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An empty jury box in a wood-panelled American courtroom at late afternoon, light falling in diagonal bars.

Juror #2 and Clint Eastwood's Final Courtroom

Clint Eastwood's probable farewell as a director was buried by Warner Bros in a ghost release. The film is better than the release, and the release is part of the story.

Marcus Vell·16 Dec·7 min

A sterile corporate bunk row lit in sickly fluorescent green, numbered duplicate bodies receding into shadow.

Film

Mickey 17 and the Expensive Satire Bong Joon-ho Made

Bong Joon-ho's first film after Parasite is a $118 million science fiction satire that Warner Bros marketed badly and audiences did not know how to process. A year on, the failure is the studio's, not the director's.

Marcus Vell·28 Oct·7 min

A lake house window at dusk, a silhouette inside holding a wine glass, reflection on the glass catching the last daylight.

Film

Companion and the Case for the Small Sci-Fi Thriller

Drew Hancock's debut strips its premise to a weekend-house structure and one central idea. The discipline is the film's argument, and the argument lands cleanly.

Marcus Vell·8 Apr·6 min

A stylised film reel overlaid on stacked legal document binders, a single red tab visible on the top binder.

Industry

Village Roadshow Files Chapter 11 After Warner Bros Dispute

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware in March 2025, citing litigation costs and the collapse of its long-running Warner Bros co-financing relationship.

Casey Winters·2 Apr·4 min