Guns 2
The Young Guns aren't as young anymore, but they're reuniting for Young Guns 3: Dead or Alive, which will shoot in New Mexico and bring together Emilio Estevez, Lou Diamond Phillips and Christian...
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12 Jaw-Dropping Pixar Jokes That Are 100% for Adults
Here are 12 jaw-dropping Pixar jokes clearly aimed at moms and dads and grandparents, not kids. Mia and Tia (Cars, 2006) Mia and Tia flash their headlights in Cars. Pixar. - Credit: C/O There's no...
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Making Pilgrim for $5,000 Was a Family Affair
Pilgrim, directed by the father-daughter team of Doug and Scout Purdy, just made its world premiere at Cinequest. In this piece, part of our Films at Any Budget series, Doug Purdy explain how they...
View ArticleLook Up: The Importance of Watching Movies in Movie Theaters
Rechna Varma is a filmmaker and associate professor of Professional Practice in Cinematic Arts at the University of Miami. Do Not Disturb, the fifth film she has produced was released theatrically...
View ArticleNew The Daniels Film Among Recipients in Largest Round of California Film and...
The Daniels' followup to the Best Picture winning Everything Everywhere All at Once is among the 51 projects announced under the latest round of the California Film & Television Tax Credit...
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13 Old SNL Characters They Wouldn’t Do Today
Saturday Night Live has five decades of incredible SNL characters and sketches. But the ones on this list probably won’t turn up in all the 50th anniversary retrospectives. But First The original SNL...
View ArticlePaul Thomas Anderson Returns With Leonardo DiCaprio and a Pregnant Shooter in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u-2yB8GJ-Q The new teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another starts with an arresting visual, and noise: a long-haired Leonardo DiCaprio, nursing a...
View ArticleDemented Mickey Mouse Knockoff Stalks Disney Princess Types in Screamboat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE3TbWfKTMs If you were wondering how far the creators of Screamboat would take their "Steamboat Willie" horror satire, the answer is: Pretty far. A new trailer for...
View ArticleMatt Damon Is Hopeful For a ‘Rounders’ Sequel
After more than 25 years, a sequel to Rounders may be in the works. Matt Damon, who starred as protagonist Mike McDermott, is hopeful for a continuation of the story as are many of those who worked on...
View ArticleLeonardo DiCaprio Doesn’t Know What Time It Is in the One Battle After...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg8AGTyYMBA The new trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another finds Leonardo DiCaprio's anxious revolutionary character, Bob Ferguson, struggling...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival Moving to Boulder — Goodbye, Park City
The Sundance Film Festival, one of the most prestigious film festivals of all, is leaving its longtime home in Park City, Utah and relocating to Boulder, Colorado starting in 2027, the festival...
View ArticleNew Jumanji Film Set For Release in 2026
The Jumanji reboot series has been a major moneymaker for Sony Pictures, with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level raking in over $1.5 billion between them. In the age of...
View ArticleNFMLA’s InFocus: Counter-Ageism Program Includes Tales of Transitions and...
Films about life changes, dinner party disasters and actress Sally Kirkland were among the highlights of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles's recent InFocus: Counter-Ageism program. The festival kicked off...
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Ari Aster’s Eddington: Small-Town Covid Tensions With Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIpxO4KRV98 Covid tensions are running high in the small New Mexico town at the center of Eddington, the new film from writer-director Ari Aster starring Joaquin...
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The 12 Funniest Comedy Movies of the ’90s
These are the 12 funniest comedy movies of the '90s — a list that made us realize the '90s may have been the best ever-decade for comedies. There are many great '90s movies that technically fall into...
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