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Extras: An Obituary

July 22, 2026July 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment AI, Alex Garland, animatronics, Arab Legion, Avengers: Endgame, background actors, Battle of Aqaba, blockbusters, Book and Film Globe, CGI, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan films, CIvil War, D Day, David Lean, David Lean films, digital crowds, Dunkirk, epic cinema, Extras, film history, film production, Greece, Hollywood, Jordan, King Hussein, King Hussein of Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia battle scene, Matt Damon, Messenia, Normandy, Oppenheimer, Peter Jackson, practical effects, puppetry, Ray Mendoza, SAG-AFTRA, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Steven Spielberg, T.E. Lawrence, Tenet, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, The Odyssey, union actors, visual effects, William Tecumseh Sherman

AI sounds the death knell for living crowds of people on film

Cannes Has Some Serious (and Some Comic) Daddy Issues

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A24, Adam Driver, art house cinema, arthouse film, arthouse films, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, award season, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema criticism, cinema culture, Club Kid, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, daddy issues, directorial debuts, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, European film, fatherhood in film, Fatherland, festival acquisitions, festival buzz, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film distribution, film festival coverage, film festivals, Fjord, Friday the 13th, Gentle Monster, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Havana Rose Liu, Hirokazu Kore-eda, independent filmmaking, Indie Film, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Jane Schoenbrun, Javier Bardem, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Lennon The Last Interview, John Travolta, Jordan Firstman, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, LGBTQ cinema, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, midnight movies, movie industry news, Nicolas Winding Refn, Oscar contenders, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Quentin Dupieux, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Lennon, Sebastian Stan, Slasher Movies, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Soderbergh, The Beatles, The Beloved, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel, Woody Harrelson, world cinema

Family ties are being stretched for drama and laughs in festival film after film

Cannes 2026 Opens With Sheepish Glamour and a Surprise Masterpiece

May 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments arthouse film, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema culture, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, Fatherland, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film festivals, Friday the 13th, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Hirokazu Kore-eda, international cinema, Ira Sachs, Jane Schoenbrun, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Travolta, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, Palme D'Or, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Slasher Movies, The Beatles, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel

Storied film festival honors Peter Jackson, debuts Hannah Einbinder in Jane Schoenbrun’s messy meta-slasher, and shows an early Palme d’Or frontrunner

Disney

Disney-Driven Music

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 Stephen Macaulay 1 Comment Bob Chapek, Bob Iger, Disney, Elton John, Get Back, Hamilton, Peter Jackson

Despite management shuffles at the top, music has kept Disney+ close to the yellow brick road

All Quiet on the Western Front

War Is Hell, Again

November 3, 2022November 14, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 1917, All Quiet On the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque, Paths of Glory, Peter Jackson, Sam Mendes, Wonder Woman

‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ an effective adaptation of a classic anti-war novel

Halo

The Road to ‘Halo’ is Paved With Good Intentions

April 12, 2022April 15, 2022 Ryan Kallberg 0 Comments HALO, Master Chief, Pablo Schrieber, Paramount Plus, Peter Jackson

The legendary video game becomes mediocre TV sci-fi

Get Back

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‘Get Back,’ Haters

December 7, 2021April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment Billy Preston, George Harrison, Get Back, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

For the true believers, Peter Jackson saves The Beatles

They Shall Not Grow Old

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‘They Shall Not Grow Old’

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Peter Jackson, They Shall Not Grow Old

The Fellowship of the Tommies

Mortal Engines Machinery

London Crawling

December 14, 2018December 16, 2018 Jason Avant 0 Comments Her Majesty's Dragon, Hugo Weaving, Mortal Engines, Naomi Novik, Peter Jackson, Philip Reeve, steampunk

‘Mortal Engines’, Brought To You By The Guy Who Brought You The Guy

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Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026October 19, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0

Pre-festival hype and even stars like Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde don’t always satisfy

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With ‘Ultimate Traveler’ Another YouTube Creator Moves Into Streaming

October 13, 2026October 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0

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BFG Podcast #316: Boomer Hollywood Twilight

October 12, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

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‘Colossus’ the Film that Foretold the AI War

October 4, 2026October 7, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0

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