“Joker: Folie à Deux” is upon us.
The sequel to 2019’s Oscar-winning, R-rated “Joker” is a different beast altogether. As Arthur Fleck (a returning Joaquin Phoenix) awaits trial for the murders he committed in the first film, he falls in love with a fellow inmate (Lady Gaga) and finds himself drawn into a song-and-dance fantasy world.
But who returns for the sequel and what new characters are introduced? Read on to find out, with our complete “Joker: Folie à Deux” cast and character guide.
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, Joker
Arthur Fleck is back. As introduced in the first film, he was a weakling who was pushed around by his abusive mother (Frances Conroy), who used to work for the Wayne family and claimed that Arthur was the illegitimate child of Thomas Wayne. (He was not.
The sequel to 2019’s Oscar-winning, R-rated “Joker” is a different beast altogether. As Arthur Fleck (a returning Joaquin Phoenix) awaits trial for the murders he committed in the first film, he falls in love with a fellow inmate (Lady Gaga) and finds himself drawn into a song-and-dance fantasy world.
But who returns for the sequel and what new characters are introduced? Read on to find out, with our complete “Joker: Folie à Deux” cast and character guide.
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, Joker
Arthur Fleck is back. As introduced in the first film, he was a weakling who was pushed around by his abusive mother (Frances Conroy), who used to work for the Wayne family and claimed that Arthur was the illegitimate child of Thomas Wayne. (He was not.
- 10/4/2024
- by Tess Patton
- The Wrap
Joaquin Phoenix is all set to return to his legendary role as Arthur Fleck in Todd Philips’ Joker: Folie a Deux. The actor played the DC Comics character in 2019’s Joker and won the Oscar for Best Actor. Since then, Phoenix has worked on a few indies such as C’mon C’mon, and Beau is Afraid and headlined Ridley Scott’s Napolean.
Ever since Phoenix made his debut as a child actor, he has had a steady rise in his career. While he has faced some personal tragedies in his life, he has bounced back and become one of the most amazing performers in the present day. Here is everything about the actor’s paydays and his net worth after he began his career.
How Did Joaquin Phoenix Start His Career? A young Joaquin Phoenix in To Die For | Credits: Sony Pictures
While he is known for his more...
Ever since Phoenix made his debut as a child actor, he has had a steady rise in his career. While he has faced some personal tragedies in his life, he has bounced back and become one of the most amazing performers in the present day. Here is everything about the actor’s paydays and his net worth after he began his career.
How Did Joaquin Phoenix Start His Career? A young Joaquin Phoenix in To Die For | Credits: Sony Pictures
While he is known for his more...
- 10/2/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Following a sold out, critically acclaimed run in the West End, the new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Succession actor Sarah Snook in 26 roles will open on Broadway in March for a limited engagement.
The production, adapted and directed by Kip Williams, will play at an-yet-undisclosed Shubert theater, with specific production dates to be announced shortly. The adaptation began at the Sydney Theatre Company, where Williams is the Artistic Director.
The play will mark Snook’s Broadway debut. She won the Olivier Award for the role in the London premiere production. In it, Snook plays all 26 characters in the story.
The official synopsis: “Wilde’s timeless text is revolutionized by Williams’ celebrated collision of form employing an explosive interplay of video and theater through an intricately choreographed collection of on-stage cameras bringing to life a dizzying 26 characters, each brought to life by Snook.”
Snook...
The production, adapted and directed by Kip Williams, will play at an-yet-undisclosed Shubert theater, with specific production dates to be announced shortly. The adaptation began at the Sydney Theatre Company, where Williams is the Artistic Director.
The play will mark Snook’s Broadway debut. She won the Olivier Award for the role in the London premiere production. In it, Snook plays all 26 characters in the story.
The official synopsis: “Wilde’s timeless text is revolutionized by Williams’ celebrated collision of form employing an explosive interplay of video and theater through an intricately choreographed collection of on-stage cameras bringing to life a dizzying 26 characters, each brought to life by Snook.”
Snook...
- 10/2/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
After coming up short on his first two Best Actor Oscar bids for “Walk the Line” and “The Master,” Joaquin Phoenix took the gold in 2020 for “Joker.” The film reaped a whopping 11 Oscar nominations and cracked the billion dollar mark at the box office. The sequel, “Joker: Folie à Deux,” which hits theaters October 4, makes Phoenix the 11th Best Actor victor to reprise his winning role in a feature film.
Only one of the first 10 fellows to pull off this double feature earned another Oscar nomination: Bing Crosby (he won for “Going My Way” in 1945 and was nominated for “The Bells of St. Mary’s” in 1946).
Those who preceded Crosby in reprising their winning roles without academy recognition are Warner Baxter, who went on to appear in both “The Cisco Kid” (1931) and “Return of the Cisco Kid” (1939), and Spencer Tracy, who starred in “Men of Boys Town” (1941).
Edward Flanagan portrayer Tracy...
Only one of the first 10 fellows to pull off this double feature earned another Oscar nomination: Bing Crosby (he won for “Going My Way” in 1945 and was nominated for “The Bells of St. Mary’s” in 1946).
Those who preceded Crosby in reprising their winning roles without academy recognition are Warner Baxter, who went on to appear in both “The Cisco Kid” (1931) and “Return of the Cisco Kid” (1939), and Spencer Tracy, who starred in “Men of Boys Town” (1941).
Edward Flanagan portrayer Tracy...
- 10/1/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
This article from the Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Season 2 Episode 5 contains significant spoilers.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s fifth episode brings a potential old friend from Peter Jackson’s original The Lord of the Rings film franchise. Well, not the good kind, anyway. Princess Disi makes a discovery that may have implications for the Troll kingdom and the rest of Middle-earth.
Disi finds a disturbance deep in the bowels of Khazad-dûm. If you remember, Gandalf the Grey, while crossing the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, told a mysterious being, “You shall not pass!” and, wielding his mighty staff, won the battle. However, he was grabbed by the ankle and pulled over the edge. His last words before falling to the Fellowship were, “Run, you fools.”
Has Disi found the Balrog? We don’t know for sure, but Prince Durin IV warns his father,...
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s fifth episode brings a potential old friend from Peter Jackson’s original The Lord of the Rings film franchise. Well, not the good kind, anyway. Princess Disi makes a discovery that may have implications for the Troll kingdom and the rest of Middle-earth.
Disi finds a disturbance deep in the bowels of Khazad-dûm. If you remember, Gandalf the Grey, while crossing the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, told a mysterious being, “You shall not pass!” and, wielding his mighty staff, won the battle. However, he was grabbed by the ankle and pulled over the edge. His last words before falling to the Fellowship were, “Run, you fools.”
Has Disi found the Balrog? We don’t know for sure, but Prince Durin IV warns his father,...
- 9/12/2024
- by M.N. Miller
- FandomWire
Joaquin Phoenix made his professional acting debut in the 1985 TV movie "Kids Don't Tell," a heady primetime drama about child victims of sexual assault. Phoenix was only 11 at the time. The following year, Phoenix first appeared in theaters in the kid-friendly drama "SpaceCamp," about teenagers and children who are accidentally launched into space. Phoenix continued to land high-profile roles with interesting directors, appearing in Ron Howard's "Parenthood" in 1989 and Gun Van Sant's "To Die For" in 1995. Phoenix soon became an indie darling, and a go-to actor for extreme, quirky, sometimes dark roles. He played a kooky thug in Oliver Stone's "U Turn," and a wise pornographer in Joel Schumacher's "8mm."
By the time he appeared in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" in 2000, Phoenix was a household name. The role earned him the first of four (to date) Academy Award nominations. He would also be nominated for playing Johnny Cash...
By the time he appeared in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" in 2000, Phoenix was a household name. The role earned him the first of four (to date) Academy Award nominations. He would also be nominated for playing Johnny Cash...
- 9/8/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
La película tiene su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cine de Toronto. © Searchlight
Searchlight Pictures ha lanzado el primer tráiler de Nightbitch, una comedia de terror de la directora Marielle Heller, que tiene su estreno mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto.
Basada en la novela homónima de Rachel Yoder publicada en 2021, Nightbitch sigue a una artista que se toma un descanso de su carrera para dedicarse a la crianza de su hijo pequeño. Sin embargo, su vida da un giro un tanto surrealista cuando sus instintos maternales comienzan a manifestarse de manera canina durante la noche.
Amy Adams encabeza el reparto de la película, acompañada por Scoot MacNairy, Mary Holland, Jessica Harper, Zoë Chao, Ella Thomas, Stacey Swift, Archana Rajan, Adrienne Rose White, Darius De La Cruiz y Roslyn Gentle.
Nightbitch todavía no tiene fecha de estreno en España.
¡Os dejamos con el tráiler y póster de la película!
Searchlight Pictures ha lanzado el primer tráiler de Nightbitch, una comedia de terror de la directora Marielle Heller, que tiene su estreno mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto.
Basada en la novela homónima de Rachel Yoder publicada en 2021, Nightbitch sigue a una artista que se toma un descanso de su carrera para dedicarse a la crianza de su hijo pequeño. Sin embargo, su vida da un giro un tanto surrealista cuando sus instintos maternales comienzan a manifestarse de manera canina durante la noche.
Amy Adams encabeza el reparto de la película, acompañada por Scoot MacNairy, Mary Holland, Jessica Harper, Zoë Chao, Ella Thomas, Stacey Swift, Archana Rajan, Adrienne Rose White, Darius De La Cruiz y Roslyn Gentle.
Nightbitch todavía no tiene fecha de estreno en España.
¡Os dejamos con el tráiler y póster de la película!
- 9/8/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Out of the gate with its Vista-Vision logo and overture, The Brutalist promises the kind of grand Hollywood epic, and old-school cinematic hubris, that more or less went away 40 years ago with Micheal Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time In America. In recent years, it felt as if that might be forever. Although there have been signs of its revival, particularly with a pair of P.T. Anderson films, There Will Be Blood and The Master. Do three films over the last 15 years make an emerging trend? In our world of the digital and the overly fixed-in-post, these are rare birds to be cherished. Director Brady Corbet, whose previous film, Vox Lux turned some heads a few years ago, leaps...
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- 9/7/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Amy Adams believes she is slowly turning into a canine in Nightbitch, and here’s the trailer for the incoming movie.
Amy Adams has been nominated for an Academy Award six times – for Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, Vice and American Hustle. It’s something of an oversight that none of them were for her pitch perfect performance as Disney princess Giselle in 2007’s Enchanted, a role she reprises in 2022 sequel Disenchanted.
Her next role in the dark comedy horror Nightbitch has exactly the kind of one line elevator pitch premise that could attract attention come awards season – a stressed mother begins to turn into a dog.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Nightbitch tells the story of a woman (Adams) thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, who slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the...
Amy Adams has been nominated for an Academy Award six times – for Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, Vice and American Hustle. It’s something of an oversight that none of them were for her pitch perfect performance as Disney princess Giselle in 2007’s Enchanted, a role she reprises in 2022 sequel Disenchanted.
Her next role in the dark comedy horror Nightbitch has exactly the kind of one line elevator pitch premise that could attract attention come awards season – a stressed mother begins to turn into a dog.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Nightbitch tells the story of a woman (Adams) thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, who slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the...
- 9/4/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Amy Adams isn’t shying away from revealing her “Nightbitch” nature.
The Oscar nominee leads the adaptation based on 2021 Rachel Yoder’s novel of the same name, written and directed by Marielle Heller. The film centers around a woman who pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn.
“Nightbitch” was first announced in 2020 before the novel’s 2021 release. The novel description includes that Adam’s titular protagonist is an unnamed woman and former artist who grapples with parenting her two-year-old son with her absent husband (Scoot McNairy). Soon she becomes worried she’s turning into a dog while her husband travels full-time for his work.
The description includes: “As her symptoms intensify, she struggles to keep her alter-canine-identity secret. Finally jolted to action after an impulsive and disastrous encounter with the family cat, she seeks a cure for her condition in an herbal multi-level marketing scheme,...
The Oscar nominee leads the adaptation based on 2021 Rachel Yoder’s novel of the same name, written and directed by Marielle Heller. The film centers around a woman who pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn.
“Nightbitch” was first announced in 2020 before the novel’s 2021 release. The novel description includes that Adam’s titular protagonist is an unnamed woman and former artist who grapples with parenting her two-year-old son with her absent husband (Scoot McNairy). Soon she becomes worried she’s turning into a dog while her husband travels full-time for his work.
The description includes: “As her symptoms intensify, she struggles to keep her alter-canine-identity secret. Finally jolted to action after an impulsive and disastrous encounter with the family cat, she seeks a cure for her condition in an herbal multi-level marketing scheme,...
- 9/3/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
When The Childhood of a Leader premiered at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, you had to wonder where Brady Corbet could possibly go next. There was just something wonderfully distasteful about it all: a 27-year-old American speculating on Europe’s darkest days with such brazen energy. Corbet went one better with Vox Lux‘s festival debut in 2018, switching to the States and trading the rise of a dictator with a young woman’s rise from school-shooting survivor to international pop star. Time and history do another spectacular, melancholy dance in The Brutalist, a film with faint echoes of Andrei Rublev‘s monumental ambitions and rich shades of Paul Thomas Anderson’s American myth-making. It might be the best film of the year.
The film premiered in Venice, making it three in a row for Corbet and also a trilogy of fictional biopics: each focusing on a different kind of greatness, each forged in violence and trauma.
The film premiered in Venice, making it three in a row for Corbet and also a trilogy of fictional biopics: each focusing on a different kind of greatness, each forged in violence and trauma.
- 9/1/2024
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Amy Adams has earned two Golden Globe Awards (from eight nominations), won a Screen Actors Guild Award (also from nine nominations) and has been nominated for six Academy Awards. Those nominations have been for “Junebug” (2005), “Doubt” (2008), “The Fighter” (2010), “The Master” (2012), “American Hustle” (2013) and “Vice” (2018). She’s also competed at the Emmys for “Sharp Objects.”
Let’s take a tour in our photo gallery of her 16 greatest movie performances, ranked from worst to best.
Let’s take a tour in our photo gallery of her 16 greatest movie performances, ranked from worst to best.
- 8/16/2024
- by Tom O'Brien, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix, who will soon reprise his role as Arthur Fleck in Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie À Deux, is facing intense backlash in Hollywood after deciding to drop out of a movie just days before production was set to commence.
Phoenix is said to have abruptly exited director Todd Haynes’ untitled gay romance movie last week, leaving the cast and crew in the lurch. The exact reason for his departure is not clear, but reports indicate that the actor "got cold feet in the lead up to the production."
The movie, which was also set to star Captain America: Brave New World’s Danny Ramirez, was said to focus on an intense gay romance in the 1930s.
“There’s been a huge amount of outrage,” one studio exec tells THR, and Phoenix's decision has opened up the possibility of legal action. Apparently, there's also been some talk of Phoenix being "blackballed,...
Phoenix is said to have abruptly exited director Todd Haynes’ untitled gay romance movie last week, leaving the cast and crew in the lurch. The exact reason for his departure is not clear, but reports indicate that the actor "got cold feet in the lead up to the production."
The movie, which was also set to star Captain America: Brave New World’s Danny Ramirez, was said to focus on an intense gay romance in the 1930s.
“There’s been a huge amount of outrage,” one studio exec tells THR, and Phoenix's decision has opened up the possibility of legal action. Apparently, there's also been some talk of Phoenix being "blackballed,...
- 8/14/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Joaquin Phoenix is one of the most interesting actors to watch on screen and one that does not conform to the conventional route taken by most actors. He is mostly driven by the roles he is going to play and does not care about the fame and fandom that come with being a celebrity. He has shown his incredible versatility in various intriguing dramas and won an Oscar for 2019’s Joker.
Joaquin Phoenix returns as Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie à Deux | Credits: Warner Bros
Phoenix is set to return in the sequel of the 2019 film Joker: Folie à Deux this October. Additionally, he was attached to star in Todd Haynes’ queer romance film alongside Danny Ramirez. However, he backed out of the project at the last minute and now, reports have started circulating about his alleged irresponsible behavior from Phoenix on the set of Napoleon.
Joaquin Phoenix Reportedly Threatened...
Joaquin Phoenix returns as Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie à Deux | Credits: Warner Bros
Phoenix is set to return in the sequel of the 2019 film Joker: Folie à Deux this October. Additionally, he was attached to star in Todd Haynes’ queer romance film alongside Danny Ramirez. However, he backed out of the project at the last minute and now, reports have started circulating about his alleged irresponsible behavior from Phoenix on the set of Napoleon.
Joaquin Phoenix Reportedly Threatened...
- 8/14/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
When Joaquin Phoenix abruptly exited Todd Haynes’ gay romance movie last week, just five days before production, the actor set off a tidal wave that has now rippled far past the confines of its Guadalajara, Mexico, set.
“There’s been a huge amount of outrage,” says one studio exec of the reaction from Hollywood producers to Phoenix’s last-minute departure, which left cast and crew in a lurch, and now opens the actor up to the possibility of legal action, according to sources.
The departure was particularly surprising, given that Phoenix first brought the project to Haynes and his longtime producers at Killer Films, headed by Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler.
The untitled film, also starring Captain America: Brave New World’s Danny Ramirez, was said to focus on an intense gay romance in the 1930s. According to multiple sources, Phoenix got cold feet in the lead-up to the production,...
“There’s been a huge amount of outrage,” says one studio exec of the reaction from Hollywood producers to Phoenix’s last-minute departure, which left cast and crew in a lurch, and now opens the actor up to the possibility of legal action, according to sources.
The departure was particularly surprising, given that Phoenix first brought the project to Haynes and his longtime producers at Killer Films, headed by Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler.
The untitled film, also starring Captain America: Brave New World’s Danny Ramirez, was said to focus on an intense gay romance in the 1930s. According to multiple sources, Phoenix got cold feet in the lead-up to the production,...
- 8/14/2024
- by Kim Masters, Mia Galuppo and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Related Images invites readers behind the scenes and into the sketchbooks of working filmmakers to learn more about their creative processes.Ernst De Geer’s The Hypnosis is now showing exclusively on Mubi in many countries.We shot two scenes from the film three years before we did the actual feature, as part of the Wild Card initiative by the Swedish Film Institute and Svt. This was before we had even written the screenplay. The scenes were not to use in the final film, just to inform us in our process. We cast Herbert Nordrum and Asta Kamma August for it, so we got to work together for a lot longer than usual for a film.I wanted the process of making The Hypnosis to be more loose than was usual for me. I had made a lot of works in film school that were planned out and controlled, and...
- 8/7/2024
- MUBI
The 1980s are often viewed as a pop cultural wasteland: a post-disco, style-over-substance hellscape where music videos turned vacuous bands and singers into chart-topping titans, blockbuster-chasing executives drained films of personality and artistic merit, and television pandered to a benumbed viewership with hacky sitcoms, formula dramas, and risible nighttime soaps. This was only half-true.
There was a good bit of dreck polluting the multiplexes and the airwaves throughout the eight-year Reagan era (and the Bush I hangover), but you'd have to be a killjoy to have lived through that time and turned up your nose at the bevy of brilliant artists who were working at their absolute peak. Prince, Spielberg, Streep, Selleck ... yes, Selleck. Tom Selleck.
For eight immensely entertaining seasons, Tom Selleck was the handsomest, charmingest, mustachioed-est private detective on television as Magnum P.I. The creation of small-screen hit makers Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, the...
There was a good bit of dreck polluting the multiplexes and the airwaves throughout the eight-year Reagan era (and the Bush I hangover), but you'd have to be a killjoy to have lived through that time and turned up your nose at the bevy of brilliant artists who were working at their absolute peak. Prince, Spielberg, Streep, Selleck ... yes, Selleck. Tom Selleck.
For eight immensely entertaining seasons, Tom Selleck was the handsomest, charmingest, mustachioed-est private detective on television as Magnum P.I. The creation of small-screen hit makers Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, the...
- 8/6/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
The Beast (Bertrand Bonello)
Where to begin with Bertrand Bonello’s wonderful The Beast? It’s been so gratifying to see the initial reaction to the French filmmaker’s tenth feature, after several decades of increasingly remarkable work––the majority of it dark, beautiful, and sleazy. In fact, for what a discomforting and despairing experience much of The Beast is, when I’ve thought back its moments of real, uncomplicated cinematic pleasure, its verve and sense of joyousness, are what mark my memories. It’s romantic, without a capital-r. – David K. (full review)
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Challengers (Luca Guadagnino)
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opens in an intentionally disorienting manner: We are in New Rochelle, New York for a tennis challenger.
The Beast (Bertrand Bonello)
Where to begin with Bertrand Bonello’s wonderful The Beast? It’s been so gratifying to see the initial reaction to the French filmmaker’s tenth feature, after several decades of increasingly remarkable work––the majority of it dark, beautiful, and sleazy. In fact, for what a discomforting and despairing experience much of The Beast is, when I’ve thought back its moments of real, uncomplicated cinematic pleasure, its verve and sense of joyousness, are what mark my memories. It’s romantic, without a capital-r. – David K. (full review)
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Challengers (Luca Guadagnino)
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opens in an intentionally disorienting manner: We are in New Rochelle, New York for a tennis challenger.
- 8/2/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
We here at IndieWire love watching films on actual film — and cities like New York and Los Angeles, where repertory cinema is thriving, provide no shortage of opportunities to do just that. Scoping out selections in both major metropolises, we’ve compiled a list of the best screening options for the upcoming month, which include retrospectives on beloved auteurs featuring multiple 35mm prints, as well as 4K restorations of classic films that shouldn’t be missed.
In keeping with our appreciation for the theatrical experience throughout the country and world, IndieWire also gives a special shoutout to The Brattle Theatre of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as some of its stellar curation over the next month. Keep reading for our picks.
New York Film Forum ‘Blacula,’ William Marshall Courtesy Everett Collection
In anticipation of the new 4K restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville’s WWII French resistance drama “Army of Shadows,” which will...
In keeping with our appreciation for the theatrical experience throughout the country and world, IndieWire also gives a special shoutout to The Brattle Theatre of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as some of its stellar curation over the next month. Keep reading for our picks.
New York Film Forum ‘Blacula,’ William Marshall Courtesy Everett Collection
In anticipation of the new 4K restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville’s WWII French resistance drama “Army of Shadows,” which will...
- 7/26/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
“Deadpool and Wolverine” is now playing in theaters, and although Hugh Jackman probably won’t receive any major awards nominations for his anticipated return as his comic book character, he has been nominated for an Oscar as well as other major trophies throughout his career. Let’s look back at his many awards races.
After his breakthrough performance as Wolverine in the first “X-Men” film, Jackman spent most of the 2000s appearing in summer action blockbusters like “Swordfish” and “Van Helsing” as well as “X-Men” sequels and a prequel. He was never a serious awards contender for the 2001 romantic comedy “Kate & Leopold,” but he did receive his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The other nominees were Ewan McGregor for “Moulin Rouge!,” John Cameron Mitchell for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” Billy Bob Thornton for “Bandits” and Gene Hackman for “The Royal Tenenbaums,...
After his breakthrough performance as Wolverine in the first “X-Men” film, Jackman spent most of the 2000s appearing in summer action blockbusters like “Swordfish” and “Van Helsing” as well as “X-Men” sequels and a prequel. He was never a serious awards contender for the 2001 romantic comedy “Kate & Leopold,” but he did receive his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The other nominees were Ewan McGregor for “Moulin Rouge!,” John Cameron Mitchell for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” Billy Bob Thornton for “Bandits” and Gene Hackman for “The Royal Tenenbaums,...
- 7/26/2024
- by Brian Rowe
- Gold Derby
After 6 Academy-Award nominations and no wins, Amy Adams is gritting her teeth to earn the gold in the upcoming Marielle Heller adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s magical realism novel, “Nightbitch.” The book and film tell the story of a stay-at-home mother whose domesticity turns ferocious as she slowly starts mutating into a dog. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Adams spoke on the transformation she undertook for the role and her reaction to reading the source material.
“It was so unique and otherworldly, and like nothing I’d ever read before,” Adams said of Yoder’s novel, which she tore through before it was even published. To option the rights to the book, Adams’ production company partnered with Annapurna Pictures, who she’d worked with on “The Master,” “Her,” “American Hustle,” and “Vice.”
“The thing I really attached to is this idea of loss of identity,” Adams said, continuing...
“It was so unique and otherworldly, and like nothing I’d ever read before,” Adams said of Yoder’s novel, which she tore through before it was even published. To option the rights to the book, Adams’ production company partnered with Annapurna Pictures, who she’d worked with on “The Master,” “Her,” “American Hustle,” and “Vice.”
“The thing I really attached to is this idea of loss of identity,” Adams said, continuing...
- 7/20/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
The Criterion Channel has unveiled its streaming lineup for August 2024, which features an eclectic mix of independent films showcasing the work of auteurs from around the world.
The boutique service will become the exclusive streaming home of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 comedy “Licorice Pizza,” and will celebrate the occasion by adding four more of his films to the channel: “The Master,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” and “Magnolia.” Anderson’s frequent collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman will additionally be celebrated on the streaming service as part of a larger retrospective. Many of the late actor’s most iconic roles, including “Capote” and “Synecdoche, New York,” will be included, along with his sole directorial outing “Jack Goes Boating.”
The channel will also highlight several other prominent filmmakers including Preston Sturges, who helped pioneer the modern rom-com through films like “The Lady Eve” and “The Palm Beach Story,” and prolific Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine.
The boutique service will become the exclusive streaming home of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 comedy “Licorice Pizza,” and will celebrate the occasion by adding four more of his films to the channel: “The Master,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” and “Magnolia.” Anderson’s frequent collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman will additionally be celebrated on the streaming service as part of a larger retrospective. Many of the late actor’s most iconic roles, including “Capote” and “Synecdoche, New York,” will be included, along with his sole directorial outing “Jack Goes Boating.”
The channel will also highlight several other prominent filmmakers including Preston Sturges, who helped pioneer the modern rom-com through films like “The Lady Eve” and “The Palm Beach Story,” and prolific Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine.
- 7/18/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
The Criterion Channel’s August lineup pays tribute to auteurs of all kinds: directors, actors, and photographers, fictional or otherwise. In a notable act of preservation and advocacy, they’ll stream 20 titles by the Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, here introduced by the great Richard Peña. More known (but fun all the same) is a five-title Paul Thomas Anderson series including the exclusive stream of Licorice Pizza, as well as a Philip Seymour Hoffman series that overlaps with Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love (a Criterion Edition this month), and The Master, plus 25th Hour, Love Liza, and his own directing effort Jack Goes Boating. Preston Sturges gets five movies, with Sullivan’s Travels arriving in October.
Theme-wise, a photographer series includes Rear Window, Peeping Tom, Blow-up, Close-Up, and Clouzot’s La prisonnière; “Vacation Noir” features The Lady from Shanghai, Brighton Rock, Kansas City Confidential, Purple Noon, and La piscine. Alongside the aforementioned PTA and Antonioni pictures,...
Theme-wise, a photographer series includes Rear Window, Peeping Tom, Blow-up, Close-Up, and Clouzot’s La prisonnière; “Vacation Noir” features The Lady from Shanghai, Brighton Rock, Kansas City Confidential, Purple Noon, and La piscine. Alongside the aforementioned PTA and Antonioni pictures,...
- 7/17/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Even before its release, ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ sparked controversy, primarily due to statements made by the creator and cast members that many fans found insulting.
Headland clarified that her story aims to showcase the Jedi in an unprecedented light. During the High Republic, they hold institutional power and, under certain circumstances, can be portrayed as the villains.
Headland expressed her fascination with immoral characters and their journey toward moral discovery, which explains why her villain, The Master / The Stranger, is not two-dimensional. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Headland revealed the motivations behind her villain and shared reasons why you might find yourself agreeing with him on certain points.
Well, how is it going to happen? What are we going to see?” There are definitely moments in episodes 2 and 4 where you’re like, “There’s something going on with this guy when he says ‘You look just like her.
Headland clarified that her story aims to showcase the Jedi in an unprecedented light. During the High Republic, they hold institutional power and, under certain circumstances, can be portrayed as the villains.
Headland expressed her fascination with immoral characters and their journey toward moral discovery, which explains why her villain, The Master / The Stranger, is not two-dimensional. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Headland revealed the motivations behind her villain and shared reasons why you might find yourself agreeing with him on certain points.
Well, how is it going to happen? What are we going to see?” There are definitely moments in episodes 2 and 4 where you’re like, “There’s something going on with this guy when he says ‘You look just like her.
- 6/28/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Fiction Horizon
Disney’s new Star Wars project, ‘The Acolyte,’ made its long-awaited debut on Disney+ on June 4, 2024, with two episodes. Despite stirring up controversies and facing review bombing, the series remains one of the most discussed shows currently airing. Critics generally find promise in its bold approach, while fans are divided—some enjoy it while others strongly dislike it, particularly due to what they perceive as “woke” content, which is debatable. Regardless of this controversy, the series is undeniably daring in its narrative and introduces numerous fresh concepts and characters.
One such character is The Master, an enigmatic Sith Lord of considerable power and the mentor of Mae-ho Aniseya, a central figure in the series. While much about The Master remains shrouded in mystery, an intriguing fan theory suggests that the show may have already unveiled his true identity. If proven true, this revelation could signal a controversial choice by the...
One such character is The Master, an enigmatic Sith Lord of considerable power and the mentor of Mae-ho Aniseya, a central figure in the series. While much about The Master remains shrouded in mystery, an intriguing fan theory suggests that the show may have already unveiled his true identity. If proven true, this revelation could signal a controversial choice by the...
- 6/21/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Comic Basics
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the first wave of its honorees for this year, naming Canadian directing legend David Cronenberg as the recipient of the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award and Amy Adams as the winner of this year’s TIFF Tribute Performer Award.
Cronenberg is among the most unique and influential filmmakers of his generation an auteur who has created a bespoke brand of intellectual horror with films such as Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Crash and A History of Violence. His latest, The Shrouds, premiered in competition in Cannes last month. Shawn Levy (Free Guy, Deadpool & Wolverine) received the inaugural Norman Jewison career award in 2023.
Adams, a six-time Oscar nominee (for Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, American Hustle and Vice), will be seen next in Nightbitch, a comedy horror film from director Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) adapted from Rachel Yoder’s debut novel of the same name.
Cronenberg is among the most unique and influential filmmakers of his generation an auteur who has created a bespoke brand of intellectual horror with films such as Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Crash and A History of Violence. His latest, The Shrouds, premiered in competition in Cannes last month. Shawn Levy (Free Guy, Deadpool & Wolverine) received the inaugural Norman Jewison career award in 2023.
Adams, a six-time Oscar nominee (for Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, American Hustle and Vice), will be seen next in Nightbitch, a comedy horror film from director Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) adapted from Rachel Yoder’s debut novel of the same name.
- 6/18/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains spoilers for Interview with the Vampire episode 3 and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels.
Interview with the Vampire episode 3 “No Pain” codifies the Parisian theatrical troupe with signs of sanguinarian cult devotion, and promises of dire consequences. The closing sequence features the ceremony inducting Claudia (Delainey Hayles) into the repertory players of Théâtre des Vampires. It is a giddy moment, for cast members only, and a celebration of the remorselessly debauched comedy made of the lesser creatures in the audience on a nightly basis.
However, there is a serious side to the randomly violent performance arts which is more about occult knowledge than studying acting methods for realistic portrayals. The induction ritual peaks as lead actor Santiago (Ben Daniels) fixes Claudia with the highest drama of theatrical delivery to impart The Great Laws of the Vampire.
“Law One,” Santiago recites. “Each coven must have its leader, and...
Interview with the Vampire episode 3 “No Pain” codifies the Parisian theatrical troupe with signs of sanguinarian cult devotion, and promises of dire consequences. The closing sequence features the ceremony inducting Claudia (Delainey Hayles) into the repertory players of Théâtre des Vampires. It is a giddy moment, for cast members only, and a celebration of the remorselessly debauched comedy made of the lesser creatures in the audience on a nightly basis.
However, there is a serious side to the randomly violent performance arts which is more about occult knowledge than studying acting methods for realistic portrayals. The induction ritual peaks as lead actor Santiago (Ben Daniels) fixes Claudia with the highest drama of theatrical delivery to impart The Great Laws of the Vampire.
“Law One,” Santiago recites. “Each coven must have its leader, and...
- 5/27/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Jesse Plemons has become an undisputed auteur’s favorite. The 36-year-old star’s beguiling unshowiness onscreen has landed him memorable parts in films from Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master), Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies, The Post), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman, Killers of the Flower Moon), Charlie Kaufman (I’m Thinking of Ending Things), Adam McKay (Vice) and Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog), among so many others. Arguably even more viewers know him from his indelible work on the small screen, which began with his breakthrough role on NBC’s Friday Night Lights, continued through AMC’s landmark hit series Breaking Bad and culminated with an Emmy nomination for FX’s Fargo, where he met his wife, actress and co-star Kirsten Dunst.
Plemons touched down for the Cannes Film Festival on Friday for the world premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness, the acclaimed Greek director’s follow-up to his multi-Oscar-winning period fantasy Poor Things.
Plemons touched down for the Cannes Film Festival on Friday for the world premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness, the acclaimed Greek director’s follow-up to his multi-Oscar-winning period fantasy Poor Things.
- 5/19/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
File this evergreen headline under “no alarms and no surprises.” After working together on There Will Be Blood, The Master, Inherent Vice, Junun, Phantom Thread, and Licorice Pizza, Jonny Greenwood has confirmed he’s already started to work on the score for the next feature from Paul Thomas Anderson.
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose,” Greenwood tells The Guardian. “That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score.”
This will mark the first time a Greenwood score will be heard in IMAX theaters as PTA’s currently untitled film has been set for an August 8, 2025 wide release from WB. With a cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris,...
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose,” Greenwood tells The Guardian. “That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score.”
This will mark the first time a Greenwood score will be heard in IMAX theaters as PTA’s currently untitled film has been set for an August 8, 2025 wide release from WB. With a cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Johnny Greenwood is scoring Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film.
The news comes via an interview Greenwood did with the Guardian promoting his new eight-hour organ composition. Towards the end of the interview, Greenwood was asked about his other projects and he confirmed that he’s actively working on the score for Anderson’s next film.
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose,” he said. “That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score.”
The as-yet-untitled film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, and Teyana Taylor, is currently shooting in California. A release date has been set for August 8th, 2025 through Warner Bros.
Greenwood previously scored Anderson’s films There Will Be Blood,...
The news comes via an interview Greenwood did with the Guardian promoting his new eight-hour organ composition. Towards the end of the interview, Greenwood was asked about his other projects and he confirmed that he’s actively working on the score for Anderson’s next film.
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose,” he said. “That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score.”
The as-yet-untitled film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, and Teyana Taylor, is currently shooting in California. A release date has been set for August 8th, 2025 through Warner Bros.
Greenwood previously scored Anderson’s films There Will Be Blood,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Johnny Greenwood is scoring Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film.
The news comes via an interview Greenwood did with the Guardian promoting his new eight-hour organ composition. Towards the end of the interview, Greenwood was asked about his other projects and he confirmed that he’s actively working on the score for Anderson’s next film.
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose,” he said. “That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score.”
The as-yet-untitled film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, and Teyana Taylor, is currently shooting in California. A release date has been set for August 8th, 2025 through Warner Bros.
Greenwood previously scored Anderson’s films There Will Be Blood,...
The news comes via an interview Greenwood did with the Guardian promoting his new eight-hour organ composition. Towards the end of the interview, Greenwood was asked about his other projects and he confirmed that he’s actively working on the score for Anderson’s next film.
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose,” he said. “That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score.”
The as-yet-untitled film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, and Teyana Taylor, is currently shooting in California. A release date has been set for August 8th, 2025 through Warner Bros.
Greenwood previously scored Anderson’s films There Will Be Blood,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams will find herself back in the awards conversation again in 2024. The actress, whose most recent Academy Award nomination came in 2019 for the film “Vice,” stars in the new movie “Nightbitch” from writer-director Marielle Heller (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”). On Friday, Searchlight set “Nightbitch” on its release calendar for December 6.
Based on the book by Rachel Yoder, “Nightbitch” is about a woman who “pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.” Amazon provides a more detailed description of Yoder’s novel, for those who are interested:
An ambitious mother puts her art career on hold to stay at home with her newborn son, but the experience does not match her imagination. Two years later, she steps into the bathroom for a break from her toddler’s demands, only to discover...
Based on the book by Rachel Yoder, “Nightbitch” is about a woman who “pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.” Amazon provides a more detailed description of Yoder’s novel, for those who are interested:
An ambitious mother puts her art career on hold to stay at home with her newborn son, but the experience does not match her imagination. Two years later, she steps into the bathroom for a break from her toddler’s demands, only to discover...
- 4/5/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Having spent three years making buzzy Spanish series La Mesías, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo have admitted to a crisis of confidence before the show was released.
The pair are huge stars in Spain and recognized at home and increasingly abroad. People are politely waiting for selfies when Deadline spoke to them at Series Mania, where they scooped the Best Directing accolade for the latest project, which was an original for Spanish streamer Movistar Plus+.
“When we made the show, we were like, ‘maybe nobody’s watching this.’ We were confident in the beginning, then got really scared,” Calvo said. “We were like, ‘is this too hard, is it too painful for the audience?’”
They needn’t have worried. Movistar does not break out viewing data, but the series created a huge stir in Spain, with buzz building as the episodes dropped in weekly instalments.
La Mesías – The Messiah in...
The pair are huge stars in Spain and recognized at home and increasingly abroad. People are politely waiting for selfies when Deadline spoke to them at Series Mania, where they scooped the Best Directing accolade for the latest project, which was an original for Spanish streamer Movistar Plus+.
“When we made the show, we were like, ‘maybe nobody’s watching this.’ We were confident in the beginning, then got really scared,” Calvo said. “We were like, ‘is this too hard, is it too painful for the audience?’”
They needn’t have worried. Movistar does not break out viewing data, but the series created a huge stir in Spain, with buzz building as the episodes dropped in weekly instalments.
La Mesías – The Messiah in...
- 3/23/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
For the past six years in a row, the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor has gone to men with more than 35 minutes of screen time in their respective films. Although four of last year’s nominees could have bucked that trend, the academy chose to keep things consistent by honoring Ke Huy Quan’s especially lengthy performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” By appearing in a whopping 58 minutes and 33 seconds (or 42.03%) of the Best Picture winner, he more than comfortably surpassed his category’s screen time average and came within nine minutes of outpacing every previous supporting male victor.
Quan’s performance is the second longest in his film, as he and his Best Actress-winning on-screen wife, Michelle Yeoh, are separated by 36 minutes and 43 seconds (or 26.35%). Directly below him is Stephanie Hsu – who earned a supporting bid as his character’s daughter – at 42:18 (30.36%). Considering all 87 featured male turns that have merited Academy Awards,...
Quan’s performance is the second longest in his film, as he and his Best Actress-winning on-screen wife, Michelle Yeoh, are separated by 36 minutes and 43 seconds (or 26.35%). Directly below him is Stephanie Hsu – who earned a supporting bid as his character’s daughter – at 42:18 (30.36%). Considering all 87 featured male turns that have merited Academy Awards,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Josh Close (Killers of the Flower Moon) has signed on to star in American Solitaire, an indie drama marking the first feature from writer-director Aaron Davidman.
He stars in the film as a U.S. soldier struggling to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence in America. Pic’s producers are Davidman, Lisa Bruce, David Oyelowo and Dylan Kussman (Wrestling Jerusalem). Marcus Gardley is serving as consulting producer.
Most recently, Close was seen playing Horace Burkhart, the brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Osage murderer Ernest, in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-nominated epic Killers of the Flower Moon. Prior to that, he starred opposite Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson in the acclaimed drama Monica, which was released by IFC Films after world premiering in Venice.
He stars in the film as a U.S. soldier struggling to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence in America. Pic’s producers are Davidman, Lisa Bruce, David Oyelowo and Dylan Kussman (Wrestling Jerusalem). Marcus Gardley is serving as consulting producer.
Most recently, Close was seen playing Horace Burkhart, the brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Osage murderer Ernest, in Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-nominated epic Killers of the Flower Moon. Prior to that, he starred opposite Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson in the acclaimed drama Monica, which was released by IFC Films after world premiering in Venice.
- 2/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Some apotheosis of film culture has been reached with Freddy Got Fingered‘s addition to the Criterion Channel. Three years after we interviewed Tom Green about his consummate film maudit, it’s appearing on the service’s Razzie-centered program that also includes the now-admired likes of Cruising, Heaven’s Gate, Querelle, and Ishtar; the still-due likes of Under the Cherry Moon; and the more-contested Gigli, Swept Away, and Nicolas Cage-led Wicker Man. In all cases it’s an opportunity to reconsider one of the lamest, thin-gruel entities in modern culture.
A Jane Russell retro features von Sternberg’s Macao, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Raoul Walsh’s The Tall Men and The Revolt of Mamie Stover; streaming premieres will be held for Yuen Woo-ping’s Dreadnaught, Claire Simon’s Our Body, Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, the Devil, the recently restored Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles, and The Passion of Rememberance.
A Jane Russell retro features von Sternberg’s Macao, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Raoul Walsh’s The Tall Men and The Revolt of Mamie Stover; streaming premieres will be held for Yuen Woo-ping’s Dreadnaught, Claire Simon’s Our Body, Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, the Devil, the recently restored Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles, and The Passion of Rememberance.
- 2/14/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman 10 Years Later: The Actor’s Best Roles, from ‘Twister’ to ‘Doubt’
The worst thing that could have happened to the film community did on February 2, 2014: Philip Seymour Hoffman, the great actor who transcended every project he graced, died alone of a drug overdose in his Manhattan apartment. Everyone remembers where they were when the news broke. His death was a shock to the system of all his collaborators and everyone in the creative community, but he left behind an Oscar-winning, untouchable body of work that, whenever revisited, gives the consistent feeling that he’s still among us.
Though Hoffman won his Academy Award for his etched-in-stone portrayal of a great American writer in “Capote,” Bennett Miller’s film is hardly the best work he ever did. The mid-’90s saw Hoffman begin a too-short of a lifelong collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson, working together on films like “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” and “Magnolia” before playing a charismatic cult leader who...
Though Hoffman won his Academy Award for his etched-in-stone portrayal of a great American writer in “Capote,” Bennett Miller’s film is hardly the best work he ever did. The mid-’90s saw Hoffman begin a too-short of a lifelong collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson, working together on films like “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” and “Magnolia” before playing a charismatic cult leader who...
- 2/2/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The rumors are true. Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson has a new film in the works, and the cast is absolutely stacked. As rumored on the internet, Leonardo DiCaprio is in the lead role, but he’s not the only one at the top. DiCaprio is joined by Sean Penn and Regina Hall (per Deadline). The movie’s title is currently unknown, but rumors point to it being about a young Black girl who trains in martial arts.
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- 1/10/2024
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
[This story contains spoilers from the Doctor Who Christmas special, “The Church on Ruby Road.”]
For the first time since 2017, The Doctor and his Tardis land on Christmas Day. It’s an important date in the Time Lord’s calendar, racking up 14 special-length episodes for Doctor Who since its 2005 revival.
And this time, there’s time-riding, baby-eating Goblins to deal with.
Russell T Davies, the showrunner who has returned to helm the iconic BBC series (now streaming on Disney+) after over a decade away, had also introduced the concept of “the Christmas Special” in 2005 — with a 60-minute installment that would lean heavily into festive fun and snowy shenanigans.
After a six-year break, Davies has brought the much-loved event back. Fans around the world enjoyed “The Church on Ruby Road” on Christmas Day, which saw the full-episode debut for the Fifteenth
Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa, and introduced new companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson).
The story centers around Ruby,...
For the first time since 2017, The Doctor and his Tardis land on Christmas Day. It’s an important date in the Time Lord’s calendar, racking up 14 special-length episodes for Doctor Who since its 2005 revival.
And this time, there’s time-riding, baby-eating Goblins to deal with.
Russell T Davies, the showrunner who has returned to helm the iconic BBC series (now streaming on Disney+) after over a decade away, had also introduced the concept of “the Christmas Special” in 2005 — with a 60-minute installment that would lean heavily into festive fun and snowy shenanigans.
After a six-year break, Davies has brought the much-loved event back. Fans around the world enjoyed “The Church on Ruby Road” on Christmas Day, which saw the full-episode debut for the Fifteenth
Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa, and introduced new companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson).
The story centers around Ruby,...
- 12/25/2023
- by Cameron K McEwan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brazilian horror legend José Mojica Marins passed away in 2020, and a few months ago Arrow Video announced that they’re honoring the memory of “The Master” by bringing ten of his films to Blu-ray in a limited edition collector’s set that’s packed with special features! The original street date for the set, which is called Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe, was in November, but it has since moved to January 15th. Copies can be pre-ordered through the Arrow Video website. Copies are also available through Amazon, Zavvi, and hmv in the UK and DiabolikDVD, Grindhouse Video, and Zavvi in North America. To preview the set, Arrow Video has unveiled a trailer for it (our friends at Bloody Disgusting got the first look at it), and you can check that out in the embed above.
Mojica’s 1964 film At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul was the first horror...
Mojica’s 1964 film At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul was the first horror...
- 12/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Within the last decade, Mark Ruffalo has collected many film and TV acting trophies – including an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and three SAG Awards – but has yet to win the favor of the Critics Choice Association despite receiving numerous nominations from them across multiple categories. Although he has had the least luck in their Best Supporting Actor contests, his inclusion in 2024’s could finally lead to a positive outcome. Either way, the “Poor Things” cast member will at least finish this awards season having made history as the first man to ever compete for this featured performance prize four times.
On his previous three Best Supporting Actor bids for “The Kids Are All Right” (2011), “Foxcatcher” (2015), and “Spotlight” (2016), Ruffalo was respectively bested by Christian Bale (“The Fighter”), J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), and Sylvester Stallone (“Creed”). The eight-year gap between his two most recent notices is one of the largest in this category’s history,...
On his previous three Best Supporting Actor bids for “The Kids Are All Right” (2011), “Foxcatcher” (2015), and “Spotlight” (2016), Ruffalo was respectively bested by Christian Bale (“The Fighter”), J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), and Sylvester Stallone (“Creed”). The eight-year gap between his two most recent notices is one of the largest in this category’s history,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
It’s another big year for Joaquin Phoenix. After winning Best Actor in 2020 for his sick spin on a supervillain in Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” the Academy Award winner appeared as a journalist taking care of his young nephew in Mike Mills’ A24 family drama “C’mon, C’mon.” Then, Phoenix was back at the indie studio with another project: Ari Aster’s third feature, “Beau Is Afraid.” The surreal horror comedy expands on an Aster short from 2011, and stars Phoenix as Beau — “a paranoid man on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother” — alongside Nathan Lane, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, and Parker Posey.
“Aster’s delirious third feature clarifies his artistic obsessions even as it expands them into surreal new shapes,” writes IndieWire’s David Ehrlich in his review of the film, hitting theaters April 21. “Once again, ‘Beau Is Afraid’ delivers another morbidly hilarious — and...
“Aster’s delirious third feature clarifies his artistic obsessions even as it expands them into surreal new shapes,” writes IndieWire’s David Ehrlich in his review of the film, hitting theaters April 21. “Once again, ‘Beau Is Afraid’ delivers another morbidly hilarious — and...
- 12/5/2023
- by Alison Foreman, Steve Greene and Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Amy Adams Once Shared 1 of the Weirdest Nights of Her Life Involved Joaquin Phoenix and Naked Extras
Actor Amy Adams is very familiar with working alongside Joker star Joaquin Phoenix. Although the two are good friends, there was one movie scene Adams worried her co-star might’ve sabotaged. So, Adams took matters into her own hands.
Amy Adams panicked when Joaquin Phoenix fell asleep for a scene in ‘The Master’ Amy Adams | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Adams and Phoenix collaborated on the feature The Master with late star Phillip Seymour Hoffman. But before the 2012 drama, Adams was already a bit familiar with Phoenix. She’d already done a couple of projects with the Oscar-winner. So, given their history, she bonded with Phoenix seemingly on the same level that she bonded with Hoffman.
“I’ve worked with Joaquin twice now and I feel like I have started to see his humanity through his process,” Adams once told Collider. “So I am very loyal to him and I have worked...
Amy Adams panicked when Joaquin Phoenix fell asleep for a scene in ‘The Master’ Amy Adams | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Adams and Phoenix collaborated on the feature The Master with late star Phillip Seymour Hoffman. But before the 2012 drama, Adams was already a bit familiar with Phoenix. She’d already done a couple of projects with the Oscar-winner. So, given their history, she bonded with Phoenix seemingly on the same level that she bonded with Hoffman.
“I’ve worked with Joaquin twice now and I feel like I have started to see his humanity through his process,” Adams once told Collider. “So I am very loyal to him and I have worked...
- 11/25/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
What is Joaquin Phoenix so unhappy about? And so twitchy? We’ve all seen someone triumph at the Oscars and use their acceptance speech to push a social cause. But I’ve never seen a speech quite like the one Phoenix gave in 2020 when he took the best actor award for “Joker.” The film had gotten mixed reviews from critics (what were they so unhappy about?), so the win carried an element of vindication. Yet Phoenix treated the moment like a plea of desperation combined with a dirge.
Stroking his face and beard with a slightly manic pensive concern, he said, “I’ve been thinking a lot about some of the distressing issues that we are facing collectively.” Then, in a free-form ramble about the various modes of injustice, and how they’re really all the same, he observed that “many of us, what we’re guilty of is an egocentric worldview,...
Stroking his face and beard with a slightly manic pensive concern, he said, “I’ve been thinking a lot about some of the distressing issues that we are facing collectively.” Then, in a free-form ramble about the various modes of injustice, and how they’re really all the same, he observed that “many of us, what we’re guilty of is an egocentric worldview,...
- 11/25/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The mid-nineties were a period of transition for Jet Li. Having made his name in period martial arts pieces during the aftermath of the new wave, the saturation point had been reached and stepping into the modern action movie was inevitable. Initial forays had been limited in their success (Dragon Fight & The Master) and it wasn't until the shameless “The Bodyguard” rip-off “Bodyguard from Beijing” in 1994 that he began to get accepted in this genre. “The Enforcer” to give “My Father is a Hero” its generic western release title was a reunion of star and director, only this time with added familial drama with a script co-written by Wong Jing. As Eureka Entertainment releases its “Heroes and Villain's” box set, it's time to revisit this transitional period of the star and see how it holds up today.
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- 11/22/2023
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Joaquin Phoenix celebrated his first Oscar win for the violent Todd Phillips movie “Joker,” which earned him his fourth Academy Award nomination.
Phoenix has been no stranger to awards circles throughout his career. He has been nominated for three other Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards (including a win for 2005’s “Walk the Line” and “Joker”) and five Screen Actors Guild Awards (including a victory for “Joker”).
Tour our photo gallery above featuring the 15 greatest film performances, ranked from worst to best. Our list includes the movies mentioned above, plus “Her,” “Inherent Vice,” “To Die For,” “Napoleon,” “Beau Is Afraid” and more.
Phoenix has been no stranger to awards circles throughout his career. He has been nominated for three other Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards (including a win for 2005’s “Walk the Line” and “Joker”) and five Screen Actors Guild Awards (including a victory for “Joker”).
Tour our photo gallery above featuring the 15 greatest film performances, ranked from worst to best. Our list includes the movies mentioned above, plus “Her,” “Inherent Vice,” “To Die For,” “Napoleon,” “Beau Is Afraid” and more.
- 11/18/2023
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Ridley Scott has never been shy about mocking the infinite smallness of man’s thirst for power (a tendency made all the more enjoyable by the cigar-chomping brio of a director who runs his sets like a rogue general in command of his own private army), but I still wasn’t prepared for the extent to which his latest film utterly humiliates one of history’s most ambitious rulers.
Scott’s decision to reunite with Joaquin Phoenix should’ve been my first clue that “Napoleon” would be less than flattering of its namesake, as Phoenix’s turn as the sniveling boy-emperor in “Gladiator” paved the way for him to perfect the feral menace of male insecurity in films like “The Master” and that one where he played a mean clown. And then there’s the fact that several of Scott’s most recent efforts have offered unambiguous reminders of what...
Scott’s decision to reunite with Joaquin Phoenix should’ve been my first clue that “Napoleon” would be less than flattering of its namesake, as Phoenix’s turn as the sniveling boy-emperor in “Gladiator” paved the way for him to perfect the feral menace of male insecurity in films like “The Master” and that one where he played a mean clown. And then there’s the fact that several of Scott’s most recent efforts have offered unambiguous reminders of what...
- 11/15/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Actor Amy Adams felt very fortunate collaborating with late Capote star Philip Seymour Hoffman. But at one point Adams couldn’t get over being starstruck by her Doubt co-star.
Amy Adams once described what it was like to work with Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Adams has worked with Hoffman a few times in her career. She first worked with the veteran actor in the movie Doubt, which saw her teaming up with several other established actors. Meryl Streep and Viola Davis were just two of the highly revered performers she’d end up sharing the screen with. Still, Adams took home an experience with Hoffman that she’s rarely had even with other longtime actors.
“I can’t speak for Phil’s experience with me, but this is how I felt with him,” she once told Vanity Fair. “And I felt it first on Doubt...
Amy Adams once described what it was like to work with Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Adams has worked with Hoffman a few times in her career. She first worked with the veteran actor in the movie Doubt, which saw her teaming up with several other established actors. Meryl Streep and Viola Davis were just two of the highly revered performers she’d end up sharing the screen with. Still, Adams took home an experience with Hoffman that she’s rarely had even with other longtime actors.
“I can’t speak for Phil’s experience with me, but this is how I felt with him,” she once told Vanity Fair. “And I felt it first on Doubt...
- 11/8/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Several more December screenings from the American Cinematheque and Netflix have joined the initial slate of programming at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
From Dec. 8 to 14, classic film buffs can catch the Los Angeles premiere of brand new restorations of “Days of Heaven” and “L’amour Fou.” Also featured is a 50th anniversary screening of “Don’t Look Now” with a 35mm Ib Tech print. A 35mm presentation of Douglas Sirk’s 1959 “Imitation of Life” will be followed by a Q&a with actor Susan Kohner along with a book signing by Foster Hirsch in connection with “Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties.”
A new 4k restoration of “Lone Star” will include a Q&a with director John Sayles.
From Dec. 15 to Dec. 21, the theater will feature a 70mm run of Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire” ahead of its Netflix premiere. Just in time for Christmas,...
From Dec. 8 to 14, classic film buffs can catch the Los Angeles premiere of brand new restorations of “Days of Heaven” and “L’amour Fou.” Also featured is a 50th anniversary screening of “Don’t Look Now” with a 35mm Ib Tech print. A 35mm presentation of Douglas Sirk’s 1959 “Imitation of Life” will be followed by a Q&a with actor Susan Kohner along with a book signing by Foster Hirsch in connection with “Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties.”
A new 4k restoration of “Lone Star” will include a Q&a with director John Sayles.
From Dec. 15 to Dec. 21, the theater will feature a 70mm run of Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire” ahead of its Netflix premiere. Just in time for Christmas,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay and Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Clear your calendar, L.A. cinephiles! The American Cinematheque has announced the titles for its extraordinary 70mm festival taking place at the iconic Egyptian Theatre in the days after the movie palace reopens following a three-year restoration. Netflix, in partnership with the American Cinematheque, bought the cinema in 2020.
The 516-seat theater, which was the longtime home of the American Cinematheque before the refurbishment, will retain its full ability to project 70mm prints and also be one of only five cinemas in the U.S. capable of projecting nitrate film. That early form of celluloid prints is notable for its astounding sharpness and vivid colors — you’ve never seen Technicolor until you’ve seen it in nitrate — but it’s extremely flammable, which you know if you’ve seen “Inglourious Basterds,” and thus harder to handle for many projectionists today.
The festival “Ultra Cinematheque 70: Hollywood,” running from November 10 through November...
The 516-seat theater, which was the longtime home of the American Cinematheque before the refurbishment, will retain its full ability to project 70mm prints and also be one of only five cinemas in the U.S. capable of projecting nitrate film. That early form of celluloid prints is notable for its astounding sharpness and vivid colors — you’ve never seen Technicolor until you’ve seen it in nitrate — but it’s extremely flammable, which you know if you’ve seen “Inglourious Basterds,” and thus harder to handle for many projectionists today.
The festival “Ultra Cinematheque 70: Hollywood,” running from November 10 through November...
- 11/1/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
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