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Argentina, 1985 is one of the best films of the year
Argentina, 1985 is One of the Best Films of the Year Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it. The best way to ensure we never forget crimes against humanity is by telling and retelling...
Read moreOscars 2023: The Movies that Oscar Season Forgot
The problem with the Oscars is "Oscar season." The industry is too big that it's created an echo chamber where just a few movies survive, are anointed, then exhaust themselves by the end. We always play the same game of pretending one movie is the frontrunner only to pretend to then be surprised when it is upended. It's only...
‘Fabelmans’ To Receive Palm Springs International Film Awards Vanguard Award
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that The Fabelmans is the recipient of the Vanguard Award. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film's cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The award will be presented to director Steven Spielberg and cast members Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen,...
2023 Oscar Predictions: Good As Gold – Screener Season Saves the Day
It has been a difficult year for me to cover the Oscar race. Having missed all the film festivals due to health issues, I have been way too far behind to report on the marathon with any kind of educated opinion. Prior to the Thanksgiving weekend, I had only seen a handful of the films being discussed as contenders on...
Shorts Exclusive: Katie Couric Talks with ‘Barefoot Empress’ Director Vikas Khan and Producer Doug Roland
In America, we take for granted the education that is given to us. If we traveled to a different art of the world, some young girls and women aren't afforded the opportunity to gain the knowledge their male counterparts do. In Vikas Khan's Barefoot Empress, one 96 year-old woman finally takes the first step towards educating herself by starting the...
What Each Best Picture Winner Tells Us About Hollywood
A new video posted by All Talking Pictures on Youtube is an excellent, must-watch overview of the history of Best Picture and how it relates to our changing culture. I could not stop watching it because it seems to sum up so beautifully everything that came before and everything we've lived through. What I admired most about it was the...
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Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones On the Impact, Intensity of ‘Five Days at Memorial’
AppleTV+'s Five Days at Memorial is not an easy sit. The acclaimed limited series, based on the book of the same name by Sheri Fink, gives the audience a window into the events at New Orlean's Memorial Hospital during and following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Both brutal and poignant, Five Days doesn't shy away from the tough questions raised by the...
Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon Break Hearts as ‘George and Tammy’
Tammy Wynette and George Jones were married for just six years (1969-1975)—a stunning fact when you consider the size of their legend. For the brief period that they were the first couple in country music and well beyond their divorce, the two had one of the most star crossed and volatile relationships in the history of, well, history. In bringing...
Jack McBrayer & JoJo Siwa To Host First Ever Children’s and Family Emmy Ceremony
The first-ever Children's and Family Emmy Awards just a got a little zanier! The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Emmy-nominated actor, Jack McBrayer, and social media star, JoJo Siwa, will be grabbing the mic for the first-ever Children's and Family Emmy Ceremony. See below for the official press release and statement from the hosts. _________________________________________________________________...
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I prefer predicting LAFCA but anyway. Best Picture -- TÁR Directing -- Park Chan-wook for Decision to Leave Actor --…
Yeah I never thought this would be much of a thing regardless of the slap. Fuqua doesn't really make good…
Critics' list: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman in first place
Sight and Sound directors' list: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time Stanley Kubrick's 2001 in first place
My top ten so far: 1. The batman 2. Nope 3. Tar 4. The northman 5. Crimes of the future…
