PW

Filmkritiker, Radio-Moderator, Autor

[PW @PWellinski]

🎬 Vollbild vom @MaxOphuelsPreis – jetzt als Podcast

Die Live-Sendung aus Saarbrücken zum Nachhören:

🎤 Interviews mit den großen Gewinnern Ali Tamim & Ben Voit

🎞️ plus: das Tribute „The Memory of Justice“ von Marcel Ophüls

Jetzt reinziehen 👉
https://t.co/SuBLTIi0lx

[Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek]

Like Klaatu (the band) and the Carpenters, Steven Spielberg wants the aliens to land so he can be their friend. But his magnificent, wacky, genuinely radiant DISCLOSURE DAY is really all about us humans. https://t.co/kHOXiOVB0x

[Variety @Variety]

Natalie Portman and Justine Triet are among more than 350 film industry figures who have signed an open letter condemning the cultural boycott of Israeli director Nadav Lapid.

A fierce critic of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, Lapid has lived in self-imposed exile in France since 2021. His latest film, “Yes!” was called a “blistering attack on Israeli nationalism” by Variety.

The letter highlights the broader culture of intimidation spreading through film institutions. “Instead of opening a discussion on possible forms of resistance, we are witnessing the proliferation of tactics of intimidation that shut down precisely this space for vision, thought, and struggle.”

https://t.co/l7CjGsMk02

[PW @PWellinski]

@Damiansport1 No Russian films !

[PW @PWellinski]

Spielberg‘s new movie is so pessimistic towards humankind that he is forced to believe in a different kind of salvation. Very interesting

[Today Years Old @todayyearsold]

Hollywood has spent nearly $600 million trying to bring Matt Damon home.

Have they considered maybe he just doesn’t want to come back?

[Tom Zohar @TomZohar]

Nicholas Galitzine realizing he just spent 6 months getting all jacked up for a flop

[PW @PWellinski]

And rightly so! It has written flop all over the place …

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE’ has opened with $54.3M worldwide.

The budget is nearly $200M.

[PW @PWellinski]

Very True

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

‘Masters of the Universe’ Is He-Mansplaining at Its Worst

This attempt to make 'Barbie' for Eighties-nostalgia–loving dudes is not a movie. It is extremely bad brand management.
https://t.co/Nn3cOKL4bI

[PW @PWellinski]

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[Reel Updates @worldofreel]

In a new @SightSoundmag op-ed, Quentin Tarantino says modern cinema inspires “contempt” in him, and he would “rather read a book” than watch most new movies—except for ‘THE RIP’ and ‘HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA’ — CHAPTER 1 and 2,’ which are great.

https://t.co/CimayVvEUG

[Reel Updates @worldofreel]

CLINT EASTWOOD is 96 today.

His son, Kyle, says the legendary actor and director has “retired” from filmmaking

https://t.co/4pOxzGXyvR

[Le Box-Office des films en France et dans le Monde @boxofficefr]

#LObjetDuDélit en tête des démarrages du 27 mai avec un total 1er Jour France de 15.303 entrées sur 430 copies. Avant-premières : 1.381 entrées. Cumul : 16.684 entrées. cc @StudiocanalFR

[Le Box-Office des films en France et dans le Monde @boxofficefr]

#LObjetDuDélit nettement en tête des démarrages #Paris14h avec 1228 entrées dans 24 salles. cc @StudiocanalFR

[NEON @neonrated]

ALL OF A SUDDEN’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Virginie Efira, and Tao Okamoto for the Tokyo premiere.

[PW @PWellinski]

People just don’t listen anymore. More and more often, I’m the person in a conversation between three people who realizes that two of them are talking past each other, and then I have to clarify things.

[PW @PWellinski]

@FilmLandEmpire It is a very complex , maybe not subtle but nonetheless a really fine and smart film

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Virginie Efira speaking Japanese at the ‘ALL OF A SUDDEN’ press conference in Paris.

She specifically learned to speak the language for Hamaguchi’s film.

[Philippe Rouyer @philippe_rouyer]

Dommage qu’il n’y avait personne dans le jury de #Cannes2026 pour rappeler que rejeter «Paper Tiger» de #JamesGray, ce n’était pas seulement rater un grand film. C’était insulter un des plus grands cinéastes de notre temps, jamais primé sur la Croisette en 7 participations

[PW @PWellinski]

Wow Fjord ! Nice

[Öykü Sofuoğlu @FerideMercury]

I don't care much about Letterboxd reviews right after a film's premiere, but the ones about The Dreamed Adventure, which expressed an unjustified disregard and boredom, were particularly disheartening—especially after the inflated enthusiasm that La Bola Negra received.

[PW @PWellinski]

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