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Ben Affleck Sets Return to Directing, Reuniting with Matt Damon for Nike & Michael Jordan Drama

It’s been six years since Ben Affleck last stepped behind the camera––in the interim giving some career acting...

The tale of Deep Water’s production and release could have easily overshadowed the film itself. Marking the return...

Judging by The Last Duel, 14th-century France was as gray and miserable as you’d expect. And yes, this...

Four years after All the Money in the World—two lifetimes by his current production rate—Ridley Scott has two...

Ben Affleck is traveling back to the ’70s for his next directorial feature, specifically looking at the making...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and not the movies...

It’s a small detail, the way Ben Affleck opens a can of beer, but it’s impossible to ignore....

There are myriad reasons why a film can fall far short of its ambitions. A lack of funds...

Following their unexpected hit The Accountant, director Gavin O’Connor and star Ben Affleck have reteamed for the sports-meets-redemption...

Update: MGM has picked up the film, beating out Netflix, and set it for a November 24, 2021...