Andrew Dominik arrived at the Marrakech International Film Festival this week, unburdened by promotional duties and free to speak candidly about a career marked by critical acclaim and commercial challenges in equal measure.

The Australian director, whose 2022 Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde” became one of the most divisive films of recent years, sat down for an In Conversation that covered everything from the peculiar economics of auteur filmmaking to his musings on potential future projects involving spirituality or artificial intelligence.

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Long before scores of women came forward and told the world how much of a monster the convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein was, the now-disgraced Hollywood mogul had a reputation for clashing with creative collaborators. Among the many filmmakers and actors to threatened Weinstein with violence was none other than “The Sopranos” star and late actor James Gandolfini.

During a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, “The Sopranos” actors Steve Schirripa and Michael Imperioli revealed that Gandolfini, who passed away in 2013, once threatened to beat the crap out of Weinstein.

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Nothing busts canons quite like living in interesting times. In our ongoing Inflection Point series, we look back at the films that have taken on new relevance due to our ongoing cultural and political upheaval. Some beloved, some undiscovered, these titles deserve newfound consideration as film criticism evolves to meet the moment.

In 2008, at the height of the economic recession, City University of London professor Subhabrata Banerjee popularized the concept of “necrocapitalism.” This theoretical model positioned death and displacement as more than just a byproduct of capitalism; loss of the right kinds of life was, in fact, a driving force behind the success of most capitalistic endeavors.

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Look, making a Best of Decade list is an impossibility. As the 2010s come to a close, we’ve been agonizing over this (long-delayed) list for half a year now and even had to take a break and put it away this summer when things got too contentious and overwhelming. And then there’s the notion of resonance and what really lasts and is released too late (Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” is phenomenal, for example, but it’s not even released yet, and it’s just going to have to sit this one out).

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