The 15 movies you need to see this summer latimes.com/entertainment-…

The photos of Francis Ford Coppola surrounded by family members on the Cannes red carpet for MEGALOPOLIS are very moving.

I thrilled to MEGALOPOLIS in all its overstuffed, crazy ambition. Only an uncharitable viewer would call it a catastrophe. It's definitely not boring. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Trying to figure out how to punctuate the title of the new THE STRANGERS has been more suspenseful than the movie itself.
Nearly everyone has been using 'The Strangers: Chapter 1' while the studio says it is 'The Strangers - Chapter 1.'
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“I will not be an immobile skeleton”

Had the honor of interviewing 95-year-old Chilean cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky for Los Angeles Times ahead of his visit this weekend for an American Cinematheque retrospective. It was a metaphysical treat to chat with him: tinyurl.com/2j2jsksj

We checked in with Hollywood writers a year after the strike. They're not OK latimes.com/entertainment-…

“Simply, I love making motion pictures.'

Roger Corman was an influence & inspiration to generations of filmmakers & film fans.
Last year I spoke to him in a car parked in an alley behind a movie theater. It was magic.
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This week:
Richard Kelly on DONNIE DARKO
Joanna Arnow & Sean Baker on THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE
Chantal Akerman's earliest shorts
RAMBLING ROSE & INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE in 35mm
+ POOLMAN
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'The universities are calling in police to do what police do, which is to contain and control and remove people who are seen as disturbances to the status quo.'

Yance Ford, whose new film POWER is a history of policing in America, on college protests.
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“What matters to me is that I do things in a way that I feel is — for lack of a better word — righteous.”
All hail Steve Albini, gone too soon at 61.
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If you told me Justin Chang won the Pulitzer Prize for being an amazing human I’d believe it. As a film critic, he’s the best of us, too. Eternally learning from your example and so so proud of you, Justin!! 🎉🖋️

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'Once you have that world in your head, even when you’re trying not to, you keep coming back.'

For Los Angeles Times director George Miller sits down with Kenneth Turan to talk FURIOSA, the lure of digital (he's a fan) and making the action movie of the summer. latimes.com/entertainment-…

In this week's newsletter:
Richard Shepard on director's cut of THE LINGUINE INCIDENT
Andrew Bujalski on his first art installation
Jane Schoenbrun's I SAW THE TV GLOW
Warren Beatty's DICK TRACY
Michael Mann's BLACKHAT
+ THE FALL GUY and THE IDEA OF YOU latimes.com/entertainment-…

For the first time ever, 'Blood In Blood Out' will be available for streaming latimes.com/delos/story/20…

Hung out with director Jane Schoenbrun at Vidiots to talk about their new movie I SAW THE TV GLOW (out Friday). It’s the best movie of the year (imo).

Here’s my feature piece from our conversation for LA Times: tinyurl.com/4r3rpcar

The Slamdance Film Festival is leaving Park City, Utah to come to Los Angeles for 2025.
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In this week's newsletter:
Barbra Streisand's FUNNY GIRL in 4K and female Jewish comedies
Four films by Patricia Rozema + interview
An interview with Dave Markey on DESPERATE TEENAGE LOVEDOLLS
A tribute to Lee Chang-dong
And CHALLENGERS
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“Movies that deal with uncomfortable subject matter will rarely be rapturously received because you’re dealing with things that don’t make people feel safe. They’re not a soothing bath.”

Nicole Kidman to Glenn Whipp on making Jonathan Glazer's BIRTH
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