Nick Newman

Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, Christopher McQuarrie, David Robert Mitchell, and D.J. Caruso Line Up New Projects

A recent, years-long stretch of stop-and-start development have not affected the productivity of Spike Lee, who's clearly getting back to his quick-working:...

‘It’s a Disaster’ Producer Launches Kickstarter for Alex Karpovsky-Led Project ‘Folk Hero & Funny Guy’

There are many downsides to no new episodes of Girls airing, one of the more prominent being a dearth of its ostensible male lead, Alex Karpovsky. His onscr...

New Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s 165-Minute, Christmas-Bound ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

Our great national fear is at its end: The Wolf of Wall Street will come out this year, and, judging by its runtime, will be plenty of movie for us to inges...

Jackie Chan Returns to Roots In Trailer for ‘Police Story 2013’

While many are bound to note a large intent-conduct gap between Jackie Chan's recent "public retirement" from action cinema and, here, a trailer for the six...

Ben Affleck Heading to Africa for WB-Backed Thriller

Between new collaborations with David Fincher and Zack Snyder, one may forget, even just a year after Argo, that Ben Affleck still has the whole directorial...

Will Smith Looks to Business of ‘Selling Time’; Update on Involvement with ‘ID42’ Hits

With his acting career once again taking some precedence over the publicly-glanced business of raising children who make fascinating use of Twitter accounts...

NYC Weekend Watch: Halloween Edition

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...

Robert Zemeckis Attached to Universal’s ‘Marwencol’ Remake; Leonardo DiCaprio Approached to Lead

And here I was, somewhat hoping we'd get that Charlie Kaufman-scripted YA adaptation. (What is happening to me?) While Variety's story makes only the briefe...

‘Troll Hunter’ Director André Øvredal Lands ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’

As his years-old breakthrough undergoes the process of an American remake, André Øvredal has been circling a few potential follow-ups to that hit, Trollhunt...

[Review] The Counselor

If tasked with finding any consistent, recurring motif in the ever-expanding Ridley Scott canon, one -- even an admirer -- might be inclined to admit that it ge...

News

Andrew Ahn to Remake Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet with Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang & More

MUBI’s May 2024 Lineup Features Radu Jude, Bertrand Bonello, Lee Chang-dong & More

David Lynch Debuts New Remix — Listen

Trailers

Experience the Birth of Black Independent Cinema in Exclusive Trailer for Oscar Micheaux Retrospective

Jim Jarmusch Scores Four Avant-Garde Classics In Trailer for Man Ray: Return to Reason

This Closeness Trailer: Kit Zauhar’s Acclaimed SXSW Selection Arrives This June

Reviews

Nowhere Special Review: Uberto Pasolini Crafts an Understated, Joyful Tearjerker

Humane Review: Caitlin Cronenberg’s Directorial Debut Offers Bloody, Gut-Punch Twists and Turns

Back to Black Review: Amy Winehouse Biopic is a Ghoulish Interpretation of the Late Singer’s Troubles

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Starman & More

40 Films to See This Summer

TCM Classic Film Festival Turns 15 with Se7en 8K IMAX Restoration, Lawrence of Arabia and The Searchers on 70mm & More

Interviews

Joanna Arnow on the Misconceptions of BDSM, Filming Comedy, and Conveying the Passage of Time

Jia Zhang-ke on Caught by the Tides, Personal Filmmaking, and Pop Music

Frederick Elmes on John Cassavetes’ Infectious Confidence, Imitating Sven Nykvist, and Ang Lee’s Hulk

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 535 – Civil War (with Ryan McNeill)

The B-Side – Robert Redford (with Blake Howard)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 534 – Monkey Man (with Jenny Nulf)

Nick Newman

Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, Christopher McQuarrie, David Robert Mitchell, and D.J. Caruso Line Up New Projects

‘It’s a Disaster’ Producer Launches Kickstarter for Alex Karpovsky-Led Project ‘Folk Hero & Funny Guy’

New Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s 165-Minute, Christmas-Bound ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

Jackie Chan Returns to Roots In Trailer for ‘Police Story 2013’

Ben Affleck Heading to Africa for WB-Backed Thriller

Will Smith Looks to Business of ‘Selling Time’; Update on Involvement with ‘ID42’ Hits

NYC Weekend Watch: Halloween Edition

Robert Zemeckis Attached to Universal’s ‘Marwencol’ Remake; Leonardo DiCaprio Approached to Lead

‘Troll Hunter’ Director André Øvredal Lands ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’

[Review] The Counselor

Nick Newman