Steven Spielberg‘s Oskar Schindler almost looked vastly different. The auteur’s Oscar-winning 1994 film “Schindler’s List” was led by Liam Neeson, who portrayed the real-life German businessman who saved more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazis during World War II. However, according to CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz, Mel Gibson was briefly considered for the title role. “Mel Gibson’s name came up. …
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Jason Reitman and a coalition of 35 other filmmakers have together acquired one of Los Angeles’ most historic and iconic movie palaces. The group together are the new owners and caretakers of the Village Theater in LA’s Westwood neighborhood. The 93-year-old theater, which is a block from the UCLA campus and continues to host many studio premieres every month and …
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Paul Schrader is now in his “post-dying” era. After the Oscar-winning screenwriter shared his health ailments during the pandemic, Schrader recently revealed a new script he is working on. Schrader teased the project in a Q&A following a screening of “Patty Hearst” at the Roxy Cinema in New York City, hosted by Screen Slate (in the below video). “I was …
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The recently announced Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery sports streaming service isn’t exactly going over like gangbusters with much of the industry — and possibly not with the government. Fubo is the first to sue, though it may not be the last. On February 20, Fubo TV Inc., which bills itself as “the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform,” …
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While film awards have mostly been steady as they go, despite the WGA and SAG strikes last year, the TV awards timeline has been tied in absolute knots to the point where one deserves an award for even being able to guess which season of a show is in contention. Normally, an announcement like the 2024 WGA Awards nominations would …
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At a time when the star system has started to fade and movie studios are blandly reasserting themselves as the true auteurs of Hollywood cinema, a soft-spoken British director with a flair for puzzles and a fiendish penchant for scarves has somehow become one of the most famous pop artists on the planet. In less than two decades, Christopher Nolan …
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Cate Blanchett is back in a wig and a franchise, following her iconic “Thor: Ragnarok” campiness. The Oscar winner and “Tár” lead actress transforms into vigilante Lilith for Eli Roth‘s star-studded “Borderlands” video-game adaptation. Blanchett’s character is an infamous outlaw who returns to her home planet of Pandora on a mission to track down the missing daughter of the universe’s …
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Natalie Portman is thankful that the state of cinema is shifting among younger viewers. While auteurs are split between lamenting the golden years of Hollywood and celebrating reaching new audiences by way of streaming, Oscar-winning actress/producer Portman is reflecting on how her own stardom has shifted due to the latest forms of entertainment. “The striking thing has been the decline …
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On July 26, 2020, Letterboxd user “M” posted a review of experimental filmmaker Charlie Shackleton’s 2016 film “Paint Drying” that made no reference to the film itself. “I was doing so good about watching new movies for a couple weeks, now I’m having a hard time even getting through rewatches,” M wrote at the time. “Don’t know what’s going on. Just want …
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Sally Potter is taking her “Rage” to Instagram. IndieWire can exclusively reveal that the lauded British filmmaker will release her iconic 2009 film in a series of Instagram posts beginning on February 23. “Rage” was the first full-length feature film specifically designed to be watched on mobile phones. Shot in a vertical format as a series of to-camera monologues, the …
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