Film scholar David Bordwell has passed away at the age of 76 after a long struggle with a degenerative lung disease. The name would be familiar to anyone who has taken film school, as he was one of the key figures in film studies. Along with his wife and fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison film professor…
As a film franchise, Star Wars has been on hiatus since the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. Several film projects went in and out of development in the years since, while Star Wars continued through various Disney+ series, such as The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka. In a project that…
For the first time since 1980, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has voted to go on strike. SAG-AFTRA will be joining the striking members of the Writer’s Guild of America, who have been on strike since May 2. This marks the first time the two unions have…
The first trailer has dropped for Asteroid City, the latest film by director Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson’s films have long since settled into a familiar formula, and stylistically Asteroid City looks reminiscent of Anderson’s output from the last decade, including Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The French Dispatch. The Asteroid City trailer features…
Daniels’ sci-fi action-comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner at the 95th Academy Awards, winning 7 of its 11 nominated categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actor for…
This is a tough obituary post for me to write since it affects the rest of the Toronto film community and me quite personally. Suppose you have ever attended the Toronto International Film Festival or one of the dozens of other film and cultural events around Toronto. In that case, chances are that you have…
Thirteen years after the original, James Cameron is finally back with Avatar: The Way of Water. The full trailer for the film has been released ahead of the film’s release on December 16, 2022. Very little of the film’s actual story is revealed in the trailer other than showing a peak into the film’s underwater…
Source: Variety The 94th Academy Awards happened last night and Sian Heder’s CODA ended up being the big winner of the night, winning all three awards it was nominated for, including Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur, Best Adapted Screenplay for Heder, and Best Picture, the first time the award has been presented to a…
Source: Variety Revisiting a controversial plan from a few years ago, the Academy has made the announcement that there will be 8 categories that will not be presented during this year’s Oscars telecast. Instead, the awards will be presented during a ceremony prior to the telecast, clips of which will be edited into the broadcast….
Director and producer Ivan Reitman has died at the age of 75. Reitman is best known as the director of many popular comedies in the 1970s and 1980s, including 1979’s Meatballs, 1981’s Stripes, and of course 1984’s Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel. Ivan Reitman was arguably more prolific as a producer, with some of his…
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