Directors

An open letter to Hollywood.

Plus, the winners of the acting categories!

Or give him alcohol.

Breaking reports say that Jon Favreau is done with the Marvel Movieverse… just as Badass Digest speculated last week!

Sadly the image used in this article is completely misleading. But how much would you love to see Aronofsky tackle the weird classic Jack Kirby character?

Today Deadline informed a stunned nation that Francis Ford Coppola has been hard at work shooting his next film, which nobody even knew existed. To be fair, very few people know that Coppola’s last couple of low budget, arty indie films existed either. But this film, called TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE, could be a touch more mainstream than YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH or TETRO.

Coming off the success of EASY RIDER, Universal gave Peter Fonda one million dollars to make any movie he wanted. What he came back with was a hypnotically slight meditation on freedom and responsibility, with the great Warren Oates as its beating heart. The film flopped, of course.

One of the most underrated modern great trash films played at the New Beverly Cinema this past week, and the screenwriter, producer and star came by for a Q&A. We have the video of the entire thing. Watch and celebrate that truly weird movies still get made!

A trailer for a movie called CLOWN shows up on the internet. It’s supposedly an Eli Roth film… except it’s not. What it is is a very, very clever and well made fake trailer. And after watching it you’ll wonder when this movie CLOWN is coming out after all.

It’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, especially with big studio blockbuster films. But sometimes it’s refreshing to look at the positive aspects - especially when facts are on your side.

Check out the awesome limited edition poster for Chris Morris’ FOUR LIONS, the first release from Drafthouse Films!