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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEven Steven Spielberg has to admit that one of his films is “pretty perfect”.The director has made 34 films since 1971, many of which are considered classics. These include Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Raiders of the Lost Ark.However, Spielberg says that he finds it tought to re-watch his movies – but there’s one he has revisisted that he knows is undeniably…

Steven Spielberg has spoken out about his impression of the current levels of antisemitism in the US.Speaking on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Spielberg was asked whether the abuse faced in 1960s California by the young Jewish hero of his new film, autobiographical drama The Fabelmans, was something he recognised today.Spielberg responded by saying he found the new global rise of anti-Jewish rhetoric and violence “very, very surprising. Antisemitism has always been there, it’s either been just around the corner and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSteven Spielberg has expressed his concerns over the rise of antisemitism in the United States.The filmmaker appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night (2 March) to discuss his Oscar-nominated movie The Fabelmans, which was released in Janaury. In the semi-autobiographical film based on Spielberg’s childhood, one of the characters suffers antisemitic abuse at the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSteven Spielberg wasn’t convinced that one of his most renowned films would succeed when it was first released.The lauded director said that he had his doubts about whether his 1975 classic Jaws would resonate with audiences.Based on a 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws starred Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody who works with a marine biologist (played by Richard Dreyfuss) and…

Photo: Mike Coppola (Getty Images)It’s a veritable bucket of horror movie blood, as They Listen, Thanksgiving, and the Exorcist reboot all add to their cast. The second season of The Santa Clauses expands its cast. Plus, what’s to come in The Flash, and a creepy new look at Yellowjackets’ return. Spoilers get!They ListenDeadline reports Rikki Lindhome is the latest to join the cast of the mysterious horror film, They Listen, at Blumhouse. ThanksgivingTHR also has word Jalen Thomas Brooks (Walker) and Nell Verlaque (Big…

One of the most renowned directors the world has ever seen or known Steven Spielberg has given the movie industry the dream to make it real. With his legacy of amazing movies that gave directors the to go beyond direction; yesterday he received a Lifetime Achievement award at Berlin Film Festival. Today, Steven Spielberg made a poignant reference to the Holocaust and the country’s ongoing attempt to confront its own past in the name of healing. Spielberg’s speech drew a standing ovation for around a dozen minutes but…

Much was made last week about Tom Cruise being the toast of the Oscars nominees luncheon, and how his one-time director Steven Spielberg was heard praising the actor for saving Hollywood and the theatrical movie industry by shepherding “Tom Gun: Maverick” into a $1.48 billion worldwide blockbuster. Cruise was left “blushing” when Spielberg, his director for “Minority Report” and “War of the Worlds,” gushed, “You saved Hollywood’s ass” and “Seriously, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ might have saved the entire theatrical industry,”…

‘I must tell you that I feel very inadvertently lucky,” says Judd Hirsch of his Oscar nomination for Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. “The great respect for Steven, and the fact that it’s written very well and acted beautifully, I believe turns people’s minds to say, of me, ‘He had something to do with this. He was an important element in this movie.’ This is what I hope they thought. Instead of saying, ‘Well, he is old enough now, let’s give him an Academy Award nomination. It’s been 42 years since the last one’.”Last…

Nintendo game director and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has said he doesn’t like being called the Steven Spielberg of video games. The designer, known for creating franchises like Super Mario Bros., The Legend Of Zelda and Star Fox, discussed the comparisons to Spielberg during an interview with Gamespot. “As you said, I’ve also been called the Spielberg of the game world, but I actually don’t like that,” Miyamoto said. “I’m Miyamoto. Miyamoto is Miyamoto and Nintendo is Nintendo. However I do feel very honoured to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSteven Spielberg was filmed heaping praise on Tom Cruise at the Academy Awards nominees luncheon on Monday (13 February).Multiple outlets in attendance reported that Cruise was the centre of attention at the event, which he attended due to his producing nomination for Top Gun: Maverick.In a clip that has widely circulated on Twitter, Spielberg – who is nominated for his…