The wild part of Clint Eastwood at 96: he made nearly half his movies after turning 70.

40 features as a director. 19 of them came at 70 or older, the last at 94. Most directors are long done by then. His cadence held flat across five decades and actually tightened in the middle

I've covered box office results literally hundreds of times in my career. The mind-blowing success of "Backrooms" and "Obsession" this weekend easily ranks in the top 1% as far as long-term significance for the movie business. My story w/ @johnjurg: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/gen-z-filmmakers-box-office-d05813d9?st=cvvaPZ&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink