EDITORIAL
Merry Christmas!...
More than 200 new feature films and TV movies with the word Christmas in the title are listed on the Internet Movie Database for release in 2021. That number has doubled since 2016, and is four times more than in 2011. The boom in a new breed of festive films can be traced back to the Hallmark US cable channel's decision to launch a special season of TV movies in 2009. This year, its countdown started even earlier, on 22 October, and includes a record 42 original holiday films...
Have a safe week and a pleasant Friday night at the movies,
Jean Constant

Nightmare Alley Star Willem Dafoe: “I hate day one shooting, because you're seldom relaxed. But it was fine, it was fine, and Bradley's a good partner. And also, it's quite a simple scene in the respect that we're seated down at a table, and other than the business of eating, it's a pretty direct scene. You're talking to the guy, you're telling him the story. So it wasn't a bad way to start, but first days are always hard, because you're folding into the world. Also, if people have been shooting before, they've got their rhythm and you have to kind of hop on board. You got to suss out what they're doing and join them. It's hopping on a moving train, you know? It's difficult that way.”...