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Opening Night “The Second Act” (dir. Quentin Dupieux; Out of Competition) Out of Competition “Furiosa” (dir. George Miller) “Horizon: An America Saga” (dir. Kevin Costner) “She’s Got No Name” (dir. Peter Ho-sun Chan) “Rumours” (dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson) In Competition “Megalopoli...

Riffing off of Tee's story A Woman of Independent Means ran for only 10 performances. It was written by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, who was married to Olivier Hailey. Oliver Hailey was also a Broadway playwright - he'd had three plays on Broadway. His three produced plays combined runs.... 3 performa...

I think that might have been for daninwa, but I'll bite. Firstly, I want to emphasize that I am being absolutely genuine when I speak about how happy your enthusiasm for Megalopolis' potential makes me. It's fun to be optimistic, particularly about art. That said... what people will go see have chan...

a) dws, thank you for the post. Very interesting. b) I have to admit I viewed the three big European festivals very distinctly before. Berlin was for English language films before their international release. Cannes was for the titans. Venice was like Cannes on easy mode. c) That said, I wonder if F...

Genuine question: when you compare the length of time a host like Bob Hope takes vs Jimmy Kimmel, is it genuinely that much different?

Fantastic as always. We often talk about the internationalizing of AMPAS as who it can potentially include. We rarely talk about it as who it might exclude because that both seems more fraught and largely unknowable. But I can imagine some performers and filmmakers falling into that cultural gap. It...

I thought it was pretty extraordinary. It tells a more complete story than the first one (yeah, it ends with a To Be Continued type moment, but it felt more natural) and the visuals are wall-to-wall stunners. Villeneuve has complete command of this material and that cinemagicians he employs do stagg...

Wasn't the recent Ari Aster film on that level (expense wise)?

I'm always optimistic to be honest. But I also think I liked 2023's crop slightly less than you.

Only time will tell.

Hmmm.... From previously nominated directors Blitz - Steve McQueen Civil War - Alex Garland Hard Truths - Mike Leigh High and Low - Spike Lee Juror No. 2 - Clint Eastwood The Phoenician Scheme - Wes Anderson Untitled - Paul Thomas Anderson (probably 2025) From others I admire Janet Planet (Annie Bak...

Ruffalo's character may be repulsive, but his acting, despite being over-the-top, is a pleasure to watch. Not for me. Christopher Abbott's character was also repulsive and his was a much better performance. His appearance towards the end were some of the best scenes in the film. Ruffalo was just un...

To more film-centered things: Some pundit commented that the Academy has to go for Nolan -- "They changed the best picture rules for him, and now he reaps the reward". But the point, as I see it, is that no rules needed to be changed: Oppenheimer would be just as prohibitive a favorite in...

Picture: Oppenheimer Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Supp. Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Supp. Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Original Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, ...