The Marvel Cinematic Universe Blade movie has now lost its second director as Yann Demange has left the project. The Wrap is reporting that Demange, who is best known for his work on Lovecraft Country, left the project “a while ago.” He’s the second director to leave, with the first being Bassam Tariq. The move … Read more
Steven Yeun has departed from Marvel’s Phase Six entry Thunderbolts due to scheduling conflicts resulting from the strikes. With filming on Marvel’s Thunderbolts slated to begin in the spring, the production just lost one of its stars, as Steven Yeun has exited the project. While Thunderbolts still has a pretty stacked lineup going for it, … Read more
This movie is set in our times, though like all of Kaurismäki’s films, it has an unusually retro mise-en-scene, apparent in even the teeniest design detail. Ansa’s radio has a circular analog dial on its face. While she does own a microwave, it’s the most basic box imaginable. A band shows up late in the … Read more
Happily, Kaurismaki’s filmmaking skills have not slackened in the interim. While not quite as bleak as those earlier movies, he does an intriguing job of taking classic rom-com tropes and finding new ways of approaching them. The deadpan style of humor he has always favored ends up fitting in nicely with the romance that he … Read more
A California girl through and through, Somers revealed in the ‘90s that she was the child of an abusive alcoholic, someone who was so violent that the future actress was a bed-wetter until she was 12 and the victim of a violent attack on Prom night. She escaped that home but struggled further as a … Read more
Bam Margera was reported to be in rehab following his being placed on a psychiatric hold. According to Lamar Odom, however, that is no longer the case. According to a report from TMZ, Odom — who owns one of the facilities that Margera was at — said that Margera left his stint in rehab early, … Read more
An accident on the set of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 in Morocco has left six crew members with non-life-threatening burn injuries. Studios typically go to great lengths to ensure safety on their sets, but accidents do happen. It seems that there has been an accident during the production of Gladiator 2 in Morocco which has … Read more
Chaz Ebert Chaz is the CEO of several Ebert enterprises, including the President of The Ebert Company Ltd, and of Ebert Digital LLC, Publisher of RogerEbert.com, President of Ebert Productions and Chairman of the Board of The Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, and Co- Founder and Producer of Ebertfest, the film festival now in its … Read more
RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert’s fourth video dispatch from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, made with Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works, features her discussion with Ben Kenigsberg about various selections at the festival, including Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,” Wang Bing’s “Youth (Spring),” Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” and more. Also included is an excerpt … Read more
Walking the red carpet for his Cannes premiere on Monday, Kaurismäki, instead of treating the procession like a formal occasion, goofed around with photographers and even poked a little fun at the festival’s head programmer, Thierry Frémaux, at the top of the steps. This is a filmmaker who delights in life. “Club Zero,” directed by … Read more