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This article contains spoilers for "Halloween Ends."

Like all slasher films, David Gordon Green's "Halloween" trilogy will be heavily debated between generations of horror fans until the sun burns out, with people still screaming out "Team Corey!" or "It sucked!" with their last, gasping breaths. Regardless of how anyone personally feels about the trilogy, there's one thing we can all agree on — there are some pretty damn gnarly kills on display. "Halloween Ends" is home to some particularly shocking kill sequences, with the massacre at the salvage yard easily one of the best. During the scene, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell) gets revenge on a gang of bullies who torment him, including Terry Tramer (Michael Barbieri), Stacy (Destiny Mone), Margo (Joey Harris), and Billy (Marteen). Terry takes a blowtorch to the face, Stacy gets her head smashed by a wrench, Billy gets a drumstick stabbed through his head, and Margo...

It is often said that the secret to becoming a successful entrepreneur is finding a need and filling it. When Santa Monica-based BondIt Media Capital launched in 2013, it zeroed in on the deposits productions must leave with SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE and other guilds to ensure that their members get paid in a timely fashion.

The company co-founders — CEO Matthew Helderman and COO Luke Taylor — knew from their experience working in the production trenches that these deposits, which sometimes take up to six months to be returned, can create a significant cash flow problem for low-budget projects during principal photography.

So they decided to offer a deal: producers would pay the unions, then BondIt would reimburse their cash outlay, minus a fee (typically 12%-15%), and collect the deposits when they were returned.

It wasn’t exciting, it wasn’t big-time, but it was a foot in the door.

“No other financiers...

According to Laurie Strode, there are two kinds of evil: external forces and internal infections. "Halloween Ends" explores these evils by constructing a deep character study about the transference of pain and violence from one tortured soul to another. Taking place four years after the previous two movies in the series, the film also offers plenty of slashing, and finally closes the door on the Michael Myers saga, at least as we know it. Only time will tell when it'll inevitably be rebooted again.

Over the last four decades, we've grown incredibly close to Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), Allyson (Andi Matichak), Officer Hawkins (Will Patton), and even Michael Myers himself. After all, a slasher film is nothing if we don't have characters to root for. With the release of the latest and final (for now) film in the "Halloween" series, it's time to take a closer look at the concluding...

When Jamie Lee Curtis walked the black carpet outside the Tcl Chinese Theatre on Tuesday night for the world premiere of “Halloween Ends,” she was less than 24 hours away from becoming permanently cemented into Hollywood history — or at least, more so than she’s already been — with a hand and footprint ceremony on Wednesday morning.

“I’m, of course, thrilled, honored,” Curtis told Variety about being immortalized outside the theatre. “My family will be there with me, friends, colleagues, collaborators, the community of artists. I’m an artist, I get to make this work. I didn’t think I’d be an actor. I thought I’d be a cop. So the idea that I get to be an actor and do this beautiful work is really very powerful to me.”

The back-to-back events capped an emotional world tour for the scream queen as she says goodbye to Laurie Strode,...

We’re just days away from the release of Halloween Ends on Peacock and in theaters, with the final film in David Gordon Green‘s sequel trilogy slashing our way on October 14.

While you wait, we’re serving up the full official image gallery for Halloween Ends today, which is loaded with photos you’ve probably already seen along with some new ones.

The big selling point for Halloween Ends is that it’s set to deliver the Final battle between Jamie Lee Curtis‘s Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, with the promise that one of them probably won’t be surviving. Place your bets. And check out the full image gallery below.

Here’s the official plot synopsis for Halloween Ends: “Four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael...

Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert, Ben Gavin, Claudia Kim, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Katheryn Winnick, Nicholas Pauling, Michael Barbieri, José Zúñiga | Written by Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel | Directed by Nikolaj Arcel

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” As opening lines go, The Gunslinger’s should be up there with Pride and Prejudice’s universally acknowledged truth for sheer iconicism. We say should be, for Stephen King’s epic fantasy Western always was one of his most underappreciated, and less read.

Hence director Nikolaj Arcel and his screenwriters (plus committee, who had a big hand in this aberration) jettisoning that powerful, brilliant, stark opening in favour of modern-day New York and a teenage protagonist. For those unfamiliar with the books, The Dark Tower won’t be even nearly so offensive. Constant readers will...

The cast of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” includes no shortage of famous faces, including two Oscar nominees and two full-on Oscar winners. But anyone paying close attention while watching this weekend’s box office winner might have noticed a number of other familiar faces. In fact, director Jon Watts has packed nearly every small supporting role he could with a niche comedian or former child star on the verge of adulthood.

Read More: How ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Star Jacob Batalon Went From College Dropout to Blockbuster Star

So below is our guide to the various notable characters that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) encounters over the course of the film, and where else you have seen them before.

Donald Glover

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” Role: Aaron Davis, a local criminal who, it’s been said, is canonically the uncle of Miles Morales, who in the comics eventually becomes Spider-Man. (This is a nice nod to a...

"The tower is all that stands between light and darkness..." Sony has revealed a brand new "international" trailer for The Dark Tower adaptation, based on Stephen King's popular book series. Directed by Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel, this gritty sci-fi western is about a legendary "Gunslinger" roaming an Old West-like landscape in pursuit of the Man in Black, who wants to destroy the fabled Tower. Idris Elba stars as Roland Deschain, with Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black. Also starring Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, Tom Taylor, Katheryn Winnick, Alex McGregor, Nicholas Hamilton, Claudia Kim, and Michael Barbieri. This is honestly looking better and better with every trailer. And you know - even if this movie isn't that great, I still think Idris Elba is a totally badass gunslinger. Love him. Here's the second international trailer for Nikolaj Arcel's The Dark Tower, direct from Sony's YouTube:...

Despite the fundamental truth that art is, at the most elemental level, unnecessary to survival, its unequivocal power to reward the soul and imagination proves undeniable across every culture and time period. This conviction was recently put to the ultimate test when it comes to the third launch of a Spider-Man in this infantile century, and particularly under the circumstances: crammed into a roster-heavy franchise threequel in a cinematic universe that, at the time, already spanned 13 films. While the neighborhood’s friendliest superhero was merely a blip in Captain America: Civil War, Tom Holland is now getting a proper introduction with his own feature, and, against all odds, it just about works. Despite succumbing to the seemingly inescapable monotony that pervades most final setpieces in this genre, the film exudes a charismatic quality of nimble fun with its playful direction and lighthearted lead performance.

Despite what the Robert Downey Jr.

"I'm sword to defend the tower, I'll stop at nothing to protect it." Sony has debuted a new featurette for The Dark Tower movie, adapted from Stephen King's book series. Directed by Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel, this cinematic version of the story is more sci-fi than fantasy, about a Gunslinger roaming an Old West-like landscape in pursuit of the man in black. The featurette gives a basic introduction to Idris Elba as the "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain, and his nemesis, Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black. The full cast includes Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, Tom Taylor, Katheryn Winnick, Alex McGregor, Nicholas Hamilton, Claudia Kim, and Michael Barbieri. There's tons of new footage in this featurette and you know, I actually think it looks damn good. I'm down for some ass kicking gunslingin'. Here's the featurette on "The Legacy of the Gunslinger" from The Dark Tower, via...

Marvel has released a couple new international posters for Spider-Man: Homecoming. The first features Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) facing off against The Vulture (Michael Keaton). The other one shows the two heroes racing into action. These posters make sure that you don't forget the movie co-stars Iron Man. As excited as I am about this movie, I just hope that it doesn't turn into the Iron Man show.

I also included a couple new promo images along with several pieces of concept art that have been released showing off some Spider-Man and Vulture designs and action sequences. You can check all the images out below.

A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home,...

"You can't stop what's coming." Sony Pictures has dropped off three new 30-second promo TV spots for the highly anticipated big screen version of Stephen King's book series, The Dark Tower. Directed by Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel, this cinematic version of the story is more sci-fi than fantasy, about a Gunslinger roaming an Old West-like landscape in pursuit of the man in black. Idris Elba stars as Roland Deschain, with Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black. The cast includes Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, Tom Taylor, Katheryn Winnick, Alex McGregor, Nicholas Hamilton, Claudia Kim, and Michael Barbieri. These new TV spots focus on three different themes: Earth, Knight, and the Man in Black, of course. These spots actually play better than the first trailer, here's to hoping this turned out good. Here's all three new TV spots (+ posters) for Nikolaj Arcel's The Dark Tower, direct...

"The tower protects both our worlds. If it falls, hell will be unleashed." Sony Pictures has finally released the first trailer for the adaptation of Stephen King's book series, The Dark Tower. Directed by Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel, this cinematic version of the story is more sci-fi than fantasy, about a Gunslinger roaming an Old West-like landscape in pursuit of the man in black. Idris Elba stars as Roland Deschain, with Matthew McConaughey as the Man in Black. The cast includes Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, Fran Kranz, Tom Taylor, Katheryn Winnick, Alex McGregor, Nicholas Hamilton, Claudia Kim, and Michael Barbieri. This actually looks pretty damn cool, but it also looks a bit messy, with almost too much going on. The story framed around the young kid is quite interesting. I'll definitely be seeing this film. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Nikolaj Arcel's The Dark Tower,...

After discussing the year’s breakthrough directors, it’s time to traverse to the other side of the camera. Whether it’s their very first performances or a talent who’s been seen in a variety of features, yet, for whatever reason, hadn’t been allowed to command the screen, this year’s breakthrough actors are an eclectic group. Ranging from Hollywood offerings to minuscule independent dramas, check out our rundown.

Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz (Little Men)

Taking the concept of “Parents Just Don’t Understand” and conveying it through the economic realities of gentrification, Ira Sachs‘ Little Men is an affecting look at what happens when a friendship can fracture due to external pressures. Playing the two friends at the center, Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz honestly communicate the experience of an innocent relationship as they both explore what they want out of their teenage life. Barbieri, in particular,...

When Spider-Man: Homecoming makes a beeline for theatres next summer, it’ll stand as the 16th entry into the über-successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, a grand, interconnected franchise of blockbusters that has in many ways redefined the superhero genre we know and love.

And though it’s easy to pigeonhole the McU for its shortcomings – the shaky third acts, the paper-thin, throwaway villains – perhaps the one element that has ensured its continued success is the sheer diversity of Marvel’s offerings. Captain America: Civil War, for instance, acted as the culmination of plot points stretching all the way back to 2008, resulting in a team-up movie that really struck a chord with the built-in fanbase. On the other hand, Doctor Strange introduced a world of mysticism and sorcery all built around Benedict Cumberbatch’s title lead, and became Marvel’s biggest single-character launch while doing so.

Next up is Spider-Man: Homecoming, a...

Marvel Studios & Sony Pictures' upcoming joint-collaboration, Spider-Man: Homecoming, is currently deep in post-production, and earlier today director Jon Watts shared a fun behind-the-scenes video from a performance capture session featuring the titular wall-crawler himself, Tom Holland.  The video is fairly brief, but it offers a pretty great look at what it takes to bring Marvel's best to life as Holland gives us more than a handful of classic facial expressions. Check it out below:   Facial capture w/Mr @tomholland2013 A video posted by Jon Watts (@jnwtts) on Nov 29, 2016 at 1:20pm Pst A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Spider-Man: Homecoming features: Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Marisa Tomei as May Parker Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man Michael Keaton as...

Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for their “Little Men” screenplay yesterday, and it wasn’t their first time: The pair earned the same nod in 2014 for “Love Is Strange” and in 2012 for “Keep the Lights On.” Magnolia Pictures has shared the shooting script for “Little Men” exclusively with Indiewire, and you can read it in its entirety below.

Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Award Nominations: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘American Honey’ and ‘Jackie’ Lead the Way

The film stars Greg Kinnear, Paulina García (who also received an Indie Spirit nod) and Jennifer Ehle alongside Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri as two 13-year-olds who form a unique bond after moving into the same New York apartment building. As with “Love Is Strange,” it first premiered at Sundance and has earned favorable reviews.

Read More: ‘Little Men’: President Obama Wants To Watch Ira Sachs’ Passion Project Over Vacation

The script...

Each year one of our awards traditions is to help fellow Bfca members choose more wisely when it comes to the "Young Performer" category by sharing an eligibility list. The lazy nominations each year prove that help is needed. Here's the thing: it can be difficult to even think of who is eligible when you're filling out a ballot because you don't get a list of choices and it's not a category people campaign for or one that the internet talks about. So we solve that problem right here. Our other belief, which is why we do this, is that if you actually pay attention there are enough worthy performances each year to divvy this category up into male and female as the other acting categories are divvied up. But, yes, you have to be paying attention beyond 5 or 6 movies and leading roles to notice the truly special work. 

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An intense friendship is beautifully captured in this intimate gem about Brooklyn gentrification

Ira Sachs, best known for his intimate, humane New York stories, has a fascination with tales of transition, both in the city setting and in the relationships that unfold there. In his last film, Love Is Strange, the spiralling costs of the Manhattan housing market force a gay couple out of their shared home. Now in Little Men, the forces of gentrification are at play again, this time in a rising Brooklyn neighbourhood and this time mirrored in the friendship of a pair of adolescent boys.

Sensitive, artistic introvert Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz) and garrulous aspiring actor Tony Calvelli (Michael Barbieri) are themselves at a point of transition: poised on the brink of adulthood, they still – just – retain the gangly uncertainty of children role-playing as grownups. Even the score, a recurring motif of climbing notes, echoes the sense of moving forward,...

★★★★☆ The final film in a trilogy focusing on New York City, Ira Sachs' latest feature Little Men, starring Jennifer Ehle and Greg Kinnear, follows the rites of passage of two thirteen-year-old boys, Jake (Theo Taplitz) and Tony (Michael Barbieri). Jake is a sensitive loner whose artistic talents are derided by his school teacher and initially ignored by his parents. By contrast, Tony, an aspiring actor, is confident, well-liked, and effortlessly connects with both adults and kids his own age. They meet after Jake's grandfather dies.

Chicago – Deep down, because of our profound connection to what makes us human, we attempt to interpret the doing of the right thing. But in a society of property, somebody lives on it and somebody is run off it. This theme, combined with an adolescent friendship, emerge in “Little Men.”

Rating: 4.5/5.0

This film is the seventh directed by Ira Sachs, who has such a delicate touch with his human stories. The way he brings these characters to life – with co-writer Mauricio Zacharias – is different than any contemporary director. He has a realization on how human beings tick, what thrills and disappoints them, and he is able to guide them through that arc in often symbolic stories. “Little Men” seems like a simple tale of impending gentrification in Brooklyn, but it really becomes a struggle between father and son, each going through profound life transitions. The films of Ira Sachs generate...

Chicago – When meeting an interview subject for the third time, and remembering him as the first professional interview I ever did, results in a comfortable familiarity. Director Ira Sachs is the subject, and his latest film is “Little Men.” Taking on adolescent friendship, adult passive-aggressiveness and gentrification all in one film, it also spotlights the expansiveness of this talented filmmaker.

“Little Men” features Greg Kinnear in one of his best performances, as a guilty and conflicted property inheritor named Brian who now lives in Brooklyn, in the midst of the hottest real estate markets in America. His late father owned the property, which included a dressmaker’s shop run by Leonor (Paulina García), who cared for her landlord more than his heirs. Meanwhile, Brian’s son Jake (Theo Taplitz), has found a friend and fellow traveler in Tony (Michael Barbieri), who happens to be Leonor’s son. Property, negotiations and...

There's nothing particularity revealing about this latest Instagram pic from Tom Holland, but it is by far the darkest (both literally and tonally) production still we've seen from Spider-Man: Homecoming so far. It's obviously difficult to tell for sure, but it looks like Holland is semi-suited up as the Wall-Crawler, clutching his mask in his left hand while channeling his inner Michael Myers. Now that the Marvel/Sony reboot has recommenced production, some more set snaps have made their way online. We saw Marisa Tomei (Aunt May) last night - perhaps we'll finally get a glimpse of Michael Keaton at some point? Watch this space. Thank you to @georgejcottle and his amazing team for making me look like a badass. #spidermanhomecoming #stunts A photo posted by ✌️ (@tomholland2013) on Sep 1, 2016 at 1:51pm Pdt Directed by Jon Watts, Spider-Man: Homecoming also stars Zendaya, Michael Barbieri, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Kenneth Choi,...

New York City has been the home base and preferred story setting for many talented film makers, from Woody Allen to Noah Baumbach to Spike Lee. Each has given audiences a unique look at this very familiar metropolis. With this new release, another writer/director joins that roster: Ira Sachs. His last film, the charming, heart-breaking family drama Love Is Strange took us all around the area, and included a major source of conflict and anxiety for those residents, in general, real estate. Characters mulled over many real life concerns of the NYC populace, rent control, leases, tenant rights, landlords. Sach’s new film also delves into this, but it’s also a family drama, this time about two very different families. Real estate connects them initially, but a friendship further joins them. Don’t be misled by the literary title. This is not another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott...

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Maria Tomei made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War earlier this year, and she will obviously reprise the role of Aunt May in Spider-Man: Homecoming. We’ve seen very little of the character thus far though and how much this version of Peter Parker’s closest living relative will differ to previous versions is currently unknown.

She’s obviously a lot younger and trendier, for a start, and that’s something we see very clearly in these new photos from the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming in Atlanta. No details have been revealed in regards to what’s happening in the scene, but Tom Holland was seen embracing the actress, so it seems as if they’re possibly meeting up after school has finished – or something along those lines.

Based on what we saw in Captain America: Civil War, these two have great chemistry together,...

Marisa Tomei made her debut as Aunt May in Captain America: Civil War, but this is the first time the Academy Award-winning actress has been spotted on the set of Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming. The images seem to feature Tom Holland (Peter Parker/Spidey) in both his civvies and his movie duds, so chances are Tomei has just arrived on set (hence the hug) and hasn't actually been to wardrobe yet. Still, it's nice to see these two interact after their memorable Civil War scene - even if they're out of character. You can check out the rest of the pics over at Just Jared. Directed by Jon Watts, Spider-Man: Homecoming also stars Zendaya, Michael Barbieri, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Kenneth Choi, Martin Starr, Donald Glover, Logan Marshall-Green, Robert Downey Jr., and Michael Keaton. The film is set for release July 7, 2017.

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In scoring news, Jóhann Jóhannsson will reteam with Denis Villeneuve to score Blade Runner 2, while Carter Burwell will reteam with Todd Haynes to score Wonderstruck.

Louis Garrel visits The Criterion Collection closet:

New York Film Festival 2016 has announced their Shorts line-up, along with Explorations, featuring Mimosas, The Death of Louis Xiv, The Ornithologist, and more.

Todd Solondz recounts the making of Welcome to the Dollhouse at The Guardian:

I started writing Welcome to the Dollhouse around the time of that first film. I couldn’t think of any American films that dealt in any serious way with childhood. Children in American films were either cute like a little doll or evil demons.

Director Ira Sachs follows up 2014’s heartbreaking Love Is Strange with Little Men, the story of two tweens whose friendship gets fractured because of a conflict between their parents. When Jake (Theo Taplitz) move into his deceased grandfather’s place in Brooklyn with his folks (Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle), he becomes fast pals with Tony (Michael Barbieri, fantastic in a breakout role), a gregarious wannabe actor whose mother (Paulina García) runs a dress shop downstairs. But the kids are forced to reckon with the adults’ animosity when Jake’s family tries to raise the rent on the store.

Little Men opens in Chicago theaters September 2, but The A.V. Club is giving residents the opportunity to see it early on August 31. For your chance to win a pair of passes to the advance screening, simply enter your information here. Remember: Advance screenings are often intentionally overbooked ...

Ira Sachs, the filmmaker known for the acclaimed Love is Strange, once again explores relationships and their complications in his new feature, Little Men. Ira Sachs Video On ‘Little Men’ Set in Brooklyn, New York, Little Men follows the new friendship that grows between teen boys Jake (Theo Taplitz) and Tony (Michael Barbieri) as their […]

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Audiences fell in love with Paulina García as the romantic heroine in Gloria, the Chilean sensation that won her the Best Actress award at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival and other honors along the way (including a nomination here). In that film she gave a delightful performance as a woman ready to find purpose in a life that others thought had lost all meaning. Where in Gloria she exuded a sincere need of approval and warmth, Leonor, her character in Ira Sachs’ Little Men is just the opposite. She’s a woman in full control of her emotions and moods, she seems a little bit too calculating to Brian (Greg Kinnear) who has just inherited a house from his late father Max, from whom Leonor rented a commercial space, and finds himself in the position of having to raise her rent. She’s also intimidating to her son...

Yes, believe it or not we are still getting casting announcements for Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, even this far into production. This latest bit of news comes from Deadline, who reveal that Orange Is The New Black alum Michael Chernus will feature in the movie – but making a nice change from all previous reports, this time we do get to find out which character he’ll play: Marvel Comics baddie, The Tinkerer.

The rumor that this classic villain would appear alongside The Vulture (Michael Keaton) was actually posted a couple of months back by JoBlo, who reported that The Tinkerer, Aka Phineas Mason, would help Vulture build his suit “with recovered Chitauri tech from the Battle of New York.” Deadline doesn’t mention any of that, but it’s probably a safe bet.

Spider-Man: Homecoming also stars Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Logan Marshall-Green, Donald Glover,...

JoBlo ran a rumor a couple of months ago (there were also other indications) that The Tinkerer would be aiding The Vulture (Michael Keaton) in Jon Watts' Spider-Man: Homecoming by building his suit "with recovered Chitauri tech from the Battle of New York", and now Deadline has confirmed the report. According to them, Michael Chernus (Captain Phillips, Aloha, Bourne Legacy, Orange is the New Black) will play the villain, but they don't specify whether he'll be teaming up with Vulture or not. It's probably a safe bet, though. Spider-Man: Homecoming also stars Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Logan Marshall-Green, Donald Glover, Kenneth Choi, Hannibal Buress, Michael Mando, Bokeem Woodbine, Abraham Attah, Angourie Rice, Martin Starr, Michael Barbieri, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Zendaya, and many others. The movie is currently set to be released on July 7th, next year.

At one point in Ira Sachs’ Little Men, the young Jake (Theo Taplitz) explains to his parents (played by Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle) how they can avoid evicting their tenant, Leonor (Paulina García), from the store she’d been renting from his late grandfather for years. Jake’s simple economic plan makes the heart ache because of how perfect it is: it calls for empathy, equality, and, without being completely naive, proposes something that could be achievable within the right political system. But his plan is even more heartbreaking because he knows it’s his last chance to salvage his friendship with Tony (Michael Barbieri), Leonor’s adolescent son, who’s become his closest, dearest friend. As the adults stand in disbelief of Jake’s plea, is he addressing their inner child or are they merely getting a preview of the troublesome teenage years ahead? Sachs makes us wonder...

Thanks to the effectual Atlanta photographer that goes by @AtlantaFilming on Twitter, we have yet another cool photo from the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming in the Georgian city. This time, we have a high-definition close-up of Tom Holland (or his stunt double) donning his superhero wall-crawling threads. More precisely, we have a much better look at Spidey’s new web-shooters, which are definitely mechanical devices much like in the comics as well as The Amazing Spider-Man films, as opposed to the organic webbing in the original trilogy. We learned during Captain America: Civil War that Tom Holland’s Peter Parker had created his own web-shooters and formula, but he receives a much-needed costume upgrade from Tony Stark himself. And that’s the design you can see in the Homecoming set photo below. #Cosplay question. pic.twitter.com/LiirH9gha4 — Atlanta Filming (@AtlantaFilming) August 8, 2016 Directed by Jon Watts, Marvel and Sony...

• Variety TCA Awards announced with top honors going to The People vs Oj Simpson, Black-ish, The Americans, Mr Robot all of which enjoyed big Emmy nominations and Crazy Ex Girlfriend which did not. Grrrr

• TheaterMania Nina Arianda talks Florence Foster Jenkins (I just saw the movie and she's bliss to watch in it, so lively)

• The Observer Thelma Adams on John Waters restored Multiple Maniacs

• Broadway.com Glenn Close might be reviving Sunset Boulevard on Broadway

• The Film Stage Martin Scorsese says Silence will be ready for release this year as planned. (But that means Paramount has 4 major titles to juggle this Oscar season.)

• Interview talks to Little Men breakout Michael Barbieri who's already lined up two major projects afterwards

• i09 Deadpool 2 will take aim at superhero sequels in its jokey fourth wall breaking

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• Nerds of Color Why is the Kubo and the Two Strings cast, set entirely in Japan,...

“Little Men” is the highly underrated Ira Sachs’ finest movie to date and one of the year’s best movies. It was greeted with rave reviews this past January at the Sundance Film Festival, and the reception was well-deserved. Theo Taplitz as Jake Jardine and Michael Barbieri as Tony Calvelli are the titular best friends whose bond […]

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Every week, a bevy of new releases (independent or otherwise), open in theaters. That’s why we created the Weekly Film Guide, filled with basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.

For August, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.

See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for August 2016

Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, August 5. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.

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Director: Todd Kessler

Cast: Chris Smith, Kabir Bedi, Kriss Dosanjh, Machel Montano, Natalie Perera, Staz Nair

Synopsis: Anita Ponchouri (Natalie Perera), the dutiful Indian daughter of a deep-in-debt businessman (Kabir Bedi) is about to marry a wealthy Londoner (Staz Nair) when a chance encounter with local singer,...

A hallmark of theater fans getting older is an increased willingness to sympathize with Benny, the landlord in the musical Rent whose bohemian non-tenants resent him for trying to charge them money. In a way, Ira Sachs’ Little Men attempts to update and lend nuance to this conflict for the vastly more gentrified New York City of 2016, where hardly anyone can afford bohemia and even struggling artists need a steady paycheck. Brian Jardine (Greg Kinnear) is a New York actor, but his psychotherapist wife, Kathy (Jennifer Ehle), carries the family financially, while 13-year-old son Jake (Theo Taplitz) aspires to attend Laguardia High School as a budding artist.

When Brian’s father dies, the Manhattan-based family inherits his Brooklyn apartment, along with the storefront downstairs occupied by dressmaker Leonor (Paulina García). Her son Tony (Michael Barbieri) befriends the quieter, more sensitive Jake more or less on sight. It’s a...

It takes 12 minutes and 23 seconds to run from Jake’s apartment to Tony’s, but there’s an entire world in the space between their two Brooklyn homes. Thirteen-year-old Jake (a sensitive and severely empathetic Theo Taplitz) is a white fourth or fifth generation American kid whose grandfather — the longtime owner of a small apartment building — has just passed away. Tony (Michael Barbieri, a pint-sized Robert De Niro) is the son of a Chilean immigrant, and his mother — a sharp seamstress played by “Gloria” star Paulina García — has rented the retail space on the ground floor of that same apartment building for as long as anyone can remember.

For years, the two families of these new friends have lived in harmony, but the times they are a-changin.’ And when Jake’s father (Greg Kinnear), a struggling actor, inherits the real estate and insists that his tenants actually begin paying their full rent,...

Ira Sach’s “Little Men” follows Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz), a 13-year-old who lives with his parents (Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle) in Manhattan. When Jake’s grandfather dies, the family moves into his Brooklyn apartment where they find dressmaker Leonor (Paulina Garcia) who owns a shop in the building with her son Tony (Michael Barbieri). Jake and Tony become quick friends but when Jake’s parents try to raise the rent on Leonor, tensions run high and the kids are brought into uncomfortable adult conflicts faster than they anticipated.

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The film has garnered widespread positive reviews for its humanistic approach, powerful performances, and emotionally resonant writing, but one of “Little Men’s” most striking elements is its score. Composed by Dickon Hinchliffe, a founding member of the English band the Tindersticks, the score’s...

Ira Sachs was shooting a chase scene. This should come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the delicate, understated dramas that have become Sachs’ trademark ever since his first feature, a tale of closeted gay youth called “The Delta,” 20 years ago. Sachs’ Sundance-winning “Forty Shades of Blue” tracked intimate familial complications of a music producer past his prime, while his last two features, “Keep the Lights On” and “Love Is Strange,” delivered measured looks at queer urban identity against the backdrop of modern gentrification. Only 2007’s “Married Life” included the hints of a thriller, but it was something of a red herring in the context of a plot about well-to-do couples scheming against each other. But this chase scene was a different story — evidence that Sachs wanted to try something different.

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It was August...

We’ve already seen the wall-crawler borrowing a bike while filming Spider-Man: Homecoming, and based on a new video from the Atlanta set of the movie, it appears as if we can expect the hero to find another form of transport as well at some point in the highly anticipated Marvel Studios reboot.

This time, Spidey has been spotted driving around in an Audi Tt, leaving us with a couple of pretty big questions. We obviously know that the 15 year old Peter Parker can’t drive (and he certainly can’t afford a car like this), so who does it belong to? Tony Stark is one very likely possibility, though the billionaire has always been seen in the vastly more expensive Audi R8, so it could just be that Marvel is once again teaming up with Audi for Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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Regardless of who the owner is,...

Well, here we are in the closing weeks of summer movie season. It’s the last gasp for big-budget blockbusters before the coming fall festival season, but there are plenty of indie alternatives for whatever your tastes may be. Below, you’ll see every planned theatrical release for the month of August, separated out into films with wide runs and limited ones. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)

Each week, we’ll give you an update with screening locations for these various titles. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Happy watching!

Week of August 5 Wide

Suicide Squad

Director: David Ayer

Cast: Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, Will Smith, Viola Davis, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood

Synopsis: A secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned...

The hardest part about growing up – as a child – is having no control. Our lives are dictated by unpreventable outlying forces (mainly parents), and we often must seek different forms of comfort when life shifts unexpectedly (for the billionth time). That’s the touching theme of Ira Sachs’ Little Men, a pint-sized story about grown-up issues. Sachs sympathizes with the unfortunate losers of skyrocketing rents and borough gentrification, yet the film’s biggest shockwaves are felt by his two underage first-time feature stars – both of whom do a wonderful job just rolling with life’s punches.

Theo Taplitz stars as Jake Jardine, a Manhattan transplant trying to establish a new beginning in Brooklyn. Michael Barbieri plays his unexpected best friend and tour guide, Tony Calvelli. The two boys immediately hit it off, but there’s one problem – Jake’s dad (Brian, played by Greg Kinnear) is in the process of...

Little Men Magnolia Pictures Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: A- Director: Ira Sachs Written by: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias Cast: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina Garcia, Michael Barbieri, Theo Taplitz, Alfred Molina Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 7/28/16 Opens: August 5, 2016 While many critics will find Ira Sachs’ “Little Men” to run like a sequel to the director’s “Love is Strange,” I see a connection to Arthur Miller’s “The Death of a Salesman.” Willy Loman, the salesman of Miller’s play, received a guarantee from the now departed owner of his business that he could keep his job for life. However, both his father and the employer died, the [ Read More ]

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When Greg Kinnear is not making goofy, self-deprecating guest appearances on “BoJack Horseman,” he’s also starring in indie dramas about New York City, young friendships, and family turmoil, like Ira Sach’s new film “Little Men.”

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The movie follows 13-year-old Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz), an aspiring artist living in Manhattan with his struggling actor father Brian (Kinnear) and psychotherapist mother Kathy (Jennifer Ehle). When Jake’s grandfather dies, the family moves back into his Brooklyn home where Jake quickly befriends Tony (Michael Barbieri), the son of Chilean dressmaker and single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia) who owns a shop in the building. Though the kids become close friends, the adults are at each other’s throats when Brian and Kathy ask Leonor to sign a steeper lease on the store, an untenable...

Those lucky enough to be in Hall H today were treated to some early footage from Spider-Man: Homecoming, and while there are no plans to release that online, Marvel Studios were at least kind enough to share a pretty spectacular piece of concept art for the highly anticipated reboot.

As you can see below, it features the iconic wall-crawler going toe to toe with The Vulture in an aerial battle. Some interesting changes have been made to the villain as his wings are much larger, he’s wearing a mask, and his feet (and body) are encased in an exoskeleton which is clearly going to make him more dangerous than ever before.

It’s certainly an upgrade on his quite silly comic book look anyway, but the fact that he’s wearing a mask obviously means we have no idea who’s under there. Rumours point to it being Michael Keaton,...

When the cast of HBO's hit comedy series Silicon Valley paid a visit to the Conan show on Wednesday night, they were without two of their key components: T.J. Miller, who is in London prepping for Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Martin Starr, who is in Atlanta, filming Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming. Fortunately for us, the latter decided to send in a video message from set where he spills a few details on his role in the upcoming Tom Holland-led Spider-Man reboot. Check out the clip below:   After being bitten by a genetically-altered spider and receiving spider-like abilities, teenage Peter Parker fights crime in the streets of New York as the masked superhero known as Spider-Man. Spider-Man: Homecoming features: Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Marisa Tomei as May Parker Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man Michael Keaton as a to-be-confirmed character Zendaya Coleman...

Filming continues in Atlanta, Georgia for Spider-man: Homecoming and of course with that comes two new videos from the set that feature Tom Holland or his stunt double as the web-swinging superhero.

The video shows you Spider-Man dropping down and then stringing up a bike thief using his web-shooters.

Check out the video below.

Spider-man: Homecoming's plot is unknown but it seems that it will take the character (Peter Parker/Spider-Man) back to his high school roots.

The film also co-stars Zendaya, Michael Barbieri, Kenneth Choi, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Donald Glover and Robert Downey Jr.

Spider-man: Homecoming will swing into theaters on July 7, 2017.

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And how about stunt spidey?...

We’ve seen plenty of photos from the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming already, but now some videos have found their way online, too. These actually show off Tom Holland in action as the wall-crawler in what looks set to be a very fun moment in the reboot, which takes Peter Parker back to high school for an adventure set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

With no context, it’s hard to say where a scene like this could fit into the movie, but what we see here is Spider-Man swinging down, confronting a criminal on a bike, webbing him up into the sky and then riding away on said bike.

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Has Peter just run out of webbing, or did this crook pinch the young hero’s bike? Time will tell, but the sight of the wall-crawler cycling away is something we haven’t really seen before,...