This article is part of a series on the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA double strikes and their impact on Hollywood. Part 1 explored the issue of writing staff. For more than six months in 2023, from May 2 to November 9, Hollywood productions were halted or shut down entirely by overlapping strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. The last time these two major unions jointly downed tools was in 1960, when residuals, or guaranteed payments for the reuse of films and television shows, were the main point of contention. 63 years later, they were again at the…
Author: Alex Harrison
I have not read the novel by William S. Burroughs funny is adapted from, but if you told me that Luca Guadagnino drew it up and started from scratch, I'd believe you. His latest film seems to me in clear conversation with his previous work, As if the sensibilities of his four previous features were combined into one movie. It's an enigmatic experience that I desperately want to spend this space interpreting. But I will refrain from going into too much detail and just offer the lens I saw it through. Director Luca Guadagnino Writers William S. Burroughs, Justin Kuritskes…
I'll be honest, I don't really understand Kevin Costner Horizon project. I'm not really one to judge whether it makes business sense to make a multi-part western saga for theatrical release in 2024; As a critic, my stake is not in the world of profits and losses. When Costner used all his talent to put a project like this on the big screen, I should be able to applaud him, purely out of my love for the cinematic experience. Instead, after seeing Horizon: Chapter 2I'm still scratching my head and wondering why it wasn't a TV. studio(s) New Line Cinema,…
The opening scene of Gutrich is as sudden for us as for its protagonist. Michael Keaton's Andy Goodrich is startled awake by a late-night phone call from his wife, Naomi (Laura Benanti). Warning him not to rejoice, she tells him she's enrolled in a 90-day rehab program. His first instinct is to assume she's joking—not only did he notice that his wife didn't come home that night, but was completely unaware that she was struggling with prescription pills. Suddenly, Naomi is the one who blows up, and she informs Andy that she's leaving him too. Director Hallie Meyer-Shear Release date…
in the Venice International Film FestivalA jury of industry professionals decide how to dispense the prizes to the movies in official competition, including the prestigious Golden Lion. This year's group of nine includes filmmakers from around the world, with French actor Isabelle Huppert serving as Jury President. But, since I was Screen Rants sole representative at this year's edition, the 81st, The Awards are mine to give. Unlike Huppert & Co., the jury of one is not limited to what was and is not an official selection. None of the 28 movies (and one entire miniseries) I've seen in my…
There are different ways for a movie to pull off a slow burn, but the ones I admire most retain not their stories, but their identities. Strange eyes Has a straightforward thriller premise and a clear interest in surveillance, both of which are clear from the start, but its form is hardly a straight line. As it leads us around corners in places we didn't expect to be, what the movie has to say about surveillance slowly comes to mind. For those with the patience to sit through uncertainty, Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua's film offers unexpected rewards. Stranger Eyes…
At this point, it is difficult to disconnect the new one Salem's place of its nearly two-year release delay, during which many feared that the film would never see the light of day. This is an unfortunate situation. On the one hand, it clearly did not deserve to sit on the shelf for so long, caught up in the leadership change at Warner Bros. On the other hand, it does not quite live up to the expectations that inevitably built as Stephen King pressured the studio to release it. Director Gary Dauberman Release date September 25, 2024 studio(s) New Line…