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‘This England’ Teaser: Kenneth Branagh Plays Disgraced British Prime Minster Boris Johnson For Director Michael Winterbottom

August 18, 2022 8:58 am

Although British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation in July and will remain in power until his party chooses a leader, his legacy of incompetence will stick with him for years, if not the r...

First Look: Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand & More

Edward Davis

August 16, 2022 4:03 pm

Festivals, News

It’s NYFF day. OK, yes, earlier today, we were honored to premiere the trailer for the 60th New York Film Festival. Following that update, we got word about NYFF’s Spotlight section, and new world premieres ad...

NYFF 2022 Adds World Premieres: ‘She Said,’ & New Docs By Martin Scorsese, Elvis Mitchell & More

Edward Davis

August 16, 2022 3:23 pm

Festivals, News

Yes, we premiered the trailer for the 60th New York Film Festival—which runs September 30–October 16, 2022—this morning, but there’s more. Film at Lincoln Center announced the Spotlight section for NYFF today ...

‘Sidney’ Trailer: The Legendary Sidney Poitier Is Honored In A New Apple TV+ Doc Coming in September

Edward Davis

August 16, 2022 12:22 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Tis the season to fete legends of cinema. First, Ethan Hawke celebrates the life of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in his excellent six-part doc series, “The Last Movie Stars,” and now acclaimed veteran direc...

God's Creatures, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Cannes 2022

‘God’s Creatures’ Trailer: Emily Watson & Paul Mescal Star In A24’s New Mother & Son Psychological Drama

Edward Davis

August 16, 2022 9:03 am

News, Trailers

Filmmaker Anna Rose Holmer dazzled critics in 2015 with her feature debut “The Fits,” which made a big splash at Sundance that year. Seven years later, she finally returns with collaborator Saela Davis, who wa...

‘Emily’ Trailer’: Emma Mackey Is The Rebel, Misfit, Genius, Emily Brontë

Edward Davis

August 11, 2022 8:23 am

News, Trailers

Rebel. Misfit. Genius. Yep, that’s famous author Emily Brontë reimagined. “Emily, how did you write ‘Wuthering Heights?” That’s the first question and line of dialogue in the new trailer for “Emily,” which ima...

‘Bones And All’ Teaser Trailer: Feast Your Eyes On Luca Guadagnino’s Cannibalistic Love Story Starring Timothée Chalamet

Edward Davis

August 10, 2022 4:42 pm

News

“Bones and All” is coming. Yep, writer/director Luca Guadagnino is back with a screenplay by his long-term collaborator David Kajganich (“Suspiria,” “A Bigger Splash”), and this one will screen in competition ...

‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Trailer: Lena Dunham Releases Her 2nd 2022 Movie, A Medieval Coming-Of-Age Comedy

Edward Davis

August 10, 2022 10:29 am

News, Trailers

Writer/director/producer/actor Lena Dunham has had a couple of quiet years. Maybe that’s because she became Internet persona non grata from oversharing on social media and perhaps including a little bit too ma...

Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ Dated For Fall 2024

Edward Davis

August 3, 2022 6:17 pm

News

It’s been an incredibly rough week for Warner Bros. and the DC Universe following the news that the freshly-appointed bosses had canceled their “Batgirl” film at Discovery in new cost-cutting measures (Discove...

‘A League Of Their Own’ Trailer: Abby Jacobson’s Prime Video’s Baseball Reboot Hits In August

Edward Davis

July 27, 2022 2:32 pm

News, Television, Trailers

There’s no crying in baseball, as the original movie classically said, but all the hardships that women endure, now and then, sexism, misogyny, racism, and bias you can think of are on display in the new trail...

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