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Review: Matt Damon Gives His Best Performance Since “The Martian” In Tom McCarthy’s Excellent “Stillwater”

The hardest thing you can do right now in movies is make one that's simply original-- not based on a novel or a musical...

What is Love? Albert Mielgo Tries to Answer That Question with His Heralded Cannes Animated Short Film

What is love? That is one of life’s eternal questions, and one that, that Spanish filmmaker Alberto Mielgo tries to answer in his signature...

Cannes 15 Minute Standing O for Wes Anderson’s “French Dispatch”: But Director Refuses to Give Press Conference

UPDATE There was a 15 minute total standing ovation apparently. Originally it was said to be 9 minutes, but it went on and on...

Box Office First: Marvel’s “Black Widow” Made $60 Mil from Disney Plus, $140 Million Including Theaters, $215 Million Total Opening

Scarlett Johansson might reconsider making another "Black Widow" movie. Disney was unusually forthcoming with its box office report today for the Marvel movie. They released the...

Cannes: Raves for Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” on the Croisette, First Film He’s Directed Himself In

UPDATE:  My spies say "Flag Day" played very well, getting a hearty standing ovation. "Everyone liked it a lot," says my observer. "Dylan Penn...

Marvel’s “Black Widow” Takes $39 Million Opening Nights, Heads to $80 Mil Weekend

Scarlett Johansson is having a nice week. Marvel's "Black Widow" made $26 million Friday night, on top of a $13 million Thursday preview evening. The total...

Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” Doc Sputtered at Box Office During the Week, Footage Was Used On TV in 1969

Questlove's "Summer of Soul" was not an out of the box hit when it opened last Friday, July 2nd. According to the website the-numbers.com, "Summer...

Cannes: Matt Damon Stars in “Stillwater” from “Spotlight” Oscar Director Tom McCarthy Gets Raves, Standing Ovation

Standing by for the official reviews... Tom McCarthy's "Stillwater" played out of competition tonight in Cannes and got a 5 minute standing ovation. A real...

McCartney Hulu Doc: A New Song, An Unreleased Beatles Song, Personal Motto: “Forge ahead constantly…in music and in life”

Part 2 of the Hulu documentary about Paul McCartney is another very satisfying 30 minutes executive produced by Rick Rubin. It's as if someone gave...

Griffin Dunne Previews Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”: “The audience is going to go nuts for it”

Actor Griffin Dunne took to Instagram today and gave a little preview of Wes Anderson's "The French Dispatch." The much- anticipated film will be...