More Sequels That Could Easily Copy the Torch-Passing Model of Creed

As if the success of Jurassic World and the pre-sale achievement of Star Wars: The Force Awakens weren’t enough, the triumphant opening of Creed this past weekend sends another message to Hollywood that the sequel that’s also a reboot is the way to go. These...

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Vintage 'The Force Awakens' Posters Are Connecting Past & Present

Just let it in! We're down to the last few weeks. Over the weekend, Lucasfilm debuted three new posters for Star Wars: The Force Awakens that contain nothing but text. They are actually a specific throwback to the very same poster design utilized during the release...

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Making Of Featurette on the Stop-Motion Animation in 'Anomalisa'

It's still so amazing that a couple of studios are actually making stop-motion animation feature films every year. The creative skill, patience and artistic vision that goes into creating a full-length stop-motion movie is so impressive, and it's always interesting...

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Christopher McQuarrie to Be First to Make Two Mission: Impossible Movies

Paramount Pictures One of the more interesting hallmarks of the Mission: Impossible franchise is that while it has maintained its cast across five films, it is yet to have a director make more than one. The most recent film, Mission: Impossible...

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Resurrecting The Apu Trilogy

This month marked the long-awaited release of The Apu Trilogy on DVD and Blu-ray. Now that Satyajit Ray’s dazzling epic is back out in its original glory, take a look back at the painstaking process of rescuing and restoring the films, whose . . . Read More ...

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We Are Building The Future. Here’s How You Can Help.

This past Saturday was Small Business Saturday. Today is Cyber Monday. This is the time of year when everyone is getting out their wallets and spending money online. It seems like a perfect time for us to launch our next venture, a crowdfunded future for...

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This Month, We Watched The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with Eric D. Snider

I am a film critic, but almost all of the movies I watch are new releases. That is going to change. With Jeff Bayer’s Remedial Film School a notable film critic or personality will assign me (and you) one film per month. Eric D. Snider from Movie B.S. with Bayer...

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Watch: Two Fresh TV Spots for 'Joy' Featuring Jennifer Lawrence

"This has a chance to change all of our lives…" 20th Century Fox has debuted a few new TV spots this last month for the upcoming release of David O. Russell's new film Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangeno, the young single mother who invents the Miracle...

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Now You See Me 2 Teaser Promises More Magically Ludicrous Action

Summit Entertainment Like all forms of art, film is a subjective medium, but sometimes a concrete fact emerges. Case in point, Now You See Me was one of 2013’s dumbest movies. One of the main joys of heist films is seeing characters overcome a seemingly...

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Dont Look Back Outtakes

We had some fun making the main menu for our new release of D. A. Pennebaker's groundbreaking documentary Dont Look Back. The menu’s video, a two-minute loop composed of rare footage from the film, is structured around an outtake of Bob Dylan . . . Read More ...

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Lubezki is Sharing Amazing Making Of Photos from 'The Revenant'

The master let's us take a look through his lens. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, known as "Chivo", is very likely going to win his third Oscar for filming The Revenant, the latest from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu (they also made Birdman together). The film...

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What's Happening on Hulu

This week, we’re taking a look through the off-kilter lenses of some of cinema’s greatest filmmakers, with Oddball America, our free festival on Hulu. This week’s titles, highlighting a selection of idiosyncratic films that showcase these . . . Read More ...

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Official Trailer for Indie 'Dixieland' with Chris Zylka & Riley Keough

"This will be my last job." IFC Films has debuted the trailer for the indie crime drama Dixieland, from writer/director Hank Bedford, starring Chris Zylka (The Leftovers) and Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road). Zylka plays Kermit, a "mostly good kid" fresh out...

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Julien Duvivier’s Romantic Illusions

From on-the-run crime dramas to swooning tales of love and loss, the films of French director Julien Duvivier marry beautiful camera work and an expressive, often poetic use of music and sounds. The dream sequence that opens the story in Un . . . Read More ...

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