Peter Howell

Movie exhibitors and Wheatlies cereal will have to change their promos, now that #Thunderbolts has been renamed #TheNewAvengers. Or maybe they’ll just roll with both names. https://t.co/NKkdVsZawD

Going to be interesting, to say the least, to see how Trump’s new 100% tariffs for non-U.S. films deemed a “national security threat” play out. Netflix’s new thriller “Havoc” was made with mostly 🇺🇸 $ but filmed in Wales. Set in an unnamed U.S. city, with an international cast. https://t.co/yw63KNYs27

A summer intrigue, a worrisome bromance, a notorious western, a thrilling final mission and a horrifying family secret. Here are the five movies I’m most looking forward to in May. https://t.co/p9woWEBCyn

I like the Oct. 24 release (Oct. 31 wide) for Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” a sci-fi comedy about conspiracy nuts who kidnap a CEO to stop UFOs. Perfect for a #TIFF25 launch, and it reunites him with his “Poor Things” star Emma Stone and “Kinds of Kindness” star Jesse Plemons. https://t.co/yKqTDXBIo5

Actress Juliette Binoche🇫🇷 leads female-forward Palme d’Or jury: actor/director Halle Berry🇺🇸; actors Alba Rohrwacher🇮🇹, Jeremy Strong🇺🇸; directors/writers Payal Kapadia🇮🇳, Hong Sangsoo🇰🇷, Carlos Reygadas🇲🇽; director/docmaker Dieudo Hamadi🇨🇩; writer Leïla Slimani 🇫🇷🇲🇦 #Cannes2025 https://t.co/o6ZlcEfkE1

10 must-see films 🎞️ at Toronto’s #HotDocs25 Festival feature sea-faring tragedies, rocket launches, Olympic dreams and an online vigilante: https://t.co/XXs85PZ9DU

The addition of Lynne Ramsay’s comic thriller “Die, My Love” to the #Cannes2025 Palme d’Or competition means there are now seven films directed by women competing for the prize. This ties the record seven set in 2023. Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson & LaKeith Stanfield star. https://t.co/brSMZ9DkPN

New decree by @TheAcademy states members “must now watch all nominated films in each category to be eligible to vote in the final round for the #Oscars.” It took them nearly a century to make this law? Reminds me of a film about behaviour modification and enforced viewing … https://t.co/WC0lItPtwS

There are not one but two official posters for the 78th Cannes Film Festival, honouring Claude Lelouch’s 1966 romantic classic “A Man and a Woman” and its “magnificent heroes of delicacy and seduction, Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant." #Cannes2025 https://t.co/owAdi6qQra

Puzzled why Searchlight Pictures has an Aug. 29 release date for “The Roses,” a marital war comedy starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Ward. That’s just a week before the start of the fall film festival season. Why not wait for a TIFF, Telluride and/or Venice launch? https://t.co/8akse5B9ht

It’s 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆 and time to celebrate our cinema. There are 1,740 screenings of 🇨🇦 films with 114 special guests in hundreds of 🇨🇦 communities and 33 countries. Local events: https://t.co/cH35tIduxP #CanFilmDay https://t.co/4Zk4kzfisM

Directors’ Fortnight is the place for 🇨🇦 films at #Cannes2025: Anne Émond’s rom-com “Amour Apocalypse”; Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s politically charged animation “Death Does Not Exist” (below); and Lloyd Lee Choi’s NYC life study “Lucky Lu.” Also an NFB short, “Bread Will Walk.” https://t.co/VHnEaxfspo

Shih-Ching Tsou, frequent Sean Baker collaborator, premieres her debut fiction feature “Left-Handed Girl” in Critics’ Week parallel section of #Cannes2025. The story: A single rural mom and her two daughters return to Tapei to open a night market stall. Family secrets tumble out. https://t.co/KR8zHghEZC

“Your pain is not a coincidence.” Teaser drops for “Eddington,” new film by Ari Aster that will compete for the Palme d’Or at #Cannes2025. https://t.co/Z6qCXrMY9p

RIP director 𝗧𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗳𝗳🇨🇦, 94, a storyteller without borders who made classic films set in Canada (“The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz”), the U.S. (“First Blood,” “North Dallas Forty”) and Australia (“Wake in Fright”). As versatile as he was talented. https://t.co/M0692zlS9P

A strong showing by female directors and a resurgence of thrillers (Tom Cruise! Michael Cera!) and other genre movies are among the highlights of the #Cannes2025 Official Selection: https://t.co/YhNdSW6wO6 https://t.co/4hNgI4r7VV

Worst-kept secret revealed: Tom Cruise will return to the Cannes Film Festival with the world premiere of “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” with an out-of-competition screening May 14 at the Grand Théâtre Lumière. It’s only Cruise’s third trek to the fest. #Cannes2025 https://t.co/2eD3D91nFU