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‘Diamantino’ Review: A Surrealist Celebrity Romp About… Everything? [NYFF] The New York Film Festival’sProjectionssection is filled to the brim with the avant-garde, and this year’s lineup is no exception. Tsai Ming-liang’sYour Faceis composed entirely of silent close-ups, while Albert Serra’sRoi Soleilis an hour of King Louis XIV moaning and writhing. The former feels like a museum exhibit; the latter is a filmed version of one. You almost always know what kind of film to expect walking into aProjectionsscreening — experimental fare that rarely feels like it would do well in the mainstream — which is why Daniel Schmidt and Gabriel Abrantes’Diamantinois such an unbelievable blast....

‘John Wick 4’ To Repurpose Scenes Intended For ‘John Wick 3’; Spin-Off Film ‘Ballerina’ Will Use A Similar Action Style TheJohn Wickuniverse is going to get a little bigger with a female-led spin-off calledBallerina, and now franchise directorChad Stahelskihas provided a new update about that project and some fun facts about the forthcomingJohn Wick 4. So put on your best suit, high five the Tick Tock Man, and meet us below to read the latest updates below....

‘Kimmy Vs. The Reverend’ Is An ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Interactive Special Coming To Netflix Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtmay have concluded its normal series run, but the show has found new life – as an interactive special. Similar toBlack Mirror: Bandersnatch,Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverendlets the viewer decide the actions of the characters on screen. In addition to returning cast membersEllie Kemper,Tituss Burgess,Jane Krakowski, andCarol Kane, the interactive special also featuresDaniel Radcliffe,Jack McBrayer, and more....

‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Horrors Both Human And Otherworldly Haunt Misha Green’s Spellbinding Series “This is the story of a boy and his dream,” a narrator tells us. “But more than that, it is the story of an American boy and a dream that is truly American.” That narrator is from the 1950 filmThe Jackie Robinson Story, but he’s also, in effect, narratingLovecraft Country,Misha Green’s phenomenal horror series. Rather than just use musical needle drops,Lovecraft Countryuses narration pulled from other sources, audio clips, spoken-word poetry, creating a rich tapestry; a collage; a mosaic....

‘Mank’: Netflix Releases Color Photos From The Set Of David Fincher’s Latest Movie Netflix finds itself in an interesting position as this year’s odd Oscar season gets underway.Mank, directorDavid Fincher’s luxurious Old Hollywood period piece, was once considered a frontrunner in several categories, but as we get further and further from its release, it seems Netflix may be worried that voters might forget about the film in favor of whatever hot new thing they’ve seen more recently....

‘Miracle Workers: Dark Ages’ Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe Isn’t A Fan Of Medieval Times The first season ofMiracle Workersfocused onDaniel Radcliffe, Geraldine Viswanathan, andKaran Sonias employees in heaven trying to stop God (Steve Buscemi) from destroying Earth. Now the show is returning for a second season, but since it was crafted as an anthology series, it’s going in a completely different direction and has absolutely nothing to do with the story from the first season....

‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: A Beguiling Riff On ‘Chinatown’ For New York City [NYFF] Edward Norton’s adaptation ofJonathan Lethem’s novel took over twenty years to bring to the screen. But while delays like this are traditionally to a film’s detriment, it actually works in favor ofMotherless Brooklyn. The distance allowed by this time in development leads to a movie that is likely significantly more mature and thematically rich than what Norton would have made in 1999....

‘Narcos: Mexico’ Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix Narcos: Mexicowill be back for a second season. Netflix has officially orderedNarcos: Mexicoseason 2, bringing the spin-off series starringDiego LunaandMichael Penaback for more. One month afterNarcos' Mexico-set spin-off hit the streaming platform, the drug-trafficking drama has been renewed for season 2 by Netflix. The series premiered on November 16, with new stars Diego Luna and Michael Pena joining showrunnerEric Newman, torave reviews. The Daily Telegraphcalledit “television’s most irresistible guilty pleasure” and Indiewire praised the show’s expanding saga “that [doesn’t] lack for action and drama....

‘Rogue One’ VFX Team Explain The Difficulty Of Resurrecting Old Characters Last week I had the opportunity to jump on the phone with the visual effects team behindRogue One: A Star Wars Story. After the jump, you’re able to read a transcript of my full interview withRogue Oneexecutive producer / visual effects supervisor / writerJohn Knoll, animation supervisorHal Hickel, and special effects supervisorNeil Corbould. In the conversation, Knoll talks about his original low-budget pitch forRogue One....

‘Shackleton’: Tom Hardy To Play The Famous Polar Explorer In New Biopic Tom Hardywill soon return to the big screen as Eddie Brock in a sequel to his 2018 hitVenom, but he’s also planning to head south in a new survival thriller. Hardy will star in a biopic of Ernest Shackleton, the legendary polar explorer who, after a disastrous crash in the Antarctic, led his expedition on a months-long journey to safety....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Director And Cast Stopping By ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ On Friday With December just around the corner, we’re heading into the home stretch for the marketing machine leading up to the release ofStar Wars: The Last Jedi. As more TV spots will be hitting the web, directorRian Johnsonand the cast of the next installment of theStar Warssaga will begin making the publicity rounds on all the late night and morning talk shows, and they’ll be kicking things off in a familiar place....

‘The Batman’ May Draw Inspiration From ‘Batman: Year One’ And ‘The Long Halloween’, Could Introduce The Flying Graysons [Updated] Update: Set photos have been posted online that appear to depict jack-o-lanterns on the set ofThe Batman, which lends credence to the long-held speculation that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s beloved comic graphic novelBatman: The Long Halloweenmay serve as an inspiration for Reeves' movie. We won’t link to those photos, but they’re out there if you want to track them down....

‘The Big Sick’ Review: The Most Authentic, Unique Romantic Comedy In Years [Sundance] At the Sundance Film Festival, indie romantic comedies are a dime a dozen, and it takes something really special to make one stand out among the horde of movies playing in Park City, Utah. Thankfully, one of those special movies premiered at the festival this weekend. The Big Sicktells the story of up and coming Pakistani-American comedian Kumail Nanjiani (who just so happens to be played by theSilicon Valleystar of the same name,Kumail Nanjiani), living in Chicago and trying to land a gig at the Montreal Comedy Festival....