"They have 90 minutes to get their shit together." It's time! Sony Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for a movie titled Saturday Night, formerly known as SNL 1975, a hilarious look at the first night of Saturday Night Live to ever air in 1975. Co-written and directed by Jason Reitman this comedy has been building buzz recently, as word on the street is that it's fantastic. And now Sony has schedule it to open this October in just a few months (opening the same day in October that it also takes place on)! Surprise! At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. The massive ensemble SNL cast includes: Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, with Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper ...

“Ocean’s Eleven” spoiled us for heist films. We expect movie thieves to be dashing, debonair and oh, so good at their job. Not “The Instigators.” The quasi-buddy comedy follows crooks who couldn’t rob a baby’s bottle without setting off alarms. That’s the best part of a tale told by terrific actors scrambling to bring life …

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"Did you know that most filmmakers spend their entire lives making some version of the same movie? And I wonder... are they this alone?" Mubi has unveiled a trailer for My First Film, a hybrid documentary-narrative feature film made by Zia Anger. It's an autobiographical look at attempting to be a filmmaker, and the trials & tribulations of making movies, especially while young. It premiered at the 2024 CPH:DOX Film Festival earlier this year, and it's set for a streaming releasing on Mubi this fall. A young filmmaker, Vita, revisits her first chaotic attempt at filmmaking 15 years prior. Making a semi-autobiographical film starring her friend Dina, Vita's eager but inexperienced approach causes the production to spiral into chaos, leading to significant disruptions and a near-fatal accident. "Fact bleeding into fiction, and past, present, and future converging to create a modern myth that redefines the very act of creation." Starring Odessa Young and Devon Ross, and plenty of others. This looks interesting, although not that compelling overall, yet another of these "I couldn't actually make a film so here is ...