• New York Times Ben Affleck on leaving The Batman and drinking away the pain and his ongoing recovery
• IndieWire Missing Jennifer Lawrence? The superstar of the mid 2010s will be back in force soon with a new Adam McKay sci-fi comedy Don't Look Up and a PTSD soldier drama that's as yet untitled co-starring Brian Tyree Henry
After the jump Byronic heroes, Mulan, Parasite's win (again), Alamo Drafthouse subscriptions, gay stuff, and two exciting restorations...
• Film School Rejects Love this new column idea that they've cooked up. The first is on Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the history of the Byronic Hero
• /Film Mulan will be rated PG-13, a first for Disney's remakes
• AV Club we can't imagine the character of "Doc Savage" has much IP value at this time but Hollywood craves recognition factor even in small doses so they're developing a TV series around the bronzed hero
• MUBI what's the meaning of Bong Joon Ho's Oscar triumph? More discussion about the possibilities now
•/Film If you live near an Alamo Drafthouse you're in luck. They now have a season pass from $15 to $30 monthly depending on your location
• Coming Soon first photos from Bill and Ted Face the Music
The Classics
• Variety In the Mood For Love getting a restoration for the Cannes Film Festival this summer 20 years after its premiere. It's only one of the greatest movies ever made.
• Deadline Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is getting a new print rerelease next month in NYC and LA. If you've never seen it do yourself the extraordinary favor. (It's my personal favourite of Coppola's films)
LGBTQ Interest
• Instagram first peak of Ewan McGregor as Halston
• Coming Soon Ruth Wilson to star in the AIDS drama The Book of Ruth about a real life caregiver to AIDS patients in the 80s. Matt Bomer costars.
• Out engagement photos for Anthony Rapp. Cute fiance, congrats!
• Instagram Luke Evans definitely has a new boyfriend -his name is Rafael Olarra
Today's Video
So cute. How are we just now seeing this? Maybe you missed it too.