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Elephant

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Drugstore Cowboy

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Paranoid Park

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My Own Private Idaho

7/10

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Good Will Hunting

8.3/10

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Mala Noche

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1h15min

Last Days

5.7/10

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Heaven's a Drag

5.6/10

1h41min

Dead Man's Wire

6.4/10

1h44min

Who is Gus Van Sant?

Gus Van Sant is a filmmaker known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, Elephant and Milk. His work also includes My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy.

4 wins at Berlin International Film Festival and 6 nominations for Berlin International Film Festival

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Elle Fanning Channels Nicole Kidman In Wicked ‘To Die For’ Halloween Costume

Every autumn, Hollywood stars celebrate Halloween by trading red carpet gowns for elaborate pop culture tributes, transforming the spooky season into an affectionate playground for film enthusiasts. While many celebrities gravitate toward timely box office blockbusters or viral social media memes, some of the most memorable looks emerge when actors look back at cinematic history. The best transformations often combine deep cinephile appreciation with intricate character work, honoring the performances that helped shape modern film. Few eras in American cinema offer as rich a catalog for iconic character styling as the independent film boom of the 1990s. In 1995, director Gus Van Sant released ‘To Die For’, a razor-sharp satire adapted

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The Top 50 Film Schools of 2026

TheWrap’s 11th annual ranking of the best U.S. film schools marks our third partnership with the research company Screen Engine/Asi, which implemented a data-driven system. Kevin Goetz’s company created a comprehensive survey and used the answers to score each institution on a wide variety of factors. A more detailed explanation of the methodology is available at the end of the rankings. While Hollywood may be in a time of turmoil, these rankings have remained stable over the past three years, with NYU retaining its No. 1 position and 38 of the 51 schools (due to one tie) landing within four places of their 2025 ranking. Scad broke into the top

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Matt Damon’s Best Movie Inspired by Quentin Tarantino Sets Prime Video Release

Matt Damon’s Oscar-winning breakthrough Good Will Hunting (1997) is officially heading to Amazon Prime Video in the United States on November 1, 2026. Directed by Gus Van Sant, the 126-minute drama stars Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, and Minnie Driver. Its arrival is confirmed in TheWrap’s November streaming lineup. The film follows Will Hunting (Damon), a troubled MIT janitor with extraordinary mathematical abilities whose greatest obstacle is his inability to confront his past. Nearly three decades later, it remains arguably Damon’s finest performance, supported by a 97% critics’ score and 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. There is also a fascinating Quentin Tarantino connection behind its creation. Although Good Will Hunting bears little resemblance to Reservoir Dogs,

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Alfred Hitchcock's Most Terrifying Movie Is Officially Getting a HBO Remake

Just in time for Halloween, one of Alfred Hitchcock's most iconic horror movies is getting a remake, in the form of an HBO miniseries. What's more, an Emmy-winner is attached to star in the series, which has been in development for years in various forms. Despite Hitchcock's reputation as the undisputed master of suspense, there have been occasional stabs at remaking his movies. Most infamous is Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Psycho, which was a complete shot-by-shot remake that critics dismissed as a feature-length experiment in pointlessness. More successful was A Perfect Murder, from that same year, which remade Dial M for Murder with Gwyneth Paltrow and

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Jessica Lange To Receive Vision Award At Sun Valley Film Festival

Two-time Academy Award winner Jessica Lange will receive the Vision Award at Sun Valley Film Festival, Deadline can announce. The award, which will be presented by Deadline, recognizes her extraordinary contributions to film, television and theater, and the presentation will be in tandem with a conversation with Lange, giving the festival audience an opportunity to hear stories of her remarkable career first-hand. Teddy Grennan, executive director and founder of the Sun Valley Film Festival said, “Jessica Lange is one of the truly extraordinary artists of our time. We’re thrilled to welcome her to Sun Valley to celebrate her remarkable career with the Vision Award, and give our audience the opportunity to hear her reflect on the craft and experiences behind it.” The festival will also screen the Jonathan Kent-directed film Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which stars Lange as Mary Tyrone opposite Ed Harris as James Tyrone, alongside Ben Foster and Derek Carroll.

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Best Documentary Oscar odds: ‘Naza’ leads, but is ‘You Can See Everything’ too big to fail?

You can see everything in this year’s Best Documentary Feature race: a Gaza exposé, a long-lost Harlem house party, and Nathan Fielder hanging out with Elizabeth Holmes. For now, the Gaza doc is out front. Naza is the early front-runner in Gold Derby’s Oscar odds, and it comes from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the Oscar-winning directors of No Other Land. Close behind are Once Upon a Time in Harlem and Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything, which just had one of the biggest box-office openings ever for a documentary. Best Documentary FeatureContenderOdds 1.Naza100.0% 2.Once Upon a Time in Harlem90.0% 3.You Can See

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