The Adventures of Cliff Booth (David Fincher, 2026)

[Matt]

I think Fincher, out of all the high-profile 1990s music video directors, has fizzled the least.

Spike Jones hasn't made a feature since 2013. Michel Gondry, in director jail since The Green Hornet, makes movies no one seems to watch outside of France. Belly remains Hype Williams' only feature, even though it's got a huge cult following. Michael Bay is still doing Michael Bay things, just on a much smaller scale. Roman Coppola is a longtime collaborator with Wes Anderson, but hasn't made his own feature since 2012. I have no idea what Stéphane Sednaoui is doing.

Of course, Jonathan Glazer, Mike Mills, and Anton Corbijn are all successful, respected feature directors, but none of them nearly as prolific or bankable as Fincher.

[beamish14]

I think Fincher, out of all the high-profile 1990s music video directors, has fizzled the least. He

Spike Jones hasn't made a feature since 2013. Michel Gondry, in director jail since The Green Hornet makes movies no one seems to watch outside of France. Belly remains Hype Williams' only feature, even though it's got a huge cult following. Michael Bay is still doing Michael Bay things, just on a much smaller scale. Roman Coppola is a longtime collaborator with Wes Anderson, but hasn't made his own feature since 2012. I have no idea what Stéphane Sednaoui is doing.

Of course, Jonathan Glazer, Mike Mills, and Anton Corbijn are all successful, respected feature directors, but none of them nearly as prolific or bankable as Fincher.

Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris really flamed out quickly after Little Miss Sunshine. Samuel Bayer regrettably decided to make the Nightmare on Elm Street reboot.

Russell Mulcahy and Steve Barron, who really laid the foundation for the music video aesthetic alongside Zbigniew Rybczyński, both retreated back to television and advertising

[Never Cursed]

This will release in IMAX theaters for two weeks starting Thanksgiving weekend, and will appear on Netflix proper on Christmas (taking the newly-vacated IMAX spot previously occupied by the Greta Gerwig Narnia movie)

[brundlefly]

https://youtu.be/ljLZBsJXrHM?si=qq0yhyrRJ9Wxmehe

Cliff Booth.

Pitt doing his best Glen Powell doing his best Brad Pitt impression.

So far it makes Hal Needham look like Ingmar Bergman.

Official trailer now up, here.

[Never Cursed]

Looks ugly and overly self-impressed, can't wait!

[therewillbeblus]

It doesn't look very good, but I appreciate how much is still being withheld so I'm still cautiously optimistic

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

This trailer played before a screening of Resident Evil at the Vista Theater and the bag in the trailer was censored for some reason. Had they not cleared the rights to use the School House Rock logo until later? I was also surprised to be in a theater owned by Tarantino and the trailer to get little reaction. That Led Zeppelin song must’ve been obscenely expensive. The trailer for The Devils got a far larger response with whispers and talking as soon as it started.

Not sure what the contexts of the theater shots are, but amused to see that the New Beverly Cinema in the film is actually my childhood theater, the Highland Theater, where I saw many Tarantino films upon first release (and recently purchased by Kristen Stewart) and the large movie palace with the man crawling is the Garden Cinema in the South Bay, the last standing single screen palace operating as a theater in that area.