This year, the mentorship program is a retreat. How is this different from years past, and what will this change look like? In past years, it was the mentor meeting the mentee in person or via Zoomfor 30 minutes minimum a month for six months. They could decide where they want to take it. The … Read more
A new study has found that prices and convenience played a major factor in whether or not people stream movies or go to the cinema. For the majority of us, the weekends include at least one designated movie night. Whether we hit the cinema or stay home is our own choice, but according to a … Read more
Evil Dead Rise writer/director Lee Cronin has secured a deal to make more genre projects for New Line Cinema Sam Raimi was so impressed by Lee Cronin’s feature directorial debut, the 2019 horror film The Hole in the Ground, that he not only hired Cronin to contribute to his short-lived anthology series 50 States of … Read more
Is this the end of cinema? Or the start of a whole new era? According to Martin Scorsese — a guy who knows a thing or two about cinema — cinema is not “dying” but rather in a state of transformation. Speaking at the Berlin Film Festival (via Variety) Scorsese said I don’t think it’s dying at … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. feels that the success of Oppenheimer could herald a new era for cinema. The 58-year-old actor starred in Christopher Nolan’s box-office smash as Lewis Strauss and believes that it could lead to a new type of blockbuster that keeps budgets under control while maintaining the hype of a major movie. Downey told The New … Read more
Quentin Tarantino announced that a follow-up to 2022’s Cinema Speculation is in the works, teasing his take on What’s Up, Doc? Quentin Tarantino is doubling down on his film criticism, as he not only has his 10th and final feature, The Movie Critic, on the horizon but also has a follow-up to his book Cinema … Read more
Christopher Nolan sees the tremendous box office success of Oppenheimer as a sign that the state of moviegoing is on the upswing. Nobody would have thought that a three-hour movie about the father of the atomic bomb would be one of the highest-grossing movies of the year, giving pink dolls, plumber brothers and the Guardians’ … Read more
8. FACING REALITY “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie” I was apprehensive about seeing Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” because frankly I was wondering whether it would be painful taking me back to the challenges we faced with my late husband Roger’s illness. Fortunately, I am happy to report that it … Read more
Jamie Foxx’s surprise appearance to accept the Vanguard Award was the hit of the evening, as most know he’s been ill for a while, and this was his first public appearance. He began by thanking everyone and saying, “Six months ago, I couldn’t actually do that; I couldn’t actually walk.” He went on to talk … Read more
I’m sure it took a herculean amount of effort to put this new series together, and MoMA curators La Frances Hui and Josh Siegel and guest curator Ehsan Khoshbakht are to be thanked for their work in unveiling an era of cinema that has been too long hidden. A Bit of Back Story: Beginnings I … Read more