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Fred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89

Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died

The Independent UK

Kevin Costner and Francis Ford Coppola bet a collective $135 million of their own money on films

Coppola sold part of his wine business to make Megalopolis.

Fortune

Trump Biopic Hits Cannes Film Festival

A Donald Trump biopic and the latest dark creation by David Cronenberg premiere in Cannes on Monday as the world-famous film festival reaches its midway point.

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The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’

Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates with the director is: “When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we’re free.”

The Independent UK

CANNES PHOTOS: See the cinematic glamour of the first days of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

Hollywood royalty is back at the Cannes Film Festival for its annual celebration of cinema along the French Riviera.

The Independent UK

The Fall Guy to Megalopolis: is 2024 the year of the box-office megaflop?

Last year’s Barbenheimer was hailed as saving cinema. Now takings are down and even franchises are falling flat. Can Hollywood manoeuvre itself out of this disaster zone?

The Guardian - UK

Francis Ford Coppola says children ‘don’t need a fortune’ after selling business to fund Megalopolis

Coppola’s winery was one of California’s biggest producers when he sold part of it in 2021 to help finance his latest movie

The Independent UK

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Francis Ford Coppola denounces ‘unpardonable’ complaints about Megalopolis

Director’s $120m self-funded dystopian epic has faced a mixed reception

The Independent UK

Paul Schrader felt death closing in, so he made a movie about it

After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization

The Independent UK

In Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola talks Trump, self-financing 'Megalopolis' and why he has no regrets

Much attention has been paid to the $120 million of his own fortune that Francis Ford Coppola put up to make the futuristic epic “Megalopolis.”

The Independent UK

The Guide #139: From Megalopolis to Furiosa, here’s what Cannes 2024 is buzzing for

In this week’s newsletter: Even if Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited passion project is the turkey some critics say it is, the French film festival remains the most exciting date in cinema

The Guardian - UK

Francis Ford Coppola: US politics is at ‘the point where we might lose our republic’

Speaking at Cannes, the director says his reworking of ancient Rome’s Catiline conspiracy has become ever more prescient

The Guardian - UK

Megalopolis release date, news, and everything we know about The Godfather director's divisive new movie

The film has split critics

Total Film

The first reviews for The Godfather director's "bonkers" new movie are in – and critics are saying it might be "the craziest thing" they've ever seen

Megalopolis is dividing critics, to say the least

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Inverse

The Most Ambitious Sci-Fi Movie of the Century Is a Beautiful Disaster

Forty years in the making, 'Megalopolis' is an ambitious sci-fi epic that is both everything we feared it would be and everything we hoped it would be.

The Independent UK

Megalopolis review: Francis Ford Coppola’s $120m self-funded epic is no car crash

Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza and a cross-dressing Shia LaBeouf are among the many stars giving quite mannered performances in this eagerly anticipated and deeply flawed sci-fi spectacle

Total Film

Megalopolis review: "An indulgent epic that's almost so bad it's good"

Evening Standard

Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis earns 10-minute ovation at Cannes despite awful reviews

Adam Driver and cast join 85-year-old director who finally realises long-gestating passion project

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Evening Standard

Megalopolis at Cannes Film Festival review: If you love Francis Ford Coppola give this tawdry mess a miss

Epic in its four decade development, running time and stellar cast, the film fails to produce a coherent or entertaining movie

The Guardian - AU

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The Guardian - AU

‘Bafflingly shallow’ or ‘staggeringly ambitious’? Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis splits critics

Coppola’s passion project screens at Cannes film festival to seven-minute standing ovation, but reviews have been polarising

The Independent UK

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis draws mixture of boos and applause at Cannes

‘The Godfather’ director’s new dystopian drama has divided critics

France 24

Arts24 in Cannes: Francis Ford Coppola premieres 'Megalopolis', most ambitious project of his career

It's said to have been re-written up to 300 times in 40 years ... Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" finally premiered in Cannes on Thursday, with star Adam Driver on the red carpet. The director won the festival's top prize – the Palme d’Or – in 1974 with "The Conversation" and…