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Wednesday
Feb192020

The Linkman

New York Times Ben Affleck on leaving The Batman and drinking away the pain and his ongoing recovery
IndieWire Missing Jennifer Lawrence? The superstar of the mid 2010s will be back in force soon with a new Adam McKay sci-fi comedy Don't Look Up and a PTSD soldier drama that's as yet untitled co-starring Brian Tyree Henry

After the jump Byronic heroes, Mulan, Parasite's win (again), Alamo Drafthouse subscriptions, gay stuff, and two exciting restorations...

Film School Rejects Love this new column idea that they've cooked up. The first is on Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the history of the Byronic Hero
/Film Mulan will be rated PG-13, a first for Disney's remakes
AV Club we can't imagine the character of "Doc Savage" has much IP value at this time but Hollywood craves recognition factor even in small doses so they're developing a TV series around the bronzed hero 
MUBI what's the meaning of Bong Joon Ho's Oscar triumph? More discussion about the possibilities now
/Film If you live near an Alamo Drafthouse you're in luck. They now have a season pass from $15 to $30 monthly depending on your location
Coming Soon first photos from Bill and Ted Face the Music

The Classics
 Variety In the Mood For Love getting a restoration for the Cannes Film Festival this summer 20 years after its premiere. It's only one of the greatest movies ever made. 
• Deadline Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is getting a new print rerelease next month in NYC and LA. If you've never seen it do yourself the extraordinary favor. (It's my personal favourite of Coppola's films) 

LGBTQ Interest
• Instagram first peak of Ewan McGregor as Halston
• Coming Soon Ruth Wilson to star in the AIDS drama The Book of Ruth about a real life caregiver to AIDS patients in the 80s. Matt Bomer costars.
• Out engagement photos for Anthony Rapp. Cute fiance, congrats!
Instagram Luke Evans definitely has a new boyfriend -his name is Rafael Olarra

Today's Video
So cute. How are we just now seeing this? Maybe you missed it too.


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Reader Comments (17)

Ewan as Halston. The miscast of the decade?

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterPeggy Sue

Peggy Sue: Ewan's a dynamic actor with more range than he's given credit for, pretty close in terms of face to the actual guy, AND the decade has just started, so it's pretty hasty to stake that title now.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterVolvagia

I adore Ewan but he's wrong for the part. It should have been Armie or Matt Bomer.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterPeggy Sue

Do we think Jennifer Lawrence will have a lasting career or were her 4 Oscar nods an incredible career roll never to be repeated again? I’m interested in what happens to her, Ive never seen that level of massive popularity before.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterLucky

omg that video of Jeong Hyeon-Jun is so adorbs! Thanks for posting it.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterRob

I'm surprised that I have read practically nothing about the fact that the same feat was nearly attained by Rome last year. This was a radical change in the making. It was bound to happen as soon as a foreign-language masterpiece was released in the US.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterMarcos

Peggy's right. Ewan has a certain rudeness that Halston never had. Also, I don't understand what he's doing with his hand.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterGrace Coddington

Lawrence like all hot of the moment actresses needed to go away and recoup so we could miss her,she's a major talent.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered Commentermarkgordonuk

Just saw In the Mood for Love.... Love it!!!

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered Commenterrdf

Luke, thank you for not hiding!

Ben, you look REALLY good in this movie, for several reasons. I'll be there!

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered Commenterforever1267

Book of Ruth sounds wonderful. A really important story to tell here.

February 20, 2020 | Unregistered Commenterbrandz

Lucky - You must be too young to remember Julia Roberts in her heyday; in the early '90s, she was as popular as JLaw, although she had fewer Oscar noms. Like Julia, I think JLaw will be around as long as she wants. I'm intrigued by her A24 drama with Bryan Tyree Henry.

February 21, 2020 | Unregistered Commenterjules

Julia Roberts was 100 times more popular than Jennifer Lawrence. You can even compare them. Even my granny saw Pretty Woman. Kathleen Turner was more popular than Jennifer Lawrence and we didn't have twitter or any other shit.

February 21, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterRowena McMahan

Nathaniel -- speaking of gay stuff, thank you for your advocacy for And Then We Danced. Because of your raves, I prioritized seeing this week and LOVED IT!!!

February 21, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterKelly Garrett

jules: Julia Roberts is independently popular, though. What does Jeniffer Lawrence have if she's not the muse of a current Oscar mega-favourite? As for the movie, it does sound interesting, though also a little "Michael Moore has to cameo in this." Why? A movie called Red, White and Water NOT being set in Flint, Michigan? I have no idea where else it would be set.

February 21, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterVolvagia

rdf - I envy you watching In the Mood for Love for the first time. It’s in my top ten of all time.

February 21, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterPam

Let's remember that all 3 of Lawrence's Oscar noms during her "roll" in the 2010's were in O. Russell films. Once that partnership halted, it seemed so did her roll. I'm sure people might blame "Mother!" and "Serena" too, but it's about the films she's not making now, not the ones she is.

February 22, 2020 | Unregistered Commenterwhunk
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