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Wildwood review counts four Laika Oscar nominations, but the studio is five for five
Deadline's London Film Festival review leaves out The Boxtrolls. It also misspells the book illustrator's name and calls Caleb Deschanel new to animation.
October 15, 2026 12:43 pm
San Sebastian gave its Golden Shell to the one competition film three festivals had already shown
San Sebastian gave its Golden Shell to the one film in competition that everybody had already seen. Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care premiered at Telluride on 4 September, played Toronto and New York, and then took three prizes in Spain on Saturday night.
September 28, 2026 3:27 pm
Crocodile Dundee turns 40 and two Australian lists cannot agree where it ranks
Forty years after it opened in America, Crocodile Dundee is still described as the highest-grossing film of all time in Australia. It is not, it never was, and the two bodies that keep the list cannot agree on whether it is 28th or 32nd.
September 26, 2026 10:39 am
A Netflix Series Is Competing for San Sebastian’s Golden Shell, and It Drops Today
Pablo Larrain's Mis muertos tristes is competing for San Sebastian's Golden Shell as a feature. It arrives on Netflix today as four episodes, two days before the jury decides.
September 24, 2026 10:18 am
Martin McDonagh Has Never Won a Golden Lion, and One Live Report Still Says He Just Did
A report published five days ago says Wild Horse Nine won the Golden Lion at Venice. It did not. Martin McDonagh has never won a Golden Lion, and the article is still up with no correction.
September 21, 2026 8:02 am
Fatih Akin Opens San Sebastian With a Festival Record There of Exactly Nothing
San Sebastian opens with Fatih Akin's Ghost Song. He has a Golden Bear, a Cannes screenplay prize and a Venice jury prize — and, at 52, has never once competed for the Golden Shell with a feature.
September 19, 2026 3:49 am
Venice Gave One Film Two Prizes, and the Rulebook Says It Can
Woman Unknown took the Golden Lion and Best Actress at Venice. The 'first woman to win' line now circulating is wrong by six predecessors, and the double award was not a jury error.
September 15, 2026 1:38 am
Warner Bros. Lost a Fortune on The Bride! and Signed Its Director Again Three Months Later
Maggie Gyllenhaal is presiding over the Venice jury this week. Six months ago her second film, The Bride!, opened to $7 million and a C+ CinemaScore on a budget somewhere between $80 and $90 million. Warner Bros. absorbed it and then, three months later, bought her the next one.
September 14, 2026 1:30 am
A Film About Refusing a Fortune Premieres at TIFF, and Nobody Can Say What the Fortune Was
I Play Rocky premieres at Toronto on 12 September — a film about a broke actor refusing to sell his script at any price. Sylvester Stallone says he had nothing to do with it and was never consulted. Peter Farrelly says he asked permission in person at the Beverly Hills Hotel and got it. And nobody can say what the money was.
September 13, 2026 1:25 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
Adaptations That Are Better Than the Book, and Why
Fighting words, deployed carefully. "Better" here means the adaptation does something the source couldn't, rather than simply being more popular.
August 31, 2026 8:37 am
Camila Morrone Is Joining Miami Vice, and the Cast Is Getting Genuinely Stacked
Universal's Miami Vice '85 added Camila Morrone this week, opposite Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler as Rico Tubbs and Sonny Crockett.
August 22, 2026 8:55 am
Wagner Moura embraces Mr. Sinister rumors for MCU’s X-Men: 'I would love it'
Wagner Moura just broke his silence on those Mister Sinister rumors swirling around Marvel’s X-Men reboot — and where the MCU’s mutant future actually stands now.
August 13, 2026 1:36 am
Rejected From 'Dead Poets Society,' Matt Damon Later Won an Oscar With Robin Williams
Matt Damon revealed he auditioned for Dead Poets Society during the film’s original casting and didn’t get the part.
July 24, 2026 4:07 am
How Thelma & Louise Redefined Women’s Roles in Hollywood
When Geena Davis joined Thelma & Louise, a single script meeting with Susan Sarandon changed her entire outlook on what women could do in the film industry. The story behind the scenes is just as bold as what made it to the screen.
January 26, 2026 9:59 am
Ben Affleck Reveals His Pick for Cinema’s Most Overlooked Gem
Ben Affleck opens up about the film he believes is unfairly left out of the conversation, highlighting its script, direction, and cast.
January 26, 2026 7:26 am
Why Philip Seymour Hoffman Was Paul Thomas Anderson’s Favourite Actor
Paul Thomas Anderson once called Philip Seymour Hoffman the best actor he ever worked with. Discover what made Hoffman’s performances so unique and why his legacy still resonates.
January 25, 2026 8:11 am
Kristen Wiig Reveals Her Comedy Idol and Dream Collaboration
Kristen Wiig opens up about the British sitcom that shaped her comedic style, her admiration for Ricky Gervais, and why she’s still keen to work with him again.
January 25, 2026 4:56 am
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