“Pain Hustlers” Trailer Finds Emily Blunt and Chris Evans Living the High Life
The first trailer for director David Yates’ Pain Hustlers has arrived, revealing a crime drama centered on Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), a single mother whose desperation to provide a better life for her kid lands her at a pharma startup with less-than-noble aspirations.
The trailer gives us a glimpse of Liza’s start at the startup, which operates out of a Florida strip mall and which she’s determined to dominate. Her grit and gusto make her a star in short order,
Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” Hits the Mark in Venice
With the 80th Annual Venice Film Festival still going and the venerable Telluride Film Festival bowing this past Sunday, reviews for some of the fall’s most intriguing releases are starting to pour. Buzz, big acquisitions, and just a hint of good feelings, even hope, can be felt. Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos wowed with his twisty take on a female Frankenstein’s monster, Poor Things, starring a stellar Emma Stone.
“Poor Things” Pops in Venice as Emma Stone Earns Raves in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Stunner
With the 80th Venice International Film Festival still underway and the Telluride Film Festival just wrapping this past Sunday, some of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films have had their world premieres recently. Michael Mann’s racing epic Ferrari blew the doors off Venice, while Ava DuVernay made history at the fest by becoming the first Black U.S. director in the film’s 80-year history to have a film in the main competition,
Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” Unveils Her Film About Author Isabel Wilkerson & The Creation of a Masterpiece
Ava DuVernay’s latest film, Origin, is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, yet powerhouse indie studio Neon has already acquired worldwide rights to the film. Now, Neon has revealed the first look at the film centered on the life of “Caste” and “The Warmth of Other Suns” author and journalist Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. The marriage of auteur and material couldn’t be a better fit,
“Barbie” Reigns Supreme in 2023 After Passing Another Milestone
It was only a matter of time before Barbie officially became the highest-grossing movie of 2023. Co-writer/director Greta Gerwig’s pink-hued colossus of a film did just that this past Labor Day Weekend, strutting past the animated blockbuster The Super Mario Bros. Movie and claiming 2023’s top spot for itself.
It’s yet another astonishing feat in a summer of them for Gerwig’s spirited, soul-searching mega-hit, which centered on a seemingly perfect Barbie (Margot Robbie) suddenly finding herself plagued by thoughts of death and then,
“The Equalizer 3” Director Antoine Fuqua on Re-Teaming With Denzel Washington For Ferocious Finale
The Equalizer trilogy is a wrap. For the latest and supposedly final addition to the franchise, filmmaker Antoine Fuqua and his crew take Robert McCall (Denzel Washington, Fuqua’s longtime collaborator) to Southern Italy. Once again, this man of deep compassion but with an unparalleled gift for violence is tasked with protecting underdogs in a small seaside town on the Amalfi Coast under the bloody thumb of the mob.
It’s a lean,
Best of Summer 2023: “Heart of Stone” Stunt Coordinator Jo McLaren on Taking Gal Gadot to New Heights
Jo McLaren is a longtime stunt professional who has worked on a slew of hit films and TV series, lending her talents to hits as disparate as Titanic, Dr. Who, and the Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, and Avengers franchises. As an in-demand stunt coordinator, she has kept productions safe while creating some of the most inimitable action sequences in the business.
Best of Summer 2023: “Barbie” Hair & Makeup Artist Ivana Primorac Conjures Personality From Plastic
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How do you turn a human into a doll?
“The Marvels” Drops Electric New Trailer Ahead of Director Nia DaCosta’s Big Marvel Studios Debut
Being a superhero can be a lonely job, especially if you’re the type of superhero that Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) is. Only Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has had a similar responsibility: keeping a watch on all the trouble brewing deep in the cosmos, to say nothing of returning to Earth when things go pear-shaped there, too. Yet Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, also has the loneliness of having had her memory erased by the Kree, so at the start of director Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels,
Best of Summer 2023: How Editor Eddie Hamilton Cut “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” to the Quick
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As it is, Tom Cruise’s new Mission: Impossible movie (now playing) runs a hefty two hours and forty-three minutes,
Best of Summer 2023: “Talk To Me” Directors Danny & Michael Philippou on Crafting the Year’s Most Unsettling Horror Film
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Danny and Michael Philippou do not pull their punches in their chilling feature film directorial debut Talk to Me.
Taylor Swift Concert Film Coming to Theaters in October
We have some good news for all the folks who couldn’t snag a ticket to Taylor Swift’s rapturous, record-shattering stadium tour through the U.S.—a filmed version of Swift’s tour, Taylor Swift / The Eras Tour, is coming to theaters across the United States this fall, on Friday, October 13th, no less.
Given the mega-popularity of Swift, AMC Theaters has promised that the concert film will play at every single one of its U.S.
Best of Summer 2023: “Brother” Writer/Director Clement Virgo on Returning to Filmmaking With His Quietly Devastating Adaptation
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When he returned to feature filmmaking,
Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” Starring Adam Driver Revs Into High Gear in First Trailer
Legendary director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, The Insider) has been thinking about making Ferrari for decades, and now, at long last, Mann’s meticulously crafted epic about Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) is here. Ferrari, which is set to have its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival this week, has dropped its first trailer.
In this nearly wordless 90-second glimpse, it’s 1957, and we’re behind the wheel of one of Enzo Ferrari’s namesake racecars as it barrels along one of the most dangerous races in the world,
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” Will Now Have Simultaneous Global Release
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, easily one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year, has decided against a limited release in early October in favor of a simultaneous global release later that month.
Apple Studios announced that Scorsese’s historical crime drama, based on investigative journalist David Grann’s masterful 2017 book, will premiere worldwide on October 20, with a streaming release on Apple TV+ at some point after that.
Best of Summer 2023: Gina Prince-Bythewood, MPA Creator Award Recipient, Tells Her Story
*It’s our annual “Best of Summer” look back at some (not all) of our favorite interviews from the past few months. This non-comprehensive look back includes the Barbenheimer phenomenon and the wonderful interviews that followed those two history-making films, chats with the talented folks behind Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, our profile of MPA Creator Award Recipient and filmmaker extraordinaire Gina Prince-Bythewood and more.
An elite force of female soldiers,
Best of Summer 2023: “Oppenheimer” Composer Ludwig Göransson Creates a New Kind of Atomic Scale
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When Chris Nolan wrapped Tenet in 2919,
“Blue Beetle”: A Superhero Odyssey Infused With Latinx Culture and Family Bonds
Blue Beetle is the groundbreaking first Mexican-American addition to DC Studio’s roster. Helmed by Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings), written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala), and propelled by a winning cast that will win your heart, Blue Beetle propels us into an action-packed origin story that unabashedly champions the family ties that characterize Latino communities.
Meet Jaime Reyes (pronounced Hi-meh Ray-yes),
Best of Summer 2023: How the “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Visual Team Created a Mesmerizing Multiverse
*It’s our annual “Best of Summer” look back at some (not all) of our favorite interviews from the past few months. This non-comprehensive look back includes the Barbenheimer phenomenon and the wonderful interviews that followed those two history-making films, chats with the talented folks behind Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, our profile of MPA Creator Award Recipient and filmmaker extraordinaire Gina Prince-Bythewood and more.
When Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was released five years ago,
Best of Summer 2023: “Oppenheimer” Production Designer Ruth De Jong on Helping Christopher Nolan Build the Bomb
*It’s our annual “Best of Summer” look back at some (not all) of our favorite interviews from the past few months. This non-comprehensive look back includes the Barbenheimer phenomenon and the wonderful interviews that followed those two history-making films, chats with the talented folks behind Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, our profile of MPA Creator Award Recipient and filmmaker extraordinaire Gina Prince-Bythewood and more.
Oppenheimer is a colossal achievement.
