One last clip from our NEIGHBORS episode, as Mike and I touch on what may be our longest-running argument: Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/UKMD7DB Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/3M05pFK Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/3xzwcWQ New episode tomorrow! @djmecca.bsky.social on ROBIN HOOD!
Dan Mecca
@djmecca.bsky.social
Filmmaker in Pittsburgh. Co-Founder of The Film Stage. Co-Host of @tfsbside.bsky.social
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 42m (Summer Under the Stars: Basil Rathbone) Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone; directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley The bandit king leads his Merry Men in a battle against Prince John. #TCM #TCMParty
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
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Here's the best films now playing in theaters, featuring the latest from Jane Schoenbrun, Kent Jones, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Matt Johnson, Claire Denis & more:
The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters
Looking for what to see in theaters? Our feature, updated weekly, highlights our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restorations receiving a proper theatrical ru...
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Claire Denis' The Fence, finally opening in U.S. theaters today, evokes a final film: it’s a stare into the darkness of now that simply sees nothing left.
The Fence Review: Claire Denis Takes an Unnerving Stare Into Darkness
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens on August 7. Is the idea of a Claire Denis film changing? There was likely an image one formed in their hea...
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John Turturro leads the first trailer for Noah Segan's The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, arriving this October.
John Turturro Hustles in First Trailer for The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Despite his legendary career over many decades, John Turturro has never received an Oscar nomination. Hopefully that will change this year with Noah Segan's Sundance premiere The Only Living Pickpocke...
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On the new Emulsion, Nick Newman talks to @chapotraphousereal.bsky.social's @chriswade.bsky.social and Amber A'Lee Frost about Chunks, a new anthology feature that reflects the show's anarchic sensibility and dystopic outlook. Tune in!
Amber A’Lee Frost and Chris Wade on Chunks and Chapo Trap House‘s Cinematic Excursions
There’s podcasts about movies (hello) and there are movies about podcasts. A podcast helping create a movie that is not itself about the podcast, but reflects its worldviews and the sense of humor tha...
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As Willem Dafoe delivers some of the best work in Late Fame, the actor speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about many of his most memorable roles, from chilling villains in Wild at Heart and To Live and Die in L.A. to slow-dancing with Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse and more. https://boxd.it/3ig
Had the great pleasure of speaking with Willem Dafoe for a deep-dive interview on some of his most memorable roles for @letterboxd.social. The Lighthouse, Wild at Heart, To Live and Die in LA, Light Sleeper, Auto Focus and plenty more covered here. Read it on Journal: boxd.it/3ig
Finding Dafoe: Willem Dafoe reflects on some of the most memorable roles of his career • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
As Willem Dafoe delivers some of the best work of his career in Late Fame, the actor speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about many of his most memorable roles, from chilling villains in Wild at Heart and To...
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Godzilla Minus Zero sets world premiere as the 64th New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala, taking place September 26.
Godzilla Minus Zero Sets World Premiere as 64th New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala
The world's most famous kaiju is touching down in New York City once again. Film at Lincoln Center has announced the world premiere of Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero as the Spotlight Gala sele...
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I’d make a case for Robert Redford in THE HORSE WHISPERER.
cinephile question: what is the hottest someone has ever looked in a film they also directed
MIAMI VICE forever ❤️
In honor of MIAMI VICE's 20th birthday, we take it to the limit one more time with @oneblakeminute.bsky.social to talk about the B-Sides of Michael Mann! From THE KEEP to FERRARI we discuss everything that makes Mann our deadly passion, our terrible joy. Listen: bit.ly/4yMoEsq
The official poster for the 64th New York Film Festival has been unveiled, designed by Marcel Dzama.
Matt Johnson finds the right ingredients with #Tony, which is less of a standard biopic and more of a film about how a small period of time can end up shaping a person. Read @therealdsube.bsky.social's review:
Tony Review: Matt Johnson Finds the Right Ingredients In Anthony Bourdain Biopic
To the public, Anthony Bourdain was a carefully constructed persona: the fine-dining chef who waxed poetic about the joys of “regular” food and traveled to far-flung locales that made him want to thro...
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Mutiny all day every day!! Mutiny hive assemble!!!
Mutiny x4 let’s go baby
Happy 20th MIAMI VICE!!! I love you and I love YOU Michael Mann
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Michael Mann's #MiamiVice, released in theaters on this day in 2006, we're joined by Mann scholar @oneblakeminute.bsky.social to discuss the director's lesser-seen films. Grab a mojito and tune into @tfsbside.bsky.social:
Tony Gilroy’s first original film in nearly two decades will world premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival.
Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! Sets World Premiere as 64th New York Film Festival Centerpiece
Marking his first feature in 14 years (and first original in 17), Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! has been confirmed to world premiere as the Centerpiece selection of the 64th New York Film Festival, screenin...
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over at @thefilmstage.com, I talked to Gregg Araki about gooning: thefilmstage.com/gregg-araki-...
Gregg Araki on I Want Your Sex, Madonna, Mapplethorpe, and Gooning
A friend recently quipped that Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day was “Mysterious Skin for straight people.” Joking aside, it’s an apt comparison, beyond the whole alien trauma thing: both Spielberg an...
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In honor of the 20th anniversary of Michael Mann's #MiamiVice, released in theaters on this day in 2006, we're joined by Mann scholar @oneblakeminute.bsky.social to discuss the director's lesser-seen films. Grab a mojito and tune into @tfsbside.bsky.social:
The B-Sides of Michael Mann with Blake Howard
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we discuss the great Michael Mann! Ou...
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NEW EPISODE! The man himself, @drewmcweeny.com, threw us a curveball by picking a movie that is NOT beloved, but is fascinating in its failures: noted not-comedy director John G. Avildsen’s adaptation of Thomas Berger’s satirical novel, the final on-screen pairing of John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”Neighbors” with Drew McWeeny
Listen to GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”Neighbors” with Drew McWeeny from One Heat Minute Productions wherever you get your podcasts!
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every time i remember that robert forster isn’t with us any more i feel sad all over again
Smiling Cowboy in Hat
Alt: Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall
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there is a recurring prompt around what’s the best that anyone has ever looked on camera and I never have an answer but I’m watching right now and I think it’s gotta be George Clooney in Ocean’s 11
See the Mara sisters in the first clip from Werner Herzog's #BuckingFastard.
Rooney Mara and Kate Mara Are In Sync in First Clip From Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard
One of the highlights of this year's Venice Film Festival lineup was the return of Werner Herzog, whose latest feature Bucking Fastard will world premiere in competition. Starring Kate Mara, Rooney Ma...
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Screenwriter David Koepp on the WGA lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger. #BlockTheMerger
The first trailer for Chris Rock's Misty Green has arrived ahead of a TIFF premiere and October release from A24. Watch: thefilmstage.com/misty-green-...
Ava DuVernay's #14th sets world premiere as Closing Night of this year's New York Film Festival.
Ava DuVernay’s 14th Sets World Premiere as Closing Night of the 64th New York Film Festival
A decade after 13th opened the New York Film Festival, Ava DuVernay’s follow-up documentary 14th will world premiere as the Closing Night selection of the 64th edition. The Netflix-backed feature will...
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