From Monday, May 2nd we won't be here anymore, we'll be at our shiny new site, THEPLAYLIST.NET. Update your bookmarks, and be sure to sign up for our newsletter for a shot at winning an iPad.It's been over a week since Prince passed away, and the st... more info

George Miller's career has a couple of what-could-have-beens, most notably his aborted "Justice League" movie. But also among the movies he nearly made is "Contact," the pretty good 1997 Robert Zemeckis sci-fi film starring Jodie Foster and Matthew M... more info

Try as you might, you can't pin down director Kevin Macdonald. As a documentary filmmaker, he won an Oscar for "One Day In September," and has also helmed "Life In A Day" and "Marley" among others. And in features, he's bounced between true life tale... more info

If you were anywhere near social media this weekend, you probably saw quite a bit about HBO’s big premiere. And while the season premieres for “Game of Thrones” and “Silicon Valley” certainly had people talking, that wa... more info

Romance, crime, and ideas about time and interconnectedness, "The Driftless Area" stars Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel in this unique story about a young man, caught up in extraordinary circumstances. And today we have an exclusive look at the mov... more info

“David has the taste of an artist and the mind of an engineer. He’s exacting, he is efficient, he is impatient with ineptitude,” "Gone Girl" star Ben Affleck states in Viceland's documentary about David Fincher. It's about as perf... more info

A few years back, we took a look at the essential films of John Milius, and among them was his take on the legendary gangster John Dillinger. We called 1973's "Dillinger" a movie that displays "brutal, muscular filmmaking" and one that's "loaded wit... more info

The current status of Neill Blomkamp's "Alien" movie is "Maybe when Ridley Scott is finished 'Alien: Covenant,' " but Sigourney Weaver is certainly hoping it'll happen. But Alien Day is upon us, and Blomkamp has used the opportunity to share some art... more info

Guided by a go for broke performance from Penélope Cruz, lovely work from cinematographer Kiko de la Rica, and a score by Alberto Iglesias, the ingredients are all here for Julio Medem's "Ma Ma" to be something special. Unfortunately, I really di... more info

Last week, we lost a musical genius and cultural titan, with the passing of Prince. The legacy he left behind him is still being measured, but needless to say it was large, and didn't just touch upon music, but film as well. "Purple Rain" brought Pri... more info