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Jafar Panahi Says He Will Return to Iran After Oscar Season to Serve His Prison Sentence
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Netflix Puts Down “Mostly Cash Offer” in Latest Bid to Acquire Warner Bros.
Trailer for Spielberg’s UFO Movie Releases This Month
Did S. Craig Zahler Ghostwrite Armie Hammer’s “Comeback Movie,” ‘Frontier Crucible’?
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Aug 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
Aug 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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Jafar Panahi Says He Will Return to Iran After Oscar Season to Serve His Prison Sentence

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Panahi is now says that he won’t seek asylum in any country and in fact plans to return to Tehran to serve his jail sentence after Oscar season concludes. A brave man.

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Quentin Tarantino Teases Animated ‘Vega Brothers’ Movie

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tarantino’s career is filled with “what ifs,” unrealized projects that almost happened but didn’t. The most famous may indeed be “The Vega Brothers.”

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Netflix Puts Down “Mostly Cash Offer” in Latest Bid to Acquire Warner Bros.

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There could even be a deal finalized before Christmas. The offers are binding, meaning the board can move swiftly and approve an agreement if it meets their objectives.

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Trailer for Spielberg’s UFO Movie Releases This Month

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Spielberg’s UFO film, which has been going by a few working titles — “Disclosure,” “The Dish,” and “Non-View” — will mark the filmmaker’s 30th collaboration with composer John Williams.

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Did S. Craig Zahler Ghostwrite Armie Hammer’s “Comeback Movie,” ‘Frontier Crucible’?

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Frontier Crucible” is directed by Travis Mills, and the script was apparently, and officially, written by one Harry Whitington, who died in 1989 and wrote the 1961 novel the film is based on.

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Jafar Panahi Sentenced to One Year in Prison and Banned From Leaving Iran

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Panahi’s sentencing comes months after his recent Palme d’Or win. The director had previously faced a travel ban, periods of detention, and was often forced to shoot films under tight restrictions in Iran.

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Kristen Stewart Setting Up Her Next Directorial Effort: Plans Shoot in “Next Couple of Months"

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Stewart has strongly hinted that directing will now be a central focus for her, admitting there are “10 more movies I want to make f*cking yesterday.”

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Panos Cosmatos' ‘Flesh of the Gods’ Still Can't Secure the Money to Shoot, Despite A-List Cast

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac, and Elizabeth Olsen are attached to star in “Flesh of the Gods,” a vampire thriller to be directed by Panos Cosmatos (“Mandy”).

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Josh Safdie’s ‘Marty Supreme’ is One of the Best Films of the Year — Timothée Chalamet Has Never Been Better

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Watching this film, it becomes clear who was the driving force behind the Safdies’ unique vision, which has resulted in films like “Heaven Knows What,” “Good Time,” and “Uncut Gems.”

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Lilly Wachowski on the Right-Wing Hijack of ‘The Matrix’ Red Pill: “This Is What Fascism Does”

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lilly Wachowski is asked about co-directing 1999’s “The Matrix,” and how the right has basically hijacked the “red pill” movement for their own benefit.

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Shawn Levy Says He’s Been “Forced” To Rewrite and Reshoot ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Ending

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Why in the world would Levy even admit this? Now there are countless speculative think pieces questioning what’s going on with ‘Starfighter.’

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David Lowery’s ‘Mother Mary’ Finally Has A Release Date — Trailer Tomorrow

December 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Three posters for the film dropped this morning, stamped “In Theaters April.” A trailer arrives tomorrow, and I’ll share more about the film once it’s out.

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Scarlett Johansson Defends Woody Allen: “It’s Important to Stand Up for What You Believe In”

November 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Scarlett Johansson, one of the world’s most recognizable movie stars, has publicly defended Woody Allen, the director she collaborated with on three films.

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Box Office: ‘Zootopia 2’ Debuts With $560M Worldwide Over 5-Day Weekend

November 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

What’s even more remarkable about these numbers is that “Zootopia 2” only earned $156M domestically, which means $400M internationally, including a record-breaking $272M in China alone.

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‘Dune: Part Three’ May Shift Release Date as Venice Premiere Becomes “Possibility”

November 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Watch out for “Dune: Part Three” to potentially hit theaters earlier than scheduled. An October or November switch would make a lot of sense, especially with the film having wrapped its shoot last month.

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Jodie Foster Wonders Why ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Wasn't an 8-Hour Limited Series

November 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Foster, who recently starred in HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country,” uses that show as an example of the “beauty of having a limited series” by “expanding” on a story.

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All Of A Sudden’ Will Have A 3-Hour Runtime

November 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Set for release next year, with no doubt a Cannes premiere in mind, Virginie Efira says that Hamaguchi’s Paris-shot film has “astonishing formal choices.”

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‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Grosses $2.5M on 600 Screens This Weekend

November 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Just to compare, “Glass Onion,” the previous ‘Knives Out’ film released in 2022, opened on 696 screens and earned $13M. So that’s a steep drop for the third instalment.

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Quentin Tarantino Says “Scorsese Hasn’t Made a Film as Exciting as Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ This Century”

November 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tarantino praised “West Side Story” (#20) for being the film that re-energized Spielberg as a filmmaker. Tarantino added: “This is the one where Steven shows he still has it.”

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Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ Eyes Cannes 2026 as Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve Lead His Norway-Set Drama

November 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

For Mungiu, “Fjord” will be his sixth film, following a career that has established him as one of the most important voices in modern European cinema.

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