SIFF ‘24 Capsule Review: ‘JANET PLANET’ Orbits Monotony

A maladjusted soon-to-be-middle-schooler and her codependent acupuncturist mother navigate summer break and a string of bad relationships in Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Annie Baker’s studious but tedious drama Janet Planet. Janet and Lacy’s intertwined existence rests at the intersection of intimacy and monotony,  as the duo swing between piano lessons,

Russo Bros’ “Electric State” Cost $320M?

When it comes to budgets, no-one gets to spend like Joe and Anthony Russo. After spending around $320-400 million each on the last two “Avengers” films, $200 million on the Gosling-Evans Netflix action thriller “The Gray Man,” and $300 million on the six-episode “Citadel” series, they appear to be at

“28 Years Later” Set For June 2025

Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” film has reportedly set a June 20th 2025 release date. That’s 22 years after it premiered in the U.S. in June 2003. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes are set to star in this sequel to “28 Days Later” and “28 Weeks Later” with

Kathryn Bigelow Swaps Netflix Films

Last month came the news that just as Dan Lin was starting as new Netflix film chief, filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Hurt Locker”) had dropped out of directing an adaptation of David Koepp’s apocalyptic novel “Aurora”. Her exit happened several months earlier and now Puck News (via