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Venice Picks Its Golden Lion Saturday, and the Frontrunner Story Falls Apart on Inspection
Venice awards the Golden Lion on Saturday. Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine is being written up everywhere as the frontrunner, on the strength of a standing ovation nobody can source and an awards conversation about a different prize entirely — while two films in the same competition are rated higher.
September 12, 2026 1:20 am
Toronto Finally Admits It Is a Market, on Government Money That Runs Out
Toronto has been where films get sold for forty years without ever admitting it. On 10 September it admits it: a formal market opens at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, funded by a one-off C$23 million government cheque, pitched partly on the argument that buyers would rather not fly to the United States.
September 11, 2026 1:15 am
Korea Spent Its Biggest Budget Ever on Hope. Na Hong-jin Made More Money With $8 Million.
Na Hong-jin has not released a film since The Wailing in 2016. His return, Hope, opens in the US on 9 September on the biggest budget in Korean cinema history — and has so far taken less money at home than the film he made for a fraction of the price.
September 10, 2026 1:10 am
Ryan Reynolds' Best Reviews in a Decade Depend Entirely on Which Website You Open
Ryan Reynolds' Mayday landed on Apple TV at 88% on Rotten Tomatoes — his best score in about eleven years. On Metacritic the same reviews produce a 60, which is lower than Deadpool. Both numbers are real. Only one of them is being reported.
September 9, 2026 1:15 am
Two Star Wars Films Just Reappeared on Paper. Neither Has a Date.
A trade listing dated 3 September put both Star Wars: New Jedi Order and Dave Filoni's long-dormant crossover film back on paper — the first sign of life from either in about a year. It is not a greenlight, and Lucasfilm has said nothing. But these are the two films Kathleen Kennedy pointedly did not discuss on her way out the door.
September 8, 2026 1:10 am
Tarantino Called Black Hawk Down the Best Film of the Century. Ridley Scott Says No.
Quentin Tarantino called Black Hawk Down the best film of the 21st century. Nine months later, Ridley Scott was asked whether he agreed and said: "No." Then: "I wonder what he was on, because whatever it is, I want some."
September 6, 2026 1:10 am
Spider-Man Needs $45M for the All-Time Record. Its Lead Over Star Wars Is Shrinking.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day sits at $891.5M domestic after five weekends at No. 1. It needs $45.1M more to take the all-time record from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Every outlet is treating that as a formality. The weekend-by-weekend numbers say otherwise.
September 5, 2026 1:20 am
The Lord of the Rings Producer Is Starting a New Fantasy Franchise at 82
Barrie M. Osborne, one of only three producers credited on all three original Lord of the Rings films, is launching a new fantasy franchise called Wars of the Drakons. It is his first producing job in more than a decade, and he is 82.
September 2, 2026 1:35 am
Guy Pearce Says Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2 Shoots Next Year
Guy Pearce has given a timeline for the sequel to 1994's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: cameras in 2027, cinemas in 2028. It will be the first Priscilla film without Terence Stamp alive to see it — and the first with him in it anyway.
September 1, 2026 4:20 am
