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The Pool Movies That Ruined A Generation’s Greatest Directors

2:50AM NatashaVC | Remember the 90’s? The decade when the world ran out of cocaine and was forced to go to the movies instead? Some of those movies were really good! So why did those filmmakers turn out to be so disappointing? More »

Jonathan Demme Does Scorsese A Solid

5:30AM Seth | Jonathan Demme has stepped in for the departing Martin Scorsese on the authorised Bob Marley documentary project. This is the movie Marley’s estate want released before the Weinstein’s Bob biopic, a scheduling snafu that caused an irate Harvey to whip a can of Diet Coke at an assistant’s head as he taunted the incapacitated call-roller to, “C’mon, Josh! Get up, stand up. Stand up for your rights!” [Variety] More legend docs! Spike Lee told a crowd at Cannes that he’s hoping to bring a feature-length documentary about Michael Jordan to the festival next year, contingent of course on Denzel playing Michael. [Variety] More »