JULY 22, 2021

Indie Spirits Move Off Oscar Weekend: 2021 Ceremony Set for Three Weeks Before Academy Awards After long serving as the freewheeling, fun-loving lead-in to the Oscars, the Indie Spirits are looking to carve out a new space.  By Kate Erbland

'Old' Review: M. Night Shyamalan's Latest Thriller Doesn't Age Well Life's a beach in M. Night Shyamalan's well-cast new movie, which never finds a way to follow through on its skin-crawling premise.  By David Ehrlich	Wondery Podcasts and John Stamos Lift the Veil on Frank Sinatra Jr.'s Kidnapping in New Series "There's no blood, there's no guts, there are no serial killers...nobody dies, but nobody quite gets out alive either," said Stamos.  By Kristen Lopez

'Dune' New Trailer: Timothée Chalamet and Denis Villeneuve Reveal Latest Look at Frank Herbert Epic "Dune" is finally set to come out this fall, with a Venice world premiere on September 3 followed by wide release and HBO Max on October 22.  By Ryan Lattanzio	NYFF 2021 to Open with Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' Starring Washington and McDormand The fall festival will kick off with Coen's black-and-white "work of stark chiaroscuro and incantatory rage."  By Kate Erbland

	Alex Wolff, Scrappy Star of 'Old' and 'Pig,' Thinks Everybody Needs a Bit More Self-Loathing in Their Lives Wolff also looks back on "Hereditary," and the "bloodbath" of making his debut feature "The Cat and the Moon."  By Ryan Lattanzio
	TIFF Launches Awards Season with Denis Villeneuve Tribute Toronto has always helped to launch Oscar contenders — 2021 is no exception.  By Anne Thompson
	Sundance Institute Announces 10 Producers Lab Fellows, Plus Producers Summit Lineup Hasan Minhaj will deliver a keynote on the critical role of bold, personal storytelling.  By Chris Lindahl
	'Language Lessons' Trailer: Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass Explore Platonic (and Pandemic) Love Exclusive: Zoom fatigue is very real, but Natalie Morales' directing debut uses the format creatively to explore a long-distance friendship.  By Ryan Lattanzio
	'Snake Eyes' Review: Henry Golding's 'G.I. Joe' Origin Story Is Fun Enough to Survive Unforgivably Bad Fight Scenes Henry Golding's G.I. Joe origin story has enough flavor to overcome some of the worst fight scenes to ever disgrace a movie screen.  By David Ehrlich