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Heat director joins Letterboxd and shares his 14 favorite movies – and, predictably, he has great taste

His picks include Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, and Yorgos Lanthimos

Total Film

The Conversation review – Gene Hackman is unforgettable in Coppola’s paranoid classic

Hackman’s surveillance expert Harry Caul is inexpressibly sad and lonely – a classic and poignant American everyman

The Guardian - UK

'Seven Samurai' at 70: Kurosawa's epic still moves like nothing else

Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year

The Independent UK

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Robert Towne obituary

American screenwriter and director best known for the hit films Chinatown, The Last Detail and Shampoo

The Guardian - UK

'Chinatown' Writer Robert Towne Dies Aged 89

Robert Towne, the Hollywood writer whose "Chinatown" script is often described as the greatest screenplay ever written, has died at 89.

International Business Times

Polarizing sci-fi epic from Godfather director lands a release date, and it's just months away

Prepare yourselves, Megalopolis is coming...

Total Film

The Most Polarizing Sci-Fi Movie of the Year Finally Gets a Release Date — But There's One Problem

Francis Ford Coppola's audacious passion project 'Megalopolis' has finally found a distributor that has set a theatrical release date in the U.S. and Canada.

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Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' will hit US theaters in September

After months of conjecture about the fate of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic, “Megalopolis” has finally found a home

The Independent UK

13 times actors were fired from Hollywood movies: ‘The low point of my career’

THE LIST: The film industry is notoriously fickle – and that means that often directors aren’t afraid to unceremoniously ditch their actors. Katie Rosseinsky looks back at some high-profile Hollywood firings

The Independent UK

Albert Ruddy obituary

Canadian-American producer who won Oscars for the hit film classics The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby

The Guardian - UK

Francis Ford Coppola says he's 'too shy' to be 'touchy feely' after inappropriate behaviour accusations

The film director is alleged to have pulled women onto his lap and tried to kiss topless female extras

Evening Standard

Francis Ford Coppola denies inappropriate behavior on Megalopolis set: ‘I’m not touchy-feely’

Reports had suggested the veteran director tried ‘to kiss some of the topless and scantily-clad female extras’

The Independent UK

‘It definitely got me a seat in therapy’: Diane Lane on child stardom, sleazy execs and thriving in her 50s

She was on the cover of Time magazine in her teens, and decades later the acclaimed actor is having another big moment. She discusses Feud, A Man in Full and the highs and lows of Hollywood

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… David Cronenberg, master of gore as a metaphor for our deepest anxieties

From The Brood to Crash and new film The Shrouds, the Canadian body horror pioneer has outraged the censors and inspired countless directors

The Guardian - UK

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Revisiting Palazzo Margherita, Francis Ford Coppola’s Italian hideout

Palazzo Margherita is a magical retreat in Southern Italy’s lesser-known Basilicata region, designed by the Coppola family and Jacques Grange

The Independent UK

The Sympathizer, review: Vietnam war spy series is the most fun Robert Downey Jr has been in a decade

The ‘Iron Man’ star plays four roles in a stylish and substantial new miniseries from Korean master Park Chan-wook

The Independent UK

CANNES PHOTOS: See the standout moments from this year's film festival

The Cannes Film Festival draws glamour to itself like a moth to the flame

Total Film

Why Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula is and always will be the best adaptation of the legendary Bram Stoker novel

Opinion: We look back at the best on-screen depiction of everyone's favorite vampiric count

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Romy Mars, the internet’s favourite nepo baby, launches music career

Granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola recently appeared with the director at Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of his film, ‘Megalopolis’

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32 Storylines That Had To Be Changed Due To Actors’ Reluctance To Do The Scene

Times when actors stood their ground and refused to change their mind about specific scenes, no matter what. The post 32 Storylines That Had To Be Changed Due To Actors’ Reluctance To Do The Scene first appeared on Bored Panda.

Evening Standard

Shia LaBeouf's return to the red carpet should have sparked outrage

The actor’s appearance at Cannes Film Festival last week slid by without ruffling many feathers. This should not be the case, says Maddy Mussen

The Independent UK

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

Fortune

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.

International Business Times

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.

The Independent UK

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.”

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