‘The Lodge’ – from the director of ‘Goodnight Mommy’

By Mike Fleming Jr, Anthony D'Alessandro

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, finally revealed that there will be a sequel to the classic 2019 whodunnit titled Knives Out. The director Rian Johnson spoke to Variety, at the red carpet of the 92 Academy Awards.

Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho cannot believe he beat his idol Martin Scorsese to the Best Director Oscar.

By Tom Grater

“We've figured out three obscene things that Tom Cruise will do that I'm terrified of"

The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards featured a handful of, often subtle calls for political action.Host Aubrey Plaza largely steered clear of politics in her opening song and pre-taped sequence but as she encouraged the audience to "Get Happy," she mused about the many problems in the world, including "pollution in the air, trash in the ocean, Cats in theaters."Later, though, taking the awards show to a commercial break, in a voiceover, Plaza joked that the show coming up there would be a

As the year's best in indie films are honored during Saturday's2020 Independent Spirit Awards, Benny and Josh Safdie had more of a reason to celebrate after winning the award for best director for Uncut Gems.The Uncut Gems helmers beat out other nominees including Alma Har'el (Honey Boy),Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers),Julius Onah (Luce) and Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse).After taking the stage to accept their award, the two brothers comically spoke at the same time, expressing their individual

Though the year's best in indie film were honored during the 2020 Independent Spirit AwardsSaturday afternoon in Santa Monica, host Aubrey Plaza was quick to celebrate something else: diverse nominees and female directors.Taking the stage for her opening monologue, the host was quick to explain why the Spirit Awards is "so much cooler than the Oscars" because they "recognize female directors." "All two of them," she said."I'm so proud of how diverse this show is.

"Oh man, what happens if they don't like this?"

“They’ve Gotta Have Us” director Simon Frederick believes that for a long time black filmmakers have had a series of false storms, but now a realization is happening. He says, “It’s an awakening and I think black filmmakers have become woke in ways they haven’t done in the past.”

Despite being shut out of most major awards shows this season, women filmmakers will not go gentle into that good night. Instead they’re pushing back even harder, carving out a space for themselves in tentpole productions, petitions to the Directors Guild and with #GiveHerABreak, a campaign aimed at the Academy Awards’ lack of representation.

By Geoff Boucher

Three decades after Ted Bundy’s execution, filmmaker Joe Berlinger reignited interest in the serial killer with the back-to-back Netflix projects — the documentary,, and the scripted film,, starring Zac Efron and Lily Collins. 

Nonprofit initiative Give Her a Break has come up with a unique way to protest about the lack of female directing nominees at this weekend’s Academy Awards.