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what's nice about reading a physical book is there is no possibility of your view being cluttered by fucking clippy

YouTube video by BFI Tom Cruise on Mission: Impossible and a lifetime of learning from movies | BFI in Conversation

BFI in Conversations are some of the best filmmaking resources out there.

Guy who watched Conclave excited to use new found expertise

"Today is what I've been training for"

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Abbott was only 6 years after Kevin '07...

RIP Ted Kotcheff, glad he lived to see Wake In Fright get the credit it deserved

Development of one of the shots in Flow. Every shot goes through many iterations. In most cases the look is found directly in the 3d scene instead of using concept art. Everything is made in Blender and rendered using EEVEE.

Damn. I had to hear it straight from the horse's mouth before I believed it, but Fincher is indeed directing the Cliff Booth movie. Wild! Very curious!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Ketchup Entertainment Acquires Worldwide Rights to COYOTE VS. ACME Los Angeles, CA – March 31, 2025 – Ketchup Entertainment today announced its acquisition from Warner Bros. Pictures of worldwide rights to COYOTE VS. ACME, a live-action/animated hybrid film that brings the iconic Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote to the big screen. Gareth West, CEO of Ketchup Entertainment, said: “We’re thrilled to have made a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures to bring this film to audiences worldwide. COYOTE VS. ACME is a perfect blend of nostalgia and modern storytelling, capturing the essence of the beloved Looney Tunes characters while introducing them to a new generation. We believe it will resonate with both longtime fans and newcomers alike.” Directed by Dave Green, COYOTE VS. ACME features a stellar cast, including Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor and Tone Bell. The film centers on Wile E. Coyote as he takes legal action against the Acme Corporation for the countless faulty products that have hindered his relentless pursuit of the Road Runner. COYOTE VS. ACME is produced by Chris deFaria and James Gunn with a screenplay by Samy Burch.

It's official! Ketchup Entertainment has purchased the worldwide rights for COYOTE VS. ACME from Warner Bros., and will distribute the film in theaters.

Holy shit Criterion SORCERER

Just ordered in Australia 🫡

This right here.

And hey, as someone who covers Australian films, I urge folks to remember that Aussie cinema is more than just Wake in Fright, Mad Max, or Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Festival submission fees can stack up quickly, that's why we have created a template to help Filmmakers create a budget for their festival run. Check it out: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

They said it would never happen.

Hundreds of Beavers hits $1,000,000 in worldwide Box Office.

Long live indie cinema! $150,000 budget and a dream.

And thank you to the fans who got us here.

No Other Land just won an Oscar without US distribution. Absolutely legendary for them, this film and its message. The most important award of this year, hands down.

That's a great recreation!!

Always interesting to see the line between set/location/digital

We as a society must do whatever it takes to protect Nick Lutsko from retribution

Alamo Drafthouse workers in Brooklyn do not fuck around 🔥

Aussies.

There's a new miniseries starting on SBS very soon called Australia: An Unofficial History. It features clips from a rarely seen early Peter Weir film, Whatever Happened to Green Valley?

Keep an eye out for it. Great stuff.

Apple TV needs to drive to Palm Beach with truckloads of vintage wine to convince him to make a Ernest Shackleton biopic.

Arts Minister Tony Burke made some remarks earlier this week about Creative Australia’s decision to ditch Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as the pick for the 61st Venice Biennale.

They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head.

So here you go.

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

Can't beat an Ezra Edelman doc

A Short History of the Australian Accent in Hollywood — Central Coast Film Festival In 1954, actor Michael Pate told the Sydney Morning Herald, "Australians hoping to make good in Hollywood should get rid of their accent completely”

New blog post from @zanddeeerrr.bsky.social

Entries are now open for the 2025 Central Coast Film Festival! The festival will screen for 9 days from November 1st till November 9th at Cinema Paradiso, Ettalong.

Misread and got momentarily excited for Muppet Aussie Surfers.

Aaron Swartz died because rapacious capitalists insisted that sharing knowledge and ideas — not for profit but to enrich society — was theft. Now we have a whole Silicon Valley industry devoted to undoing artistic copyright, and for what? Fake emails and shitty advertising copy.

Thank you!! Can't wait to listen.

Is it playing the wrong episode for anyone else? I seem to have the A. L. Kennedy episode.

It's essentially the bsky version of bookmarking