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Review roundup: Critics embrace Carol
Opening in limited release tomorrow in just 4 theaters, Carol is receiving glowing reaction from East and West Coast critics....
Early Prospects for Best Actress
The race for Best Actress has not yet gotten started but looking over the year's slate, finding five nominees should...
Side Effects UK Trailer
Another incarnation for Mara, and a lead role for a woman - the rarest thing in mainstream film now.
Rooney Mara Talks Soderbergh’s Side Effects in Vogue Interview
Rooney Mara covers Vogue with Garbo-like allure and inside some tidbits about Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, which will hit the...
Fincher’s Dragon Tattoo: What it Feels Like for a Girl
Trouble in Mind – Diving Down Deep with Best Actress
Three of the year's strongest female performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as supporting,...
Ferocious Rooney Mara heats up the Best Actress race
Rooney Mara has got me by the balls. She's tasered me, straddled my face, and inked her embodiment of Lisbeth...
Dragon Tattoo Review from Confessions of a Female Filmmaker
Here is something you don't come across every day. As we head into an Oscar season that is mostly...
“Critical Consensus” takes on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
IndieWire's bi-weekly feature "Critical Consensus" asks EW's Owen Gleiberman and Elle magazine's Karen Durbin about The Girl with the Dragon...
Streep, Close, Williams, Swinton, Theron, Mara and … Davis
Jeff Wells has gone to bat for Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady: You can dribble the Viola Davis basketball...
Oscarwatch: For Your Consideration
Why does it seem like the beginning of October is already too late to push through an Oscar contender? If...
Oscarwatch: Best Actress Heats Up
There probably isn't a better actress working in Hollywood who hasn't yet won an Oscar than Glenn Close. Charlize Theron,...
Are We Praising or Taking a Baseball Bat to the ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Finale?
This week, the Water Cooler Gang is joined by a listener to discuss the Big Little LiesSeason 2 finale and...
Barry Avrich On ‘Prosecuting Evil’ And Shining A Light On An Unsung Hero
Ben Ferencz is a name we should know. But we don't. His name should have the same recognition as Gandhi,...
Watch the Trailer for ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Starring Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers
Prepare to get a little teary with the new trailer for A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood. Helmed by Marielle...
HBO Drops Two Major Trailers at SDCC
HBO unveil two high profile trailers at San Diego Comic Con today. First up, Damon Lindelof's sequel to Watchmen, the famed Alan...
Hans Zimmer Returns To Scoring The Lion King 25 Years Later
I am capping off my Lion King Press Day by sitting in a room with Hans Zimmer. We've spoken on...
John Kani Talks The Lion King – “It was Africa, and that was beautiful.”
John Kani's presence is magnetic. As I sit across from him in a suite at the Montage Hotel, we're talking...
First Trailer for ‘Cats’ Is Out of the Bag
On a day when prominent trailers came out for "Ad Astra," "Top Gun: Maverick," and "IT: Chapter 2," dominating discussion...
Watch Brad Pitt Head To Space In New ‘Ad Astra’ Trailer
20th Century Fox has released a brand new trailer and poster for Ad Astra. Brad Pitt plays Roy McBride as...
Interview: Awkwafina Talks The Farewell and Her Very Personal Journey
She introduces herself as "Nora" but to most, she is Awkwafina, rapper and actress who had two breakout roles last...
Kore-eda’s The Truth to Open 76th Venice Film Festival
Palme d’Or winner and Oscar nominee Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest drama starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke will open...