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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 9:34PM
NATHANIEL R in Batman, Ben Affleck, Bill and Ted, Doc Savage, Ewan McGregor, Halston, In the Mood For Love, Jennifer Lawrence, LGBT, Mulan, The Book of Ruth, llinks

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.


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