Directors

Image via Lionsgate This article contains spoilers for the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4. One of the more unusual aspects of the John Wick franchise is that it seems to get better every movie. John Wick: Chapter 4 is no different, and in fact it’s the best received movie so far, by both audiences and critics. So good, actually, that the studio was baffled by the decision to make it the last one. The movie’s currently sitting pretty with a 96%Tomatometer rating and a 97% audience rating – pretty good for a…

Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for FLC/Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Christian Dior What do you get when you join Batman and Iron Man with the mastermind behind Succession and films like The Big Short and Don’t Look Up? We will soon find out when Adam McKay’s Average Height, Average Build kicks into gear later this year. Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr. will play a serial killer and a retired cop respectively in this political black comedy whose script is currently searching for a home.…

Charley Gallay/Getty Images Once again, we’re on the eve of a new episode of The Mandalorian. Since The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars has made itself a comfortable home on Disney Plus, with multiple series under its belt and others in various stages of production for release over the next year or so. But while Lucasfilm has its TV production pipeline down to fine art, the same can’t be said about Star Wars on the big screen. At times, it’s looking like there might be some kind of Star Wars curse, as multiple…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Daniels – the Oscar-winning directing duo behind Everything Everywhere All at Once– have clapped back at detractors who accused them of “selling out” after signing on to direct a new Star Wars series.Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for their A24 movie starring Michelle Yeoh at this year’s Academy Awards.A week later, it…

A wildly cool rumor running rampant around the Star Wars community might actually be true. It says that Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the Oscar-winning directors of the Best Picture-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once, directed an episode of the upcoming Star Wars Disney+ show, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.The news first broke on the site One Take News and though Lucasfilm would not comment, our reporting suggests the news is accurate. Apparently, before the Daniels won that prestigiousBest Director Oscar (and…

Despite mounting pressure from Canadians who want their money to stop supporting oil and gas, the majority of the country's largest pension fund managers continue to invest in that sector — and are led by individuals with close ties to fossil fuel companies.CBC News reviewed publicly available bios and resumes of leaders overseeing Canada's 10 largest pension fund managers and found that eight organizations have at least one high-ranking member, either a board member or an executive, who is actively directing a company in…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePeople have strong opinions, both good and bad, about films directed by Quentin Tarantino.Regardless of your opinion on the filmmaker, though there’s no denying his new releases demand to be seen – if only in order in order to debate whether they rank up there with Pulp Fiction (1994) or way down with The Hateful Eight (2017).Even if viewers don't like a particular Tarantino film,…

Image via Paramount Pictures This article contains spoilers for Scream VI. Audiences are flocking to theaters to be spooked by Ghostface in the latest slasher installment Scream VI, and one of the most anticipated moments in the experience as a whole is anticipating the epic opening scene. Who will be on the receiving end of the masked slasher’s first attack, and what will the backdrop of it be? Each film opens with something unique, sans Scream (2022), which paid homage to the original movie, and Scream VI was…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThere’s no denying that making a film is difficult.Not only does getting a story from script to screen cost millions (at least, those with well-known actors do), but it also requires both cast and crew to devote years to a singular project.Despite filmmaking being a labour of love, there are still occasions when a director – the person who arguably spends the most amount of time…

Hollywood star Will Smith was there for `Batgirl` directors following the bad news about the movie`s cancellation. The `Emancipation` star reached out to Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who also directed the actor in `Bad Boys for Life`, after they learned that Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the film in a cost-cutting measure, reports aceshowbiz.com. In a new interview with Variety, El Arbi reveals how Smith offered some comfort in the wake of the movie`s cancellation. "It was two days after the wedding, and Will Smith…