“I need to start figuring out what the f— to say,” Paul Thomas Anderson recently said when it came to his biggest project yet, a $115 million Warner Bros. summer tentpole with a cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, Alana Haim, Benicio del Toro, and Chase Infiniti. The promotion has not …

Mar 28, 2025 · Looking for what to see in theaters? Our feature, updated weekly, highlights our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restorations receiving a proper theatrical run. While we already provide extensive monthly new-release recommendations and weekly streaming recommendations, as distributors' …

Dec 3, 2024 · One of the few benefits of the awards race is Hollywood’s outpouring of materials associated with the contenders. Perhaps the biggest perk is the release of full scripts one is able to download legally, directly from the studios. The first batch is now available and we’ll be updating this post as more arrive over the

Dec 11, 2024 · Our first glimpse at 2025 independent cinema has arrived with the unveiling of next month's Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the competition films and more available online from January 30–February 2, 2025 across the country. Curated from 15,775

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Dec 19, 2024 · Following part one of our 2025 movie preview, we’re counting down our 50 most-anticipated films of the year.. 50. 28 Years Later (Danny Boyle; June 20) . It’s a shame the 28 Later (?) franchise lost its shaky, grainy video-camera aesthetic that defined the mood and feel of the first entry, 28 Days Later.But it’s a godsend that …

Dec 9, 2024 · "A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist–moving an audience through a movie [...] making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark," said the late, great Gordon Willis. As our year-end coverage continues, we must pay dues. From talented newcomers to seasoned professionals, we've rounded up the examples that have

Jan 29, 2025 · Though once wildly, dizzyingly prolific, Johnnie To has only debuted three features in the last ten years, and recent interviews have left him sounding less-than-optimistic about a new project––be that the years-gestating Election 3 or otherwise. (No word in the near year since he was supposedly spotted filming something, about the strongest terms we've been

Feb 25, 2015 · The blood, sweat, and tears that go into creating a film are not often publicized around its release, but for some features we eventually get a peek behind the curtain — or rather, the camera.

Jan 22, 2025 · A massive box-office sensation in Italy, where it’s among the country’s top 10 highest-grossers of all-time, Paola Cortellesi’s black-and-white drama There’s Still Tomorrow is, remarkably, the director’s first feature. After racking up six David di Donatello Awards, the post-war drama will arrive on March 7 in the United States from Greenwich Entertainment.