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Publishing later this month, with a book launch event at Fantasia to follow shortly after, That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film, a new nonfiction book exploring the evolution of witches in horror.

That Very Witch will be published on July 22, 2025, from Luna Press.

About the book: “Researched over the course of seven years, That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Movie explores the cyclical rise and fall of the cinematic witch in American

culture and her relationship to feminist movements over time. Through historical analysis and dozens of case studies, Payton McCarty-Simas analyzes how the witch came to be understood as the ultimate cultural bogeywoman on the one hand and a classic feminist symbol of empowerment on the other.

It traces the representation of ‘demonic women’ in the past decade back to older horror cycles and through the ‘New Age’ section of your local bookstore,...

Nate and Audra are one of our favorite couples on The Young and the Restless. The chemistry sizzles between them, and we could see it from the start. Nate allowed Audra to be vulnerable and to show off her softer side. But her armor has come back up ever since she started working with Victor Newman.

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Nate (Sean Dominic) wasn’t happy to learn that Audra (Zuleyka Silver) was working for Victor (Eric Braeden). He hoped that she would’ve gotten some normal, boring job that didn’t involve scheming or planning. However, Audra has gotten bored with her life, and we can tell. She still has a lust for power and success.

Read Next: Zuleyka Silver predicted drama for Audra and Nate on Y&R.

Nate has no idea what Victor wants her to do, which is to seduce Kyle (Michael Mealor). He’s wondered why...

Clint Eastwood transitioned to directing in 1971 after establishing himself as one of the most commercially bankable leading stars of Hollywood. His directorial debut was loosely inspired by his real experience with a stalker, resulting in the 85% rated psychological thriller Play Misty for Me.

During an interview, Eastwood talked about making a film with a female villain when it was considered unconventional to have actresses play disturbing roles. However, Eastwood fought hard for the creative choice and the actress he wanted in the role. Here is how Eastwood changed Hollywood with his directorial debut long before stalker stories like Baby Reindeer.

Clint Eastwood wanted a female villain in Play Misty for Me

Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with the 1971 psychological thriller Play Misty for Me. The movie features Eastwood as Dave Garver, whose casual relationship with Evelyn Draper leads to the latter obsessively stalking him.

Clint Eastwood in Play Misty...

"The true story that inspired The Exorcist." That's the tagline for Al Pacino and Dan Stevens' new horror film The Ritual that hits theaters this Friday, but if its Rotten Tomatoes score is any indication of things, it seems the movie itself is in need of an exorcism. Debuting to a brutal 0% score, The Ritual is being blasted by critics for being "cheaply made" and not accomplishing "much of anything."

"If you've ever wondered what a painfully boring, generic exorcism narrative filmed in the style of The Office would be like, The Ritual is the answer," says Joseph Robinson from Fish Jelly Films. Man, that's tough. Directed by David Midell, Mark Hanson from Slate Magazine notes that the film is "a special kind of hell," while Jacob Oller from Av Club adds:

"Eventually, The Ritual just becomes a bad possession movie that's not pulling off its hokey scares, rather than...

To celebrate the release of The Nice Guys on Limited Edition 4K & Blu-Ray Box Set and on Standard Edition 4K and Blu-ray from 16th June, we’re giving away a Limited Edition 4K & Blu-Ray Box Set to a lucky winner!

Harking back to the great cop capers and buddy movies of the 70s, 80s and 90s comes The Nice Guys, with the perfect comedy pairing of Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. Earning praise galore from critics and audiences alike on its original release in 2016, now Second Sight Films is thrilled to announce that this crime comedy classic is set for the Limited Edition 4K/Blu-ray Box set treatment this Summer.

Described by The Sun as ‘An absolute joy of a film’ and ‘A defiantly old-school action comedy that delivers big where it really counts’ by Little White Lies, we follow the antics of a private eye and a tough guy...

Update: Well, it’s official. The Criterion Collection has announced The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years, which will be released on September 30.

“Wes Anderson’s first ten features represent twenty-five years of irrepressible creativity, an ongoing ode to outsiders and quixotic dreamers, and a world unto themselves, graced with a mischievous wit and a current of existential melancholy that flows through every captivating frame,” reads the description. “This momentous twenty-disc collector’s set includes new 4K masters of the films, over twenty-five hours of special features, and ten illustrated books, presented in a deluxe clothbound edition.” As for the price, the 20-disc collection is currently going for $399.96 on Criterion’s site.

Announcing The Wes Anderson Archive In 4K: Ten Films, Twenty-five Years

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The Criterion Collection is...

It may have taken nine years for it to happen, but Ben Affleck has finally reunited with director Gavin O'Connor for "The Accountant 2." The first movie was rather successful, becoming a massive hit on VOD and streaming, in addition to a box office success. It only makes sense that a sequel happened, but "The Accountant 2" is, by and large, considered to be a major improvement over its predecessor.

Without getting into spoilers, there's more effective action. The characters are more fleshed out. The central mystery is very compelling. It's a very fun movie. I gave "The Accountant 2" a very favorable review following its premiere at SXSW, but part of the reason the movie resonated with me so much goes far beyond any of the actors involved or the puzzle Affleck's Christian Wolff is tasked with solving this time around. More than anything else, O'Connor's sequel offers up...

Ryan Coogler recently revealed a long list of Hollywood creatives who served as the inspiration for making Sinners. It's a stacked ensemble of risk-takers who helped shape cinema throughout the decades.

Sinners has been a breakout success and has received overwhelming praise from critics. Its box office run has also exceeded expectations. Coogler said that it would have been impossible without the "cinematic influences" of more than 40 filmmakers. "I had the gift ofthe opportunity of making a film inspired by my family and my ancestry, but it was always a film that we wanted to make for audiences, in theaters," he said in a letter via IndieWire. "We always had our minds on you, the audience, and felt a deep responsibility to entertain you, and move you in the way only cinema can."

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In no particular order, Coogler named visionary directors like Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele, Christopher Nolan,...

Blumhouse just can't catch a break these days when it comes to how critics react to their films. All but one of their 2024 releases were universally panned by movie pundits, with James Watkins' Speak No Evil being the exception. 2025 hasn't been so hot, either, as Wolf Man was yet another divisive release from the famed production studio, and it seems that trend is continuing with their latest horror offering, The Woman in the Yard.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, The Woman in the Yard stars Danielle Deadwyler as Ramona, a grieving widow who must care for her children all by herself in a rural farmhouse. One day, a lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on the family's front lawn without explanation and warns them, "Today's the day." Like most Blumhouse movies, the premise seems interesting, but according to its recently revealed Rotten Tomatoes score, The Woman in the Yard...

Robert Pattinson’s career path is among the most fascinating in modern Hollywood. From his initial stint as brooding heartthrob Edward Cullen in Twilight to his critically acclaimed turns in independent films, Pattinson has repeatedly chosen roles that challenge traditional expectations. Though most fans acknowledge The Batman as his ultimate departure from mainstream franchise cinema, one lesser-known film was instrumental in landing him a role in both The Boy and the Heron and The Batman.

Hayao Miyazaki’s film The Boy and the Heron. | Credit: Studio Ghibli

Recently, Gkids, Studio Ghibli’s U.S. distributor’s president Dave Jesteadt revealed that Pattinson’s role in an intense crime thriller called Good Time (2017) was a major factor in Studio Ghibli’s decision to cast him as the enigmatic Heron in Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron. This new revelation comes after, earlier, director Matt Reeves cited Pattinson’s gripping...

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is known for his gothic horror movies, having defined the genre for over two decades. After starting with indie films, del Toro eventually won an Oscar for his work while delivering commercial hits. However, one entry in del Toro’s filmography remains extremely underrated, especially for being genre-defying.

Crimson Peak director Guillermo del Toro (Credits: CBS News).

During an interview, del Toro talked about his work on the 2015 gothic romance film Crimson Peak. The filmmaker explained how his intention with the movie was to always flip one common trope of the gothic genre that had become a tradition. In the process, del Toro made one of the saddest underrated horror movies, and here is what he had to say regarding it.

Guillermo del Toro wanted to flip a gothic trope with Crimson Peak

Director Guillermo del Toro helmed the 2015 gothic romance film Crimson Peak, starring Mia Wasikowska,...

Guillermo del Toro often draws inspiration from the works of other great filmmakers and incorporates them into his own movies to create a visually indulging cinematic experience. He has always expressed admiration for Stanley Kubrick’s films, although he mostly prefers the ones most people dislike.

Guillermo del Toro / Credits: BBC

While this is not entirely an unpopular opinion, it’s worth noting that del Toro’s favorite Kubrick movies have greatly influenced his works, and therefore it meant that they resonated with him in ways that we can only understand once we’ve immersed ourselves in his films.

Guillermo del Toro reveals his favorite Stanley Kubrick movies

During the release of Guillermo del Toro’s 2015 movie, Crimson Peak, he spoke with Little White Lies and revealed that the waltz sequence was a direct reference to Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. “It was, it was. Curiously, it’s one of my favorite Kubrick films,...

General Hospital Spoilers reveal Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) didn’t mince words when she told her mother, Lois Cerullo (Rena Sofer), that she was considering telling Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard) the truth about her past.

There’s just one problem — she immediately realized that would mean she would have to tell Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) the truth, too, and she’s just not ready to do that.

Cody Bell (Josh Kelly) has affirmed that he never shared her secret with anyone — not even Dante — and that means she’s free to rewrite the story however she pleases, right?

This Truly Isn’t About Brook Lynn Quartermaine

While telling Chase the truth would unburden Brook Lynn of the guilt she is feeling over having kept it a secret from him in the first place, that’s not why she wants to tell him.

Rather, she doesn’t want Chase to...

What's your favorite season? Why, Awards, of course! Yes, the time has come yet again for everyone to treat movies like sports. Who will win? Who will lose? We'll find out when the 97th Academy Awards are held on March 2, 2025! For now, though, we have the full list of Best Picture nominees to grapple with. As always, there are snubs and surprises, and I'm sure everyone has an opinion about what landed a nom and what got overlooked. For the purposes of this post, though, we're only looking at what we've been given: ten films from the year 2024. In the spirit of the season, we're ranking all ten Best Picture nominees from worst to best.

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If you've seen the viral clip of the song "La Vaginoplastia" making the rounds on social media, you already know that no other...

"We're about to go into the deep end of the pool here... This is serious..." Another look back at some indie gems and other cinema highlights from 2024. The esteemed film magazine called Little White Lies from the UK has revealed their official list of their the 30 Best Films of 2024. In addition to their article (a list created by all of their writers together) they've also published an excellent countdown video of all 30 films as well. Their picks are based on UK release dates, so they include a handful of big 2023 films including The Zone of Interest, The Iron Claw, The Taste of Things (so good!), and La Chimera (already my #1 last year). They also highlight many other top notch 2024 favorites including The Brutalist, Nickel Boys, Hard Truths, Challengers, Hit Man, Close Your Eyes, Furiosa, Juror #2, and Kneecap. The editing in the first portion of this video is fabulous - mashing...

Mubi, the art house film streaming service, is adding to its weird and wonderful library of movies with, what could be, one of the best video game movies (literally) ever made. The last few years have seen video game adaptations boom in popularity. The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has dominated in cinemas with each new entry, and shows like The Last of Us and Fallout were major successes. But, what if, instead of making a movie about a video game, someone made a movie inside a video game? Introducing... Grand Theft Hamlet.

Directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, Grand Theft Hamlet is a comedy documentary about two out of work actors attempting to stage a rendition of William Shakespeare's Hamlet in the beloved Rockstar Studios game. In 2021, the UK was in its third lockdown during the Covid pandemic, and Grylls and Crane, two out of work actors, were...

This is our final round-up before the end of 2024, and it’s a good one. There are plenty of gift ideas lurking here––some choices to enjoy during time off, too. Note also that The Film Stage Holiday Gift Guide includes a list of my favorite cinema books from the last 12 months. One of those picks kicks off this column, and it is written by none other than the great Al Pacino.

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino (Penguin Press)

Al Pacino’s memoir, Sonny Boy, is easily one of the most eagerly awaited books of 2024. And for me, this look at the actor’s life and career more than lives up to the hype. Many highlights have already earned some social-media chatter––most notably young Al’s penis trauma (!), a near-death experience after a recent bout with Covid, and the reasons behind his decision to do Adam Sandler’s Jack and Jill.

‘A Complete Unknown’ is an American biographical drama directed by James Mangold, based on Elijah Wald’s book ‘Dylan Goes Electric!’ It explores Bob Dylan’s controversial use of electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

The film stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan and features a cast including Elle Fanning, Edward Norton, and Monica Barbaro. The title comes from Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone.”

The film is set to release in the U.S. on December 25, 2024, distributed by Searchlight Pictures. It was named one of the top 10 films of 2024 by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review, with Elle Fanning winning Best Supporting Actress from the latter. It has also received three Golden Globe nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Actor for Chalamet.

The review embargo for the movie however has been released, and well, the reactions have been mixed. So let’s...

It’s the moment all music theater majors have been waiting for:

The big screen adaptation of Wicked is now playing across the country.

Starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elpahaba, Wicked tells the story of the Witch of the West — before she became, well, wicked.

It’s a prequel to the Wizard of Oz.

Cynthia Erivo (left) and Ariana Grande in Wicked. (Giles Keyte /© Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection)

But is it worth seeing? Is it worthy of all the hype? What are movie critics saying about the film?

We’ve compiled some of the most helpful, insightful and revealing reviews all in one place: Right here, right now, on this very celebrity gossip website.

Scroll down to read them!

Wicked has finally made it to the big screen! (Universal Picture)

How do I love the film of the hit stage musical, let me count the ways,...

We open with an epicenter of American celebrity, which uses a piece of classic iconography to introduce our female protagonist as a true star. However, that iconography soon falls apart, representing their decline into the realm of the has-been. What I have described is not the start of Coralie Fargeat’s new film “The Substance,” in which Elizabeth Sparkle’s (Demi Moore) star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame fades and cracks. Instead, I am referring to the opening of Robert Zemeckis’ “Death Becomes Her,” where a downward pan reveals disappointed audiences walking out of Madeline Ashton’s (Meryl Streep) new Broadway show before we see her Playbill cover sodden in a puddle.

Although Fargeat does not directly quote Zemeckis’ camp classic, opting instead to pay homage to films like “The Shining” and “Carrie,” the parallels between the two are clear. Both films feature a formerly celebrated star who has slipped from the limelight and,...

Guillermo del Toro has a way of turning dark and fantastical worlds into something magical. His films often flip the script, making monsters the misunderstood heroes and humans the real villains. Over the years, he’s earned critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base, picking up Oscars for The Shape of Water and Pinocchio. Interestingly, much of his inspiration comes from unlikely sources, including Guillermo del Toro’s favorite Kubrick films, Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut—two movies that reveal a side of Kubrick not everyone appreciates.

In a 2015 interview with Little White Lies during the release of Crimson Peak, del Toro revealed that his favorite Kubrick films are two that often get overlooked: Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut. “I like the Kubrick that nobody likes,” he said, pointing out that these aren’t the iconic blockbusters like 2001: A Space Odyssey or The Shining. Instead, they’re quieter,...

Studio Ghibli has created some of anime's finest classics, from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind to The Boy and the Heron. However, the studio's most harrowing story, Grave of the Fireflies, has a special place in the hearts of its viewers and is regarded as one of the best films in anime history. As a result, Netflix added Grave of the Fireflies to its platform today, making it available in more than 190 countries, including the United States.

Although the film was originally aired on Max, Netflix purchased the streaming rights for the time being in order to introduce it to its consumers, particularly anime film enthusiasts. For those who have never seen a Studio Ghibli film, Grave of the Fireflies will serve as a great introduction to the company's renowned fanciful stories, which often do not end as one might expect. In this regard, Grave of the Fireflies will tug at the heartstrings,...

“What would’ve happened if Andrei Tarkovsky had made The Wizard of Oz,” said David Fincher of Tarsem Singh’s The Fall, a visually dazzling tale that perhaps wasn’t as well-received upon its 2006 release as it should have been. Now, nearly two decades later, the cult classic epic has been restored in 4K and will be rolling out on Mubi starting September 27 following its Locarno Film Festival premiere.

Filmed over four years in 20 difference locations across the globe, here’s the synopsis for the film starring Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru: “Los Angeles circa 1920s, a little immigrant girl in a hospital recovering from a fall, strikes up a friendship with a bedridden man. He captivates her with a whimsical story that removes her far from the hospital doldrums into the exotic landscape of her imagination.”

“It’s my baby,” the director told Little White Lies. “I went...

Joker: Folie Deux had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, and it has proven to be a bit polarizing with the critics. With some critics lambasting the film while others are giving it high praise, the Joker sequel has been met with mixed reviews, just barely earning a fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.

As of this writing, Joker: Folie Deux has a score on Rotten Tomatoes of 60%. This meets the criteria of being considered "fresh" by the review aggregator website, as the label applies to movies with scores of 60% or above. The number will fluctuate as more reviews come in for the sequel, but it remains to be seen if it will venture further up into fresh territory, or if the movie will sink to a "rotten" status. Perhaps unsurprisingly, opinions appear to be very split on director Todd Phillips' decision to include musical elements in the new movie.

“Where do things truly start?” wonders the narrator of Emmanuel Mouret’s relentlessly middlebrow romantic comedy Trois Amies, a story of three women and their relationships that never feels like it’s ever going to end. Though it lasts just under two hours, it feels as bright and breezy as a flight from Newark to Singapore, spinning a complicated web of emotional intrigue that, finally, seems to go on and on just for the sake of it.

The French like these kinds of films, and their big-name directors stuff them with their equally famous friends, leading to waffly ensemble pieces that can be as endearingly cheerful as Julie Delpy’s family memoir Skylab (2011) or as insufferable as Guillaume Canet’s Big Chill ripoff Little White Lies (2011). Trois Amies sits somewhere, lumpenly, in the middle, and it’s hard to imagine what the Venice Film Festival programmers were thinking when they...

Several high-profile actors could finally join the MCU in roles they originally auditioned or lobbied for, as Avengers: Secret Wars is expected to explore the full potential of Marvel's multiverse. In recent years, superhero movies have become more mainstream and accepted than ever before, meaning more and more high-profile stars want roles in these franchises. For the MCU, this has enabled the inclusion of incredible talents such as Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, but some haven't been so lucky.

Not every actor who wants to be cast in the MCU can be. Over the years, this has created a huge list of stars who've auditioned for iconic Marvel roles, had fan support to be cast in the MCU, or got very close to receiving the part, only to be replaced by someone else. While this is disappointing, they now have the chance to appear in their long-wanted MCU roles,...

General Hospital spoilers leak Ava Jerome (Maura West) has committed a few felonies at this point while just trying to keep herself out of trouble with the law. Yikes! She should never have lied about what Kristina Corinthos Davis (Kate Mansi) tripped over in her room. She definitely should not have complied with FBI Special Agent John ‘Jagger’ Cates’ (Adam Harrington) bullying her into compliance.

Was Ava actually scared of Cates, or is he just offering her a path to freedom that she found irresistible? Is she relishing actually being able to strike back at Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and his family? Regardless of her motives, Ava may have just buried herself by siding with Cates.

General Hospital Spoilers — Little White Lies?

It’s hard to say whether Ava is lying through her teeth sometimes and actually falls for her own tall tales. Maybe she really believes she’s entirely innocent in all of this.

Studio Ghibli’s haunting masterpiece Grave Of The Fireflies will stream on Netflix in September, and here’s a new trailer.

Aside from Threads – a film we wrote about in detail here – Studio Ghibli's Grave Of The Fireflies is one of the most harrowing, dark, depressing films you can choose to sit through. It is also gorgeously animated and a fascinating historical document.

The film was released in 1988, the same year as Hayao Miyazaki’s wonderful My Neighbour Totoro. In fact in Japan the two films were played together in what must be the most tonally jarring cinematic double bill in history.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Grave of the Fireflies follows the story of Seita and Setsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one...

Only a few weeks after "Deadpool & Wolverine" supercharged the box office, perhaps it was fate that the first real rival to the Ryan Reynolds-led superhero movie would come in the form of a romantic drama starring Blake Lively, both of whom are married to one another and are undoubtedly, as the kids say, goals. (Lively even scores multiple fourth wall-breaking references in her husband's threequel and her own cameo voice appearance as well.) "It Ends With Us" might not seem like a conventional challenger to potentially knock off one of the most highly-anticipated blockbusters in years from the number one spot, but that would be underselling the sheer expectations the film comes with, based on the bestselling novel by author Colleen Hoover.

The story follows recent college graduate Lily Blossom Bloom (Lively), who has aspirations of opening her own floral shop and meeting the perfect guy. When she...

Historically, the Oscars have maintained a storied reputation for favoring the dramatic flair over the whimsical jests of comedy films. Despite this, in a moment that shook the aisles with humor during the 79th Academy Awards (2007), beloved comedic giants Will Ferrell and Jack Black delivered a delightful sketch spotlighting this very phenomenon.

Will Ferrell as Buddy in Elf | New Line Cinema

With John C. Reilly at their side, they charmed the audience with a musical number that elegantly highlighted the loneliness of comedy stars at the Oscars. Indeed, in one segment, Ferrell and Black jovially (and facetiously) threatened more serious nominees in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling.

Ferrell dared not, however, mess with Mark Wahlberg.

Jack Black & Will Ferrell’s Hilarious Encounter with A-List Celebs

In Hollywood, there are always some who are ready to engage in little fisticuffs.

Tom Hardy's The Bikeriders character Johnny finds inspiration in Marlon Brando's movie The Wild One. The Brando scene in The Bikeriders is inspired by an image in Danny Lyons' Bikeriders photobook. Director Jeff Nichols transforms the moment into a defining one for the character.

Tom Hardy's critical The Bikeriders scene, in which Johnny finds his inspiration in movie legend Marlon Brando, came straight from Danny Lyons' book, says director Jeff Nichols.

Hardy's Johnny watches Brando's The Wild One and finds his calling as a biker, and as The Bikeriders director Nichols explained, the scene was directly inspired by an image in Lyons' photobook. Check out his remarks below (via Little White Lies):

Weve all done that. That was taken actually from the book. Theres a photograph of the real Johnny, his kind of family scrapbook of the club. And one of the pages was a TV Guide with Marlon Brando on it.

"In most films, the title screen is the first character you see. Those letters are literally the first characters you see." Almost everyone can identify a movie by its font. From Back to the Future to The Terminator to Gone with the Wind to The Godfather, these fonts and logos are an important part of the movie's identity. This entrancing video essay titled Why Movie Fonts Matter is a fascinating dive into the world of fonts, design, and branding. Does the font really matter? Yes it does. Absolutely. It may seem irrelevant, but it's an important choice that filmmakers make. This video essay is edited by Leigh Singer, featuring designer Marie Boulanger narrating her thoughts about movie fonts – created for the Little White Lies movie magazine. We all know the hilarious SNL sketch with Ryan Gosling choosing the Papyrus font for Avatar (watch here + the sequel), but this goes beyond...

Find all of our Cannes 2024 coverage here.Illustrations by Maddie Fischer.This year at Cannes, we invited a number of attendees to share their impressions from the festival across various categories. We had a few ideas for what those categories might be, but they had many more, and the results are somewhere between a critics’ grid and a yearbook superlatives page. We're glad we asked.Mark AschGiovanni Marchini CamiaJordan CronkJon DieringerFlavia DimaLeonardo GoiEric HynesDaniel KasmanJessica KiangElena LazicManuela LazicSavina PetkovaAndréa PicardAdam PironCaitlin QuinlanVadim RizovRafa Sales RossDavid Schwartz (independent programmer)Pedro Segura (independent programmer and critic)Öykü SofuoğluHannah StrongFind all of our Cannes 2024 coverage here.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.Back to top.

In Luca Guadagnino’s tennis thriller Challengers, stars Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor litigate their love triangle as much on the court as in the bedroom. As such, the sport has to stay interesting.

Guadagnino previously told Little White Lies he doesn’t like watching real tennis because it’s boring. “The way in which [the sport] is shown is rather undynamic,” he said. Challengers — punctuated by the camera’s near-constant frenetic motion — seems to be in part about rectifying this failing.

“Luca’s vision for this movie was making the tennis action generally very kinetic,” Challengers VFX director Brian Drewes tells The Hollywood Reporter. The camera sweeps above and below the court, jumping toward the subjects’ beautifully sweaty faces and buzzing with an immersive energy that took the internet and critics by storm upon the movie’s release. This kineticism reaches its peak at the end of the film, when the camera becomes the ball,...

Illustrations by Maddie Fischer.As part of our Cannes 2024 coverage, we invited critics and programmers to share their thoughts on one moment from a film they've seen at the festival so far.Sign up for the Weekly Edit to receive exclusive reports from the Croisette straight to your inbox.Miriam BaleElizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes by Nanette Burstein (co-director of The Kid Stays in the Picture) is in some ways a straightforward chronological documentary of the movie star's fascinating, tabloid-centric life. What makes the film formally interesting, though, is the separation of voice and image. Burstein’s reliance on audio recordings of Taylor made in 1964 and 1985 foregrounds her remarkable voice over her blinding beauty, seen in stills and film clips. Taylor's voice, even at ages 32 and 53, can range from girlish and flirtatious to bawdy and shrill, sometimes within the same statement. When she describes how the AIDS crisis led...

The Cannes Film Festival keeps on chugging, with more acquisitions, more premieres and an honorary Palme d’Or awarded to a studio for the first time.

The Glorious Return of Jacques Audiard

French filmmaker Jacques Audiard is a consistent staple at Cannes. His film “A Prophet” won the Grand Prix in 2010, 2012’s “Rust and Bone” competed for the Palme d’Or and 2015’s “Deephan” won the Palme d’Or. The last time Audiard was at Cannes in 2021, his smaller “Paris, 13th District” competed for the Palme d’Or.

Now he’s back with “Emilia Pérez,” a musical crime comedy about an escaped Mexican cartel leader undergoing gender-affirming surgery that stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez. And judging by the response to the film, it sounds like he has a good shot at Cannes’ top prize once again.

The film “landed the loudest, most enthusiastic standing ovation,...

The latest Yorgos Lanthimos / Emma Stone team-up, a film called Kinds of Kindness (previously known as And), is set to reach theatres on June 21st – but first, it’s having its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which is now underway. The first reviews of Kinds of Kindness are now arriving online, and they’re describing this 165 minute “triptych fable” as dark, bizarre, insidious, intriguing, brilliant, bonkers, disturbing, puzzling, funny, surreal, creepy, mind-bending, twisted, and innovative. We have rounded up some of them below led by one from our own Eric Walkuski!

Our man @ericwalkuski just caught #KindsofKindness: Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness defies easy description; it's a trilogy of morbid tales that will beguile some, repel others. Uneven as a whole, the film still has enough shock value and absurd dark humor to keep you on your…

— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) May 17, 2024

Vulture‘s Bilge Ebiri says, Lanthimos can “reclaim his...

Mallory Wanecque, the breakout actor of “The Worst Ones” who headlines Cannes competition title “Beating Hearts,” is starring alongside Sami Bouajila (“Through the Fire”) in “Vultures,” a thriller directed by Peter Dourountzis (“Rascal”).

Produced by Mediawan-owned 24-25 Films (“Black Box”), “Vultures” is represented internationally by Ginger & Fed, the new international film sales arm of Federation Studios headed by former TF1 Studio boss Sabine Chemaly. The cast is completed by Sami Bouajila (“Through the Fire”), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (“All Your Faces”), Pierre Lottin (“The Night of the 12th”) and Valerie Donzelli (“Declaration of War”).

“Vultures” will be delivered during the second quarter of 2025. Bouajila stars as Samuel, a journalist who partners with his intern daughter Ava to cover the brutal murder of a young girl that lead them to a male supremacist group headed by the enigmatic Nemesis. The movie marks Dourountzis’ follow-up to “Rascal,” an edgy film starring Pierre Deladonchamps as an outsider-turned-killer.

After months of speculation, the critical book has finally been opened on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. The early word? Predominantly positive, with some very high highs and inevitably a few low lows.

Below, we run through some of the first reactions.

Deadline’s Damon Wise praised the movie, calling it a “mad modern masterwork that reinvents the possibilities of cinema”. He said the film is “something of a mess; unruly, exaggerated and drawn to pretension like a moth to a flame. It is also, however, a pretty stunning achievement, the work of a master artist who has taken to Imax like Caravaggio to canvas. It is a true modern masterwork of the kind that outrages with its sheer audacity.”

He continued: “Halfway through, there’s a very audacious gimmick that tears down the fourth wall in ways younger filmmakers can only dream of. Coppola breaks many of the cardinal...

Despite being one of the longest-running live-action sitcoms of all time, you don't hear much about "My Three Sons" anymore. The series ran for an impressive 12 seasons beginning in 1960, producing 380 episodes of wholesome sitcom scenarios during a decade of tremendous upheaval. "The real world was quite tumultuous and revolution was in the air," star Barry Livingston told CBS News in a 2009 retrospective, "and we were still eating Uncle Charley's cookies and having milk."

"My Three Sons" doesn't have the enduring legacy of more thought-provoking shows of the '60s and '70s, like "M*A*S*H" and "The Twilight Zone," nor is it typically mentioned in the same breath as all-time-great comedies like "I Love Lucy" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Despite the show's absence from most abridged versions of TV history, though, it still connected with audiences in its time: the series about a widower raising three sons as a...

"I am a film director, and I work with a visual language, with a visual medium. And I try to make virtue of the use of this visual medium. And I try to make sure what I do speaks the language of cinema." –Luca Guadagnino. His latest film Challengers (final trailer here) is finally landing in theaters for everyone to enjoy this week. In celebration of this release, the UK movie magazine Little White Lies and video editor Luís Azevedo have created a supercut highlighting "The Colors Of Luca Guadagnino." It's a quick video at just 2-1/2 minutes featuring shots from almost all of his films, showing how he works his way through hot and cold colors depending on the mood. No matter what, his film always have vivid colors. Guadagnino's exceptional filmography includes: The Protagonists (1999), Melissa P. (2005), I Am Love (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015), Call Me By Your Name (2017), Suspiria...

French actor Guillaume Canet is starring, writing and producing the new Netflix thriller Ad Vitam.

Rodolphe Lauga (It’s Complicated) is directing the action film, which has begun shooting in Paris. Netflix will release the movie worldwide next year.

Canet plays Franck Lazareff who, after surviving an attempt on his life, finds his wife has been kidnapped by a mysterious group of armed men. Trying to rescue her, Frank finds his past catching up with him. Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot and Alexis Manenti co-star.

Canet and Lauga co-wrote the script to Ad Vitam in association with David Corona and Canet is producing, together with Jean Cottin for the Cabanes shingle.

Canet recently directed himself as Gallic comic book hero Asterix in the live-action feature Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom and appeared in the French thriller Breaking Point. from director Yvan Attal. The multi-hyphenate has directed several films, including...

“Beating Hearts” (“L’amour ouf”), an epic crime romance directed by Gilles Lellouche and slated to compete at the Cannes Film Festival, has lured major distributors in key markets ahead of its world premiere.

The sprawling movie, which is budgeted in the $30 million range, is financed, co-produced represented in international markets by Studiocanal. One of the most anticipated and ambitious French movies set for a theatrical release in 2024, “Beating Hearts” was produced by Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi, a Mediawan company, and Alain Attal’s Les Films du Tresor.

Studiocanal will distribute the film in Germany and Australia, as well as France, with a release set for Oct. 16. The company has sold it to Cineart in Benelux, Filmcoopi in Switzerland, Feelgood in Greece, Lucky Red in Italy, Lusomundo in Portugal, Kinoswiat in Poland, Greenlight Films in Ukraine, Capella in Russia and Pinema in Turkey. Studiocanal will be closing more deals at the Cannes Film Festival.

Zendaya Led Challengers Receive Positive Reviews Ahead Of Its Theatrical Release. (Photo Credit – IMDb)

Zendaya-led Challengers has received positive reviews from critics, and it will have an amazing impact on its theatrical release, which is still a few days away. The actress recently received much praise for her performance in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two and now in this Luca Guadagnino directorial. Scroll below to find out what the critics are saying about it.

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Emmy winners Zendaya and Josh O’Connor are featured in the sports drama as Tashi and Patrick. The Spider-Man: Homecoming actress is one of the rising stars in Hollywood, and West Side Story fame Mike Faist will also support her.

About Challengers-

It is a sports romance drama featuring Zendaya as the lead, and the story revolves around her character, Tashi. She is a former tennis player who took her husband Art,...

Another gorgeous new supercut video created & edited by the talented Luís Azevedo. The Colours Of Alex Garland (it's spelled "colours" because Little White Lies is a UK film magazine) is a supercut looking at the many colors and images in Alex Garland movies – a sci-fi visionary. They created this for the upcoming release of Alex Garland's latest movie Civil War, opening in theaters worldwide this April. Civil War is the fourth movie he has directed, following Ex Machina (2014), Annihilation (2018), and Men (2022); he also directed the series "Devs" (2022) for FX / Hulu. Before getting into directing, Garland also wrote the scripts for 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2010), and Dredd (2012) - though none of these are included in this supercut. The video also uses the "ambient" color mode feature where a solid color appears around the video in the middle of the frame. Just makes me want to watch all of these movies again.

M. Emmet Walsh, a legendary character actor known for roles in iconic films, passed away at 88 from cardiac arrest in Vermont hospital. Walsh's six-decade career featured standout performances in Coen Brothers' films, Blade Runner, Knives Out, and other beloved movies. A versatile actor, Walsh brought big energy to small parts, creating a long-lasting impact on the cinematic landscape.

M. Emmet Walsh died today, March 20th, 2024. The famous actor was 88 and suffered cardiac arrest, passing away at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, Vermont. It's the end of a six-decade-long career that has seen Walsh work with some of the most legendary directors of all time, and in some of the most important movies, too: Blade Runner, Blood Simple, Bound for Glory, Baretta — and those are just the ones starting with "B."

Walsh began his film career with two of the most important films of the countercultural 1960s, starring in Alice's Restaurant...

Exclusive: Having successfully adapted The Summer I Turned Pretty books into the popular Prime Video YA series, Wiip is aiming to do the same with another YA title. The independent studio has acquired Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ novel Little White Lies, to develop for television.

Like the breakout first season of Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty, Little White Lies takes place over a debutante season.

It is a mystery series about a teenager from the wrong side of the tracks who agrees to move in with her estranged maternal grandmother and do a debutante year, but only because she’s determined to figure out which scion of Southern high society is her biological father.

Wiip’s Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, and Nate Winslow will executive produce alongside Barnes and A Star Is Born executive producer Heather Parry, who brought the project to the studio.

“Heather and I grew...

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is the most contentious of the first three "Indiana Jones" movies. Director Steven Spielberg's filmmaking instincts are sharp as ever, as is Harrison Ford's charisma, and even before the mine tunnel sequence, the film moves like a roller coaster in the best way possible.

But in aping early 20th-century pulp, the film inherits their exoticized distortions of non-American cultures. "Temple of Doom" is mostly set in British-occupied India, but the villains are not these colonizers. No, Indy and co. face off against an indigenous threat: the vicious Thuggee cult that enslaves children and makes human sacrifices to the Hindu god Kali. I'm admittedly not an expert on Indian culture (nor were the writers of the movie), so I'll defer to one who is; Indian-Canadian writer Saffron Maeve has taken the film to task over at Little White Lies. Otherwise, I'll let...

Sydney Sweeney stars as a nun in the upcoming psychological horror movie Immaculate, uncovering dark and horrifying secrets within an Italian convent. Immaculate features an impressive cast, including Simona Tabasco, Alvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, and Dora Romano. Immaculate takes inspiration from the 1947 British psychological drama, Black Narcissus

Emmy Award nominee and Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney is a nun uncovering dark secrets in the first trailer for the upcoming psychological horror movie, Immaculate. Released courtesy of Neon, Immaculate is due to be released in theaters later this year, and you can check out the new trailer below.

Alongside the new trailer, you can also check out the official synopsis for Immaculate below.

“The story follows Cecilia (Sweeney), a woman of devout faith who is offered a fulfilling new role at an illustrious Italian convent. Her warm welcome to the picture-perfect Italian countryside is soon interrupted as it becomes clearer to Cecilia...

Already one of France’s most beloved and bankable actors (“The Stronghold”), Gilles Lellouche is about to graduate as a big-shot filmmaker five years after delivering his sophomore outing, “Sink or Swim,” a B.O. hit which lured more than four million moviegoers (over $35 million) in theaters.

His next movie, “Beating Hearts” (“L’amour Ouf”), budgeted in the €30 million range, is epic in many ways. And not just because of its breadth and running time exceeding three hours. A crime romance loosely based on Neville Thompson’s 1997 novel “Jackie Loves Johnser Ok,” the movie is an emotional rollercoaster spanning over 15 years in the lives of star-crossed lovers. It took Lellouche over a decade to write (alongside Audrey Diwan and Ahmed Hamidi) and four months to shoot with a cast mixing rising and famous actors, a pulsating soundtrack of cult 1980s and 1990s songs, topnotch key crew and dream-like musical interludes created by (La) Horde.