OCTOBER 23, 2020

Sacha Baron Cohen Denies Rudy Giuliani's 'Borat' Scene Was a Hit Job: 'He Did What He Did' Baron Cohen spoke out on Good Morning America to refute Giuliani's behavior during a compromising scene in the new film.  By Ryan Lattanzio

David Fincher Says 'Mindhunter' Is Probably Dead: Big Budget, Low Viewers, and Exhaustion Fincher had eyed returning to "Mindhunter" after "Mank," but that no longer looks to be the case.  By Zack Sharf	AFI FEST Awards Go to Wuhan Pandemic Documentary '76 Days' and Black Coming-Of-Age Short 'Pillars' Another winner, the animated Irish tale "Wolfwalkers," is getting an Apple TV+ release.  By Chris Lindahl

'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 3 Review: So Where Did the Crew End Up in Episode 2? A soporific second episode makes us hope there's more to the 32nd century than Western saloon-style standoffs and shootouts.  By Christian Blauvelt	New Movies: Release Calendar for October 23, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films Staying home? Good. Looking for something new to watch? Even better!  By Kate Erbland

	'Borat 2': The Real News Is Rudy Giuliani's Staggering Lack of Judgment Giuliani's defense is absurd, but what the film displays is a compromised individual who casts his wider credibility into doubt.  By Chris O'Falt
	COVID Didn't Kill Quibi, and It Won't Kill Peak TV - TV Podcast Hubris felled the streaming platform, and nothing less.  By Libby Hill
	'Coming Home Again' Review: Wayne Wang's Poetic Grief Drama Avoids All the Genre's Cliches Jackie Chung is devastating as a Korean matriarch battling cancer in this patient, Ozu-esque study of loss.  By Ryan Lattanzio
	Scarlett Johansson, Sebastián Lelio Team for Apple, A24's Genre Bender 'Bride' - First Details Johansson will play a woman manufactured to be the ideal wife in the Oscar-winning "Fantastic Woman" director's latest.  By Ryan Lattanzio
	Sales Agencies Plan Virtual Market to Coincide with Online American Film Market A coalition of sales agencies are coming together for an online market, similar to their earlier Cannes market effort.  By Chris Lindahl