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Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt. We update our picks throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

As we enter the fall/holiday season, “Wicked” (Universal) is gathering early buzz for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Other standouts include “The Substance” (Mubi), “A Different Man” (A24), “Longlegs” (Neon), “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.), “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix), and “Maria” (Netflix). But the race will heat up with the arrival of “Nosferatu” (Focus Features) on Christmas.

“Wicked,” Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, delivers the backstory between the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda. Before they become bitter enemies,...

Skeleton Crew never say die! At least, that’s what the inspiration behind the new Disney+ series from Lucasfilm seems to be. According to executive producer Jon Favreau, Skeleton Crew took its cue from famous ‘80s coming-of-age favorites, particularly those produced by Steven Spielberg and his Amblin company. A new trailer for Skeleton Crew has just been released by Disney+. A glimpse of a suburban setting, a school, and the upbeat trailer song really drives home the “family adventure” tone for this show. Favreau and Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts also use the classic mystery and exploration tropes in this Star Wars galaxy. The latest live-action series will premiere on Disney+ on December 3.

The official synopsis for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew reads: “When four kids make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, they get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home,...

Actor Hugh Grant is diversifying his filmography with his upcoming horror film, Heretic. As a result, Grant is busy promoting the upcoming film and appeared in an interview where he discussed his past career as a romantic lead and bringing the same charm to the horror genre. At the same time, Grant reflected on his rivalry with actor Ralph Fiennes.

Hugh Grant will next appear in the horror film Heretic (Credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live | YouTube).

The Harry Potter star is known for his performance as Lord Voldemort in the hit fantasy franchise but has also delivered powerful dramatic performances. Grant admitted to seeing Fiennes as a rival in their early days but has since grown to admire the actor’s prowess in diverse roles. Here is what Grant had to say about his rivalry with Fiennes and his new movie Heretic.

Hugh Grant Discussed His Rivalry With Harry Potter Star...

Exclusive: Oscar nominee Derek Cianfrance has rounded out an impressive cast for true-life heist pic Roofman, his first feature since The Light Between Oceans back in 2016. Newcomers include Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black), Ben Mendelsohn (The Marsh King’s Daughter), Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah), Juno Temple (Ted Lasso), Melonie Diaz (Fruitvale Station), Molly Price (Babygirl), the newly Gotham Award-nominated Lily Collias (Good One), Emory Cohen (Rebel Ridge), and Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel).

As previously announced, Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, and Peter Dinklage will also star in the film based on the unbelievable true story of Jeffrey Manchester (Tatum), a U.S. Army Reserve officer turned convicted spree-robber who rose to infamy as the ‘Rooftop Robber’ or ‘Roofman.’ A specialist in robbing McDonald’s locations across the U.S., Manchester’s criminal exploits kicked off in November 1998. His M.O. was to drill through the...

Ralph Fiennes is the type of actor that’s so consistently excellent that it’s paradoxically easy to take him for granted. Equally at home as a supporting player as a leading man, Fiennes has steadily been turning in great onscreen turns for three decades since his 1993 breakout, and he’s been celebrated with two Oscar nominations. But he hasn’t been recognized since the ’90s, despite a growing body of immaculate, perfectly-calibrated performances.

For many, Fiennes is most famous as a villain, utilizing his icy blue eyes for menacing effect. He broke out and received his first Oscar nomination in 1993 playing infamous Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in “Schindler’s List,” giving a pitiless and terrifying performance. In 2005, he was introduced to a whole new generation of audience members as the serpentine, ghastly, resurrected Voldemort in “Harry Potter,” which remains perhaps his best known role.

Yet Fiennes, an actor who...

There aren’t many actors whose filmographies can stack up against Ralph Fiennes. Think about it – Schindler’s List, Strange Days, Quiz Show, The English Patient, The Constant Gardener, The Grand Budapest Hotel, etc. Plus, he was M in the Daniel Craig James Bond movies and Voldemort. In recent years, Fiennes seems to be getting better and better, with The Menu an art-house smash, while he’s also appearing in Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later.

Add to that already impressive list of credits Edward Berger’s Conclave, in which he plays a Cardinal presiding over a Papal election who turns into a sleuth when he discovers backstabbing amongst the candidates. An adaption of the novel by Robert Harris, I absolutely loved this movie when I saw it at TIFF (read my review). I was excited to get the chance to briefly speak with Fiennes and Berger about the film,...

Can a great actor be taken for granted?

It’s been 30 years since Ralph Fiennes broke out as vicious Nazi Amon Goeth in “Schindler’s List,” which earned him his first Oscar nomination, followed three years later by his second, for the romantic adventure “The English Patient.” While he has labored in the commercial trenches on three Bond films (as M) and four Harry Potter installments (as Lord Voldemort), Fiennes has delivered many Oscar-worthy performances over the decades. Somehow, they were overlooked by the Academy Actors branch.

In short, he’s overdue. “Conclave” is their opportunity to set things right.

Edward Berger’s follow-up to Oscar-winning German war film “All Quiet on the Western Front” is a total crowdpleaser. The English-language “Conclave,” adapted by Peter Straughan from Robert Harris’s bestselling thriller, played well at Telluride and Toronto (Metascore 78), followed by audience awards at the regional festivals Middleburg and Mill Valley.

There is always a shortlist of actors deserving of an Academy Award. Ralph Fiennes is one of them. He earned a Supporting Actor nomination in 1994 for “Schindler’s List,” but lost out to Martin Landeau for “Ed Wood.” He landed a Best Actor nod in 1997 for “The English Patient,” but Geoffrey Rush had that one in the bag for “Shine.” And in the almost three decades since, he’s been overlooked for incredible work in films such as “The End of the Affair,” “The Constant Gardner,” “Coriolanus,” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” That may change with his celebrated performance as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in Edward Berger’s adaptation of Robert Harris‘ novel, “Conclave.”

Read More: For his contemporary “Conclave,” Edward Berger embraces the discourse [Interview]

The fact Fiennes is not synonymous with the Oscars is sort of head-scratching.

Continue reading Ralph Fiennes Isn’t Distracted By Oscar Buzz For ‘Conclave,’ Just Doing “Good Work” at The Playlist.

Horror, martial arts, sci-fi and more – here’s our pick of 35 genre films you can watch for free on Tubi.

Like any streaming service, particularly of the ad-supported variety, there’s a lot of filler on Tubi, the subscription-free platform which recently made its debut in the UK.

On there you’ll find an array of low-budget documentaries of spurious quality, landfill reality TV and how-did-this-get-made TV movies (Amish Abduction).

Do a bit of digging, though, and you’ll find plenty of movies that are genuinely worth watching, including the work of such respected directors as Michael Mann (Ali), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David Fincher (Gone Girl) and Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel).

Look beyond even those worthy films, and Tubi is positively stuffed with genre and cult offerings – sci-fi, horror, comedy, martial arts, thrillers and more besides. Finding these can take a bit of hunting around, however, so...

Few recent Oscar juggernauts have been quite as perplexing in their forward momentum as Edward Berger’s 2022 adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front.” A handsomely assembled but ultimately overproduced and hollow contribution to the increasingly thinning “War Is Bad” sect of cinema, it was more than a shock to see the film steamroll its way as the annual international film to break through in Hollywood that year, especially due to Berger’s undoubtedly competent but anonymously workmanlike approach at the helm. It makes complete sense, then, that Berger’s next gig—amid swirling rumors that he’ll be the next studio whipping boy for franchises like James Bond and the Bourne series—would be one more squarely positioned in the awards race, without that pesky obstacle of subtitles that Americans hate so fervently.

“Conclave” positions Berger rather comfortably at the Hollywood table, for while the film is, qualitatively speaking,...

Jeff Goldblum’s film career started in a particularly auspicious manner since his first four films were all highly regarded works of the early 1970s: “Death Wish”, “California Split”, “Nashville” and “Next Stop, Greenwich Village.” He continued to work in film and television for the next four decades and even returned to Broadway a few times, most notably in the highly regarded Martin McDonough play “The Pillowman.”

Along the way Goldblum has picked up a number of award nominations including an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film for “Little Surprises.” He received an Emmy nomination for a guest appearance on “Will and Grace” in 2005. He also was a nominee for Best Actor for two of the most prestigious critics awards groups for his work in “The Fly.” Both the New York Film’s Critics and the National Society of Film Critics named him as one of the top three actors of the year.

The Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is particularly tough to predict early on because of the complicated system by which the nominees are determined in two stages. First, upwards of 15 members of the branch who attend special screenings cast preferential ballots with the top 10 vote-getters moving on to the second stage (it was a lucky seven till 2021). Those members from the first stage and any other members who either attend screenings of excerpts from these semi-finalists or attest that they have seen them cast preferential ballots and the top five films are nominated; that is up from three in years past. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.)

The award for Best Makeup was introduced in 1981, following an outcry over the lack of recognition for Christopher Tucker‘s groundbreaking work on “The Elephant Man” (1980). Hairstylists began sharing the award with makeup artists in 1993 when “Mrs. Doubtfire” won.

As is the case with most below-the-line Oscar categories, bigger equals better when it comes to Best Production Design. The more lavish the sets, the more accurate the period detail, the more extravagant the designs, the more likely your film will win an Academy Award. Formerly known as Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, this prize goes to the production designer and set decorator, leaving the poor art directors on the outside looking in; perhaps that accounts for the title change. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Production Design.)

Like Best Costume Design, this award rarely corresponds with Best Picture. Before “The Shape of Water” prevailed in both categories in 2018, the last to line-up was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in 2004. Often, the winner of this race hasn’t even been nominated for the top prize, as was the case with “Memoirs of a Geisha...

If you want to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design, it’s best to pick a project for which you can create frilly dresses from a bygone era. Since its introduction at the 1948 Academy Awards, this category has favored period pictures, including the 2024 winner “Poor Things.” (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Costume Design.)

Voters love to reward the creative forces behind such films, especially those that are about the aristocracy including recent champs “Marie Antoinette” (2007), “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2008), “The Duchess” (2009), “The Young Victoria” (2010), and “Anna Karenina” (2013). By the way, none of those films even competed for Best Picture. Indeed, only 20 Best Picture champs also won this award; the last to do so was “The Artist” in 2012.

Among the other double dippers was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004). Fantasy films such as this often boast Oscar-winning costumes, including 2022 champ “Cruella,...

Of all the below-the-line categories at the Oscars, Best Original Score is the most difficult to predict early on due to the finicky nature of the music branch of the academy. Scores that sound like frontrunners are disqualified for a variety of reasons, from the number of credited composers to the amount of previously recorded music used. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Original Score.)

Starting with the 2019 Oscars, the academy released a shortlist of 15 contenders. We got this year’s roster of semi-finalists on December 17, 2024. A second round of voting by the members of the music branch, again using preferential voting, will cut these 15 down to the final five nominees. These will be announced, along with the final contenders in all of the other competitive categories on January 17. The entire voting membership of the academy will then vote for the winners, which will be revealed...

Vertical Entertainment has just sent over the trailer to their official Venice and TIFF selection — the tense thriller The Order. Justin Kurzel is in the director’s chair. Based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s novel The Silent Brotherhood, The Order stars Jude Law (Closer, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), Nicholas Hoult (Superman, Renfield, Mad Max: Fury Road), and Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, X-Men: Apocalypse, Mud).

The official synopsis reads,

“For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and the public panicked throughout the Pacific Northwest. As the attacks become increasingly violent, FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) becomes convinced that the robberies are the work of a domestic terrorist gang that plan to use the loot to finance an armed uprising against the U.S. government.

Based on a true story,...

A brutal Oscar season is ahead…in a good way.

As the Oscar race heats up, Hollywood is bracing for an intense, wide-open awards season. After its whirlwind tour through the Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, A24’s newly acquired historical epic “The Brutalist” has emerged as a potential heavyweight in this year’s Academy Awards lineup. Starring Adrien Brody in a career-redefining role as a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and journeys to the U.S., the film screened in front of an influential audience at CAA on Sunday night. The room was filled with industry professionals, journalists, and Oscar winners like Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”). After the screening, the film’s director, Brady Corbet, and co-writer Mona Fastvold participated in a post-screening Q&a session, giving the audience insight into the seven-year odyssey to bring this project to life.

“The Brutalist” follows 30 years in...

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in October. The Peacock October 2024 schedule includes the streaming premieres of The Mouse Trap and Blackwater Lane, as well as the debut of the terrifying Peacock Originals Teacup and Hysteria!

Peacock has something for everyone, from frightful favorites like I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Fly and spine-chilling thrillers like The Craft and Jennifer’s Body to films to scare up fun for the whole family, such as the Harry Potter franchise, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, and more.

Hysteria!

October also brings a taste of early noughties nostalgia with the exclusive streaming premiere of Didi and a royal reality check when Queens Court returns for season 2. Get on your dancing shoes for the premiere of Reggaeton: The Sound That Conquered the World, and don...

Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”) has long been our Oscars front-runner for Best Actor, but the ground keeps shifting under his feet, and now one of his rivals has risen up to tie him. Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”) is now dead even with him at 4/1 odds, based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. But both of them need to keep an eye on two other contenders directly underneath them who could swoop in at any minute.

At the moment, Domingo has support from six of the Expert journalists we’ve surveyed from major media outlets. That’s more than are predicting any other contenders, but it’s far from the majority of Experts. Meanwhile, there are four top journos betting on Fiennes. But there’s reason for Domingo to be concerned. Of the 13 Experts who have updated their predictions in the last week, none are currently picking Domingo to win,...

Searchlight Pictures is celebrating a milestone anniversary with … T-shirts!

The studio, which is marking the moment with a variety of initiatives and partners from Ore-Ida and Warby Parker to Hitching Post Winery, has teamed up once again with buzzy Los Angeles brand Hiro Clark to honor its 30th year in business. (The two previously partnered on “Hello Stranger” shirts after the success of the critically acclaimed All of Us Strangers from Andrew Haigh.)

In doing so, Hiro Clark is offering a limited-edition collection of tees, five in total, that retail for $98 apiece in multiple color options. Here’s the part cinephiles need to know: The line of five honors Searchlight’s beloved films including Tamara Jenkins’ 1998 movie Slums of Beverly Hills, Kimberly Peirce’s 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry, Jared Hess’s 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine, and Scott Cooper’s 2009 film Crazy Heart.

The iconic movie studio Searchlight Pictures is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Founded in 1994 under the name Fox Searchlight Pictures, they dropped "Fox" after Disney bought 21st Century Fox The cinema chain Picturehouse in the UK is celebrating "30 Years of Searchlight Pictures" with a screening series of 11 films. Below is their lovely trailer. "An independent film powerhouse formed in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, to tell the story of Searchlight is to tell the story of the last thirty years of indie film itself: follow the company's decades-spanning thread, weaving award winners and cult classics together, and find a slate of modern masterpieces dear to the hearts of both the most devoted cinephile and the casual movie-goer." Some of my fave Searchlight films: Sunshine, 500 Days of Summer, Napoleon Dynamite, Black Swan, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Juno, The Menu, Super Troopers, Thank You for Smoking, The Tree of Life,...

Justin Kurzel’s political thriller The Order will open the Zurich Film Festival in October with its star Jude Law in attendance alongside the director to receive the event’s Golden Eye Award for his performance and career.

Law plays a FBI agent who dismantles a far-right terrorist cell in the movie, which recently world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and then made its North American debut at Toronto.

The actor will be presented with the award at the Zurich gala premiere for The Order on October 3.

‘Jude Law is an absolute dream guest’, says Zurich Film Festival Artistic Director Christian Jungen. “He is not only the leading actor in the thriller The Order, which he carries from A to Z with his charisma, but also the producer.

“Although the film is set in 1983, it revolves around the machinations of right-wing extremist circles in the USA and is therefore highly topical.

Adam Driver protagoniza el proyecto más personal de Coppola. © Lionsgate

Ya está aquí el nuevo tráiler y póster de la película Megalopolis, escrita, dirigida y producida por Francis Ford Coppola (El Padrino), que se proyectará en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián dentro de la sección Perlak.

Megalopolis es una fábula épica romana ambientada en una imaginada América moderna. La ciudad de Nueva Roma debe cambiar, lo que provoca un conflicto entre César Catilina, un artista genial que pretende dar el salto a un futuro utópico e idealista, y su oponente, el alcalde Franklyn Cicero, que sigue comprometido con un statu quo regresivo, perpetuando la codicia, los intereses particulares y la guerra partidista. En medio de ambos se encuentra Julia Cicero, la hija del alcalde, cuyo amor por César ha dividido sus lealtades, obligándola a descubrir lo que realmente cree que merece la humanidad.

La película cuenta con...

The 51st edition of the Telluride Film Festival concluded on Labor Day, with three standout films generating significant Oscar buzz: Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner “Anora,” Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical “Emilia Pérez,” and Jason Reitman’s dark comedy “Saturday Night.”

Distributed by Sony Pictures, “Saturday Night” marks Reitman’s return to both directing and screenwriting, collaborating with co-writer Gil Kenan. While the film takes a high-tension look at the 90 minutes leading up to the first episode of the iconic sketch show “Saturday Night Live,” it has received mixed reactions from critics. However, history has shown that critical reception does not always align with Oscar success, as evidenced by past Best Picture winners like “Green Book” (2018) and “Coda” (2021). The No. 1 rule of Oscar punditry is to remember critics are not Oscar voters.

On the other hand, RaMell Ross’s “Nickel Boys” could be poised to make an impression with both the L.

The Pope is dead, and the Catholic College of Cardinals — all deeply pious men with nothing but God in their hearts, of course — start maneuvering to take his place before the Holy Father’s body has even been wheeled out of sight. For all of their eminence, the cardinals are no more immune to cattiness and ambition than anyone else.

In real life, such human foibles are likely veiled behind the solemnity of religious tradition and the sacred import of what’s at stake. In “Conclave,” however, which “All Quiet on the Western Front” director Edward Berger has adapted from the Robert Harris novel of the same name, the cardinals are played by a heavenly gaggle of character actors who’ve spent their careers praying for the chance to stand under the Sistine Chapel and shout “how dare you!” at the top of their lungs.

Needless to say, this isn...

Universal’s movie adaptation of the hit musical “Wicked” is flying into theatres this year and brings with it a flurry of stars including Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, and Michelle Yeoh. But those stars aren’t the only ones who may shine bright in the film as the movie’s trailer displayed a dazzling array of designs that could mean it’s set for Oscar attention. In particular, it could be a key player for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Paul Tazewell is on costuming duty here. He was nominated for Best Costume Design in 2022 for another musical, “West Side Story.” Although he lost to Jenny Beavan for “Cruella,” musicals are often nominated in this category. Along with “West Side Story,” movie musicals such as “Cyrano,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “La La Land,” “Cinderella,” and “Into the Woods” have...

El tráiler comenzaba con citas inventadas de críticos famosos. © Lionsgate

Lionsgate ha retirado el tráiler de Megalópolis, la nueva película de Francis Ford Coppola, debido a una controversia.

El tráiler de la película comenzaba con una serie de citas atribuidas a conocidos críticos, que criticaban duramente algunas de las obras más emblemáticas de Coppola, como El Padrino, Apocalypse Now o Drácula. Estas citas incluían frases como «no sabe lo que quiere ser» sobre El Padrino, «una basura épica» sobre Apocalypse Now, y «un triunfo de estilo sobre sustancia» sobre Drácula. Con estas citas negativas sobre películas muy aclamadas del director, el estudio quería restarle importancia a la dura y fría acogida de Megalopolis en su estreno mundial en Cannes. ¿El problema? Todas estas citas son inventadas y falsamente atribuidas a críticos famosos como Pauline Kael, Rex Reed y Roger Ebert.

En una declaración facilitada a Vulture, un portavoz de Lionsgate...

Adam Driver protagoniza el proyecto más personal de Coppola. © Lionsgate

Ya está aquí el nuevo tráiler y póster de la película Megalopolis, escrita, dirigida y producida por Francis Ford Coppola (El Padrino), que se proyectará en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián dentro de la sección Perlak.

Megalopolis es una fábula épica romana ambientada en una imaginada América moderna. La ciudad de Nueva Roma debe cambiar, lo que provoca un conflicto entre César Catilina, un artista genial que pretende dar el salto a un futuro utópico e idealista, y su oponente, el alcalde Franklyn Cicero, que sigue comprometido con un statu quo regresivo, perpetuando la codicia, los intereses particulares y la guerra partidista. En medio de ambos se encuentra Julia Cicero, la hija del alcalde, cuyo amor por César ha dividido sus lealtades, obligándola a descubrir lo que realmente cree que merece la humanidad.

La película cuenta con...

Ralph Fiennes is a curious case at the Oscars. He has earned two nominations in his career, but they both came back in the ’90s for “Schindler’s List” (1993) and “The English Patient” (1996). What makes that so curious is that he never stopped appearing in Oscar movies, but he somehow wasn’t nominated for any of them over the next 27 years. This year, though, the combined predictions of Gold Derby users suggest that Fiennes will finally make the cut again for Best Actor for “Conclave.”

Let’s consider Fiennes’s impressive filmography since “The English Patient.” “The End of the Affair” (1999) earned co-star Julianne Moore an Oscar nom. “The Constant Gardener” (2005) won an Oscar for co-star Rachel Weisz. “In Bruges” (2008) contended for its original screenplay. “The Reader” (2008) won an Oscar for co-star Kate Winslet and was nominated for Best Picture. “The Hurt Locker” (2009) won Best Picture. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014) was...

After what feels like lightyears of waiting, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, the latest live-action series set in a galaxy far, far away, will premiere on Disney+ on December 3, 2024! In addition to revealing the show’s anticipated release date, People debuted a gallery of first-look photos from the series promising a coming-of-age “family adventure” among the cosmos.

The official synopsis for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew reads: “When four kids make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, they get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home, meeting unlikely allies and enemies will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.”

Star Wars fans are eager for Jude Law to join the universe, with the Closer and The Grand Budapest Hotel actor playing Jod Na Nawood, a human Jedi who helps the kids navigate a complicated world during destructive times. Joining Law for the adventure are...

He’s been in (almost) every Wes Anderson movie, is related to Francis Ford and Sofia Coppola and drummed for the Beastie Boys. Now’s your chance to ask him – what’s it like being Jason Schwartzman?

You’d probably most associate Jason Schwartzman with Wes Anderson films as he’s been in seven of the blighters: Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch and 2023’s Asteroid City.

You might also be aware that he’s from a famous film family, which includes uncle Francis Ford Coppola, cousins Roman and Sofia and (on the other side) cousin Nicolas Cage.

Google a list of the all-time best Saturday Night Live hosts, and you’ll find a surprising number of people who you’d never guess were funny in the first place.

I mean, before SNL, who knew athletes Charles Barkley and Peyton Manning were hilarious? Who watched Nsync videos and predicted that Justin Timberlake had “Dick in a Box” in him? Billie Eilish? Chance the Rapper? Anyone have news anchor Brian Williams on their funny bingo card?

As the show embarks on its landmark 50th season, here are five more suggestions for out-of-the-box SNL hosts who just might knock it out of the park…

1 Tony Hawk

Hawk has been quietly comedy-adjacent for years, appearing in College Humor sketches, skateboarding in a fat suit in a Jackass movie and lending his voice to The Simpsons.

His Twitter feed is surprisingly funny, too, full of self-deprecating jabs and goofy insights. As a performer,...

The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 to July 6) boasted not one but two competitions, the Crystal Globe and Proxima, presided over by the festival president Jiří Bartoška, artistic director Karel Och, and executive director Kryštof Mucha. The festival is the main summer event in the country, which attracts many sponsors and patrons who want to attend, and faces none of the financial hardships of such festivals as Berlin, Toronto, and Sundance. 130 films are shown, with 140,000 tickets sold. There is no room for growth, given the limited venues, from the many screening rooms at the festival hub, the Hotel Thermal, where juror Christine Vachon mixed Negronis for her fellow jurors between screenings, to the colorful arthouse Kino Drahomira, named after a revered Czech woman director.

The Eastern European festival falls between Cannes and Venice, and programs many films in its Crystal Globe Competition that did not make the cut at Cannes,...

Rapt attention for Nicole Holofcener from a capacity crowd at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary Writer and director Nicole Holofcener, who is receiving the honour of a special focus at the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, has been able to chronicle aspects of her life through her films.

Looking chipper and peppering our conversation with self-deprecating asides she relaxes to the task in a capacious leather armchair which almost swallows her up. We’re in the rarefied surrounds of the town’s Grand Hotel Pupp (which famously had a starring role in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel).

Nicole Holofcener on blockbusters: 'I think I would be really bored with all the green screens and special effects' Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary “I do see a development in my work over the years because I follow my life but not on purpose.

On the Thursday June 13 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, English actor Jude Law will be a guest. Law has had a prolific career, starring in films such as “Gattaca,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Sherlock Holmes,” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” He received Academy Award nominations for his roles in “The Talented […]

The Late Show: Jude Law, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats...

There are rumors circulating that Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) and the legendary Kurt Russell (Big Trouble in Little China) might end up sharing the screen in an upcoming Yellowstone sequel series – if McConaughey likes the script, whenever it might land on his desk. But while we wait to find out what’s going to happen with that project, Deadline has revealed that McConaughey and Russell just worked together on the recently wrapped crime thriller The Rivals of Amziah King! Also in the cast are Cole Sprouse (Lisa Frankenstein), Owen Teague (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Scott Shepherd (Killers of the Flower Moon), Rob Morgan (Mudbound), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Jake Horowitz (Bones and All), and newcomer Angelina LookingGlass.

The Rivals of Amziah King is directed by Andrew Patterson, who received a good amount of positive attention for his feature directorial debut, the sci-fi mystery film...

Exclusive: Black Bear on Tuesday announced the supporting cast for its Matthew McConaughey film The Rivals of Amziah King, which has wrapped production.

Actors set to join include Golden Globe nominee Kurt Russell (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Cole Sprouse (Lisa Frankenstein), Owen Teague (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Scott Shepherd (Killers of the Flower Moon), Rob Morgan (Mudbound), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Jake Horowitz (Bones and All) and newcomer Angelina LookingGlass.

The Rivals‘ plot is being kept under wraps, though the project is described as a character-focused crime thriller set against the backdrop of rural Oklahoma. LookingGlass landed the co-lead opposite McConaughey, we’re told, following a worldwide search. The feature is the second from writer-director Andrew Patterson on the heels of The Vast of Night, a sci-fi mystery distributed by Amazon that won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature in its Slamdance...

Being recognized as one of the best directors of the 21st century, Wes Anderson inscribed his name in movie history by his distinctive visual and narrative styles. His eccentric movies managed to attract millions of amazed viewers all around the world.

However, if you’re a fan of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) or Isle of Dogs (2018), you may never have seen Anderson’s earlier works, but they’re still of great interest for every cinema lover. The 2001 comedy-drama is no exception.

The movie’s plot revolves around a troublesome father of three gifted children, whom he leaves in their adolescent years. Despite their outstanding success in childhood, when the ingenious kids grow up, they end up facing more and more failures.

However, at the very moment of decay the father suddenly shows up, falsely claiming to be terminally ill. Therefore, it’s high time for the whole family to reunite...

Karan Kandhari’s “Sister Midnight” is a surreal Mumbai fable with an aggressive comedic rhythm. It’s composed by hitting the same few notes ad nauseam, but hitting them exceptionally well and for much longer than one might expect before it eventually runs out of steam. All the while, Kandhari takes a novel visual approach to the topic of arranged marriage, situating his woebegone couple — his protagonist in particular, a woman who feels trapped — in a realm of strange psychosis. It’s better than it has any right to be, but not nearly as good as it should be.

Uma (Radhika Apte) is brash, acerbic and vulgar. Unable to cook or manage household expenses, she fulfills very few of the rigid expectations of a new Indian bride. When she arrives at her cramped new one-room apartment with her soft-spoken husband Gopal (Ashok Pathak) — an ostensible stranger — on their wedding night,...

Vertical is getting ahead of the crowds as this year’s Cannes market starts wheeling and dealing for Hollywood’s hottest projects and properties. The studio acquired the U.S. rights from AGC Studios to The Order, with Justin Kurzel in the director’s chair. Based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s novel The Silent Brotherhood, The Order stars Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, and Tye Sheridan.

Here’s a synopsis of Flynn and Gerhardt’s novel courtesy of Library Journal:

Two courageous investigative journalists have created an insider’s account of the “silent brotherhood,” the anti-Jewish, white supremacist underground that, with the justification of some perversely interpreted Christian teachings, conducts an all-out race war. The movement has gathered a group of superpatriots, zealots, malcontents, as well as, rather disturbingly, a large majority of ordinary people. These followers see the underground’s survivalist creed as the way whites can protect...

Adam Driver protagoniza el proyecto más personal de Coppola.

Se ha publicado el primer tráiler de la esperadísima película “Megalopolis”, escrita, dirigida y producida por Francis Ford Coppola (“El Padrino”).

“Megalopolis” es una fábula épica romana ambientada en una imaginada América moderna. La ciudad de Nueva Roma debe cambiar, lo que provoca un conflicto entre César Catilina, un artista genial que pretende dar el salto a un futuro utópico e idealista, y su oponente, el alcalde Franklyn Cicero, que sigue comprometido con un statu quo regresivo, perpetuando la codicia, los intereses particulares y la guerra partidista. En medio de ambos se encuentra Julia Cicero, la hija del alcalde, cuyo amor por César ha dividido sus lealtades, obligándola a descubrir lo que realmente cree que merece la humanidad.

La película cuenta con un reparto coral que incluye Adam Driver (“Historia de un Matrimonio”), Forest Whitaker (“El Último Rey de Escocia”), Nathalie Emmanuel...

Adam Driver protagoniza la película que tendrá su estreno mundial en Cannes.

Ya tenemos el primer avance de la esperadísima película “Megalopolis”, escrita, dirigida y producida por Francis Ford Coppola (“El Padrino”).

“Megalopolis” es una fábula épica romana ambientada en una imaginada América moderna. La ciudad de Nueva Roma debe cambiar, lo que provoca un conflicto entre César Catilina, un artista genial que pretende dar el salto a un futuro utópico e idealista, y su oponente, el alcalde Franklyn Cicero, que sigue comprometido con un statu quo regresivo, perpetuando la codicia, los intereses particulares y la guerra partidista. En medio de ambos se encuentra Julia Cicero, la hija del alcalde, cuyo amor por César ha dividido sus lealtades, obligándola a descubrir lo que realmente cree que merece la humanidad.

La película cuenta con un reparto coral que incluye Adam Driver (“Historia de un Matrimonio”), Forest Whitaker (“El Último Rey de Escocia...

Wes Anderson is the singularly talented filmmaker who has quickly gone from indie darling to Oscar favorite in just a little over two decades, creating a number of quirky, visually splendid classics. Let’s take a look back at all 11 of Anderson’s films, ranked worst to best.

Anderson made his directorial debut with “Bottle Rocket” (1996), released when he was just 27-years-old. He received his first Oscar nomination five years later: Best Original Screenplay for “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001). He followed that eight years later with a Best Animated Feature bid for the stop-motion film “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (2009). Another Best Original Screenplay nomination followed for “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012). Then he hit the Oscar jackpot with Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay nominations for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2014) — well, almost hit the jackpot, since he went home empty-handed from those awards, losing all three to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for “Birdman.” He...

Two decades after British filmmaker Danny Boyle resurrected the then-ailing zombie genre with his post-apocalyptic rage-virus movie, the long-belated sequel to “28 Days Later” is finally taking shape. Titled “28 Years Later,” and reuniting Boyle with his original screenwriter Alex Garland, late yesterday, the main cast was revealed.

Deadline reports that Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Bullet Train”), and Ralph Fiennes (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”) have all joined the cast.

Continue reading ‘28 Years Later’: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor Johnson & Ralph Fiennes Join Danny Boyle’s Zombie Thriller at The Playlist.

Since his first film, Writer/Director Wes Anderson has become known for his highly visual combination of bright colors with an older aesthetic. His costuming and set design have a very specific signature that makes it easy to identify when watching a Wes Anderson movie. With him currently working on a new film, The Phoenician Scheme, which reunites him with his muse Bill Murray, we take a look back at all his feature-length films and try to figure out where they rank. To note, his recent Netflix shorts, including the Oscar-winning The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar aren’t included.

1​1. The French Dispatch (2021)

T​he only anthology movie Anderson has done so far, this film details the final issue of The French Dispatch. The paper will be shut down, so the editor brings together his best reporters and storytellers to publish one more edition. Each reporter narrates a section of...

The MCU changed forever after Loki premiered. Starring Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson in the lead roles, the series was truly brilliant. With the recent passing away of O.J. Simpson who was infamous for the murder trial, the world has renewed its interest in the Simpson trial.

Loki star Owen Wilson was offered the lead role in a movie where he would have to portray the role of Simpson. The catch was that the film showcased Simpson as innocent. Well, the Loki star didn’t have a kind reply for the project where O.J. Simpson is shown innocent!

Owen Wilson’s Mobius and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki at the Tva in Loki.

Loki Star Owen Wilson Was Not In A Kidding Mood!

Before his case became infamous, O.J. Simpson was an NFL player with quite a career to his name. Back in 1994, Simpson’s wife and her friend were found murdered and O.

A good laugh a day keeps the doctor away & it does wonders for the soul!

Picture this: you’ve had a long day, and all you need is a hearty dose of laughter to chase away the stress. Well, my friend, you’re in for a treat. From epic mishaps to quirky characters, these movies have it all. So, get ready to embark on a laughter-filled adventure…

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1. “Superbad” (2007): Friendship and Hilarity

Few films capture the awkward and hilarious journey of teenage friendship quite like “Superbad.” This coming-of-age comedy follows two best friends on a quest to impress their crushes before their high school days come to an end. With relatable characters and uproarious escapades, it’s a surefire way to put a smile on your face.

Related: 10 Best Movies Like ‘Superbad’

Personal Note: “Superbad” perfectly encapsulates the chaos and camaraderie of youth, making it an instant classic in my book.

Saoirse Ronan has spent much of her youth racking up Oscar nominations, scoring her first bid when she was 13 and her fourth when she was 25. Take a look back at 12 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Ronan’s parents were both actors and she was born in The Bronx, New York while her father was studying acting there and working odd jobs. Her parents returned to their native Ireland when Saoirse was three, where she developed her signature accent. She began acting herself at the age of 9 on a few different Irish television programs. Although she missed out on a role in the Harry Potter films, she bounced back with a key part in the 2007 Best Picture contender “Atonement,” which brought her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.

She earned three Best Actress nominations for three films that all competed in Best Picture: “Brooklyn” (2015), “Lady Bird” (2017) and “Little Women...

Tilda Swinton is an Oscar-winning actress who has been a favorite of both the art house crowd and the multiplexes, consistently taking on challenging roles in both indie fare and box office hits. Let’s take a look back at 18 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1960 in London, England, Swinton got her start working with experimental filmmaker Derek Jarman, making her movie debut in the director’s “Caravaggio” (1986). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in his film “Edward II” (1991), kicking off a decades-long romance between the actress and awards groups. She also showed her willingness to push herself in offbeat projects with daring auteurs, an edict that would lead to collaborations with Luca Guadanigno, Jim Jarmusch, Bong Joon Ho, Sally Potter, Wes Anderson and the Coen Brothers.

She took home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for “Michael Clayton” (2007), for which she also won the BAFTA and reaped Golden Globe,...

Exclusive: Léa Seydoux (Dune: Part Two) is attached to star opposite Josh O’Connor (Challengers) in Separate Rooms, an upcoming film from Luca Guadagnino, multiple sources tell Deadline.

An adaptation of the 1989 novel by the late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli, the film is a non-chronological examination of the romance between the Italian iconoclast writer, Leo (O’Connor), and his translator, Thomas. Details as to the role Seydoux is playing haven’t been disclosed.

The script comes from Francesca Manieri, who collaborated with Guadagnino on his Sky/HBO series We Are Who We Are. Lorenzo Mieli will produce for Fremantle, following his work with Guadagnino on his cannibal romance Bones and All, starring Timothée Chalamet, which won Guadagnino the prize for Best Director at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

Best known for starring in the Bond films Spectre and No Time to Die, as well as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color,...