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McG To Direct A Big Screen Adaptation Of The Musical ‘Spring Awakening’?

The popular, yet controversial play Spring Awakening is set to become a big-screen musical with The Playlist suggesting that it will be directed by McG (Charlie's Angels, Terminator Salvation)....

David Gordon Green Rewriting Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Battling Boy’, Plus Another Movie

I don't know about you, but I was pretty heartbroken by the recent news of Your Highness being pushed back to 2011. Luckily, it looks like director David Gordon Green has a few other projects in the pipeline....

10 Director/Actor Pairings Who Need A Break

John takes on popular actor/director pairings and questions which pairs should take some time apart. Some produce great work, some don't, but all of them need to branch out and work with new people!...

10 Questions With ‘Please Give’ Director Nicole Holofcener

John interviews writer/director Nicole Holofcener about her latest film Please Give starring Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt and Amanda Peet. Holofcener opens up about her thematic inspirations, working with Keener and being a woman in independent film....

Naomi Watts To Play Marilyn Monroe In Andrew Dominik’s ‘Blonde’

Naomi Watts (Mullholland Drive) has signed on to star as the iconic Marilyn Monroe in a new adaptation of the troubled starlets life, Screen Daily reports. T...

[Off Stage] Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Never Sleep Again offers almost 4 hours of interviews with cast member, writers, directors and production staff from all 7 films in the franchise. Check out John's review....

Aronofsky And Pitt To Team Up To Hunt A ‘Tiger’

If you check my Flickchart you will find three Darren Aronofsky films in the Top 30 (The Fountain, Requiem For A Dream, Pi). He is arguably, when I argue wi...

Truth Scarier Than Fiction: ‘Cropsey’ Trailer

The success of horror mockumentaries such as Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project show that audiences want a realistic horror experience. Maybe i...

‘Kick-Ass’ Screenwriter Jane Goldman Rewriting Vaughn’s ‘X-Men: First Class’

Fresh off the news that Kick-Ass helmer Matthew Vaughn will bring X-Men : First Class to theaters on June 3rd, 2011, we end up having more exciting news. This strangely came when British funnyman Jonathan Ross tweeted...

Farrell, Collette Headed For A ‘Fright Night’

Irish actor Colin Farrell has signed on to costar with Anton Yelchin in Dreamworks upcoming Fright Night remake. Farrell is going to take over the role Chris Sarandon originated as the suspected vampire terrorizing the neighborhood. ...

News

Maren Ade Sets First Film Since Toni Erdmann with Magic Word

Amnesiascope and Rohmer Fits Present A Tale of Autumn on October 13 and 22

Jia Zhang-ke Reveals He’s Working on an AI Short Film

Trailers

Jude Law Hunts Down White Supremacists in First Trailer for Justin Kurzel’s The Order

U.S. Trailer for Payal Kapadia’s Dazzling Cannes Winner All We Imagine as Light

First Teaser for Sylvain Chomet’s First Film in 15 Years, The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol

Reviews

BFI London Review: All of You Offers a Grown-Up Sci-Fi Romance

BFI London Review: Blitz Is an Unabashedly Hopeful, Mainstream Work from Steve McQueen

NYFF Review: The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire is a Bold Rethinking of Black Surrealism

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: A Tale of Autumn, Tetro, Brad Dourif, Guy Maddin & More

New to Streaming: ME, Coma, Hundreds of Beavers, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

The Friend Directors Scott McGehee & David Siegel on Finding the Perfect Dog, Bill Murray’s Notes, and Avoiding Cliches

“Nobody Can See It In Georgia”: April Director Dea Kulumbegashvili on State Suppression and Luca Guadagnino’s Protection

“Shut Up, Shut Up, Listen”: Julia Loktev on My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Podcasts

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 549 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (with Trace Sauveur)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 548 – Janet Planet (with George W. Myers)

The Film Stage

McG To Direct A Big Screen Adaptation Of The Musical ‘Spring Awakening’?

David Gordon Green Rewriting Graphic Novel Adaptation ‘Battling Boy’, Plus Another Movie

10 Director/Actor Pairings Who Need A Break

10 Questions With ‘Please Give’ Director Nicole Holofcener

Naomi Watts To Play Marilyn Monroe In Andrew Dominik’s ‘Blonde’

[Off Stage] Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Aronofsky And Pitt To Team Up To Hunt A ‘Tiger’

Truth Scarier Than Fiction: ‘Cropsey’ Trailer

‘Kick-Ass’ Screenwriter Jane Goldman Rewriting Vaughn’s ‘X-Men: First Class’

Farrell, Collette Headed For A ‘Fright Night’

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