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Predictions Friday: November is the New August
The Oscar race is kind of, sort of taking shape at the moment. But there has not yet been the...
Tender Mercies – Hillbilly Elegy Strikes a Chord
“If you believe that hard work pays off, then you work hard; if you think it’s hard to get ahead...
David Fincher’s Magnificent Mank (Review)
David Fincher’s Mank is a film about the power of subversive art and why, despite the oppressive forces against it,...
Predictions Friday: Fincher’s Mank is Finally Seen and It’s a Beauty
Netflix has been rolling out Mank to critics and bloggers before the review embargo lifts in a few days and...
Minari’s Buzz is Well Deserved
Lee Isaac Chung's Minari soothed my aching heart last night as I had almost forgotten what real life was like....
Predictions Friday – Best Actor and How it Anchors Best Picture
Best Actor is often the strongest link to Best Picture in the Oscar race. The reason...
Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks on Apple TV Today
It's hard to find a good time right now. We're just wrung out. Top to bottom. Inside and out. But...
The Mank Trailer is Here – And it’s a Beauty
Mank is David Fincher's most ambitious film to date, as it captures a moment in time that exists mostly in...
Glorious Teaser for Mank Drops
David Fincher's Mank finally gets a teaser - and it is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen....
The State of the Race: Best Picture Begins to Take Shape
The new normal of the Best Picture race is that it is both more insular and more democratized. The majority...
Trailer for the Trial of the Chicago 7 Drops
Arriving just in time to a divided country in a time of strife, Aaron Sorkin's hard-hitting drama from his own...
Beautiful New Trailer for Dune Drops
After much anticipation, the Dune trailer is finally here. https://youtu.be/6r-WSSbKUC8 Check out the official Dune Trailer starring Timothée Chalamet and...
Teaser for Nomadland Hints at mood
Searchlight has dropped a teaser for Chloe Zhao's Nomadland that matches the only stills available for the film, along with...
First Look at David Fincher’s Glorious New Feature, Mank
Netflix Film dropped images from David Fincher's upcoming film (to be released in October), Mank. The cast is, as we...
Oscar Flashback – When Citizen Kane Didn’t Win Best Picture
If you've been following along on my podcast memoir that I've been doing in fits and starts over at goldtripping.com,...
Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray are Back with ‘On the Rocks’
The last time Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray worked together it was for Lost in Translation, a film about a...
The State of the Race – Oscar Frontrunners If This Was an Ordinary Year
If this was an ordinary year, we'd be half-way to Venice and Telluride right now. We'd be gathering our ideas...
The Academy Announces Big News – Best Picture Goes Back to Ten and Why That’s a Good Thing
The Academy, under the new Board of Governors, announced what they hope will be sweeping changes to address problems of...
From Do the Right Thing to Selma, How Black Filmmakers Speak to The Moment of Right Now
It's hard not to look at what's happening right now and not think about Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing...
Hello Darkness My Old Friend — Parasite’s Win Could Mean the End of Feel Good Winners
Now the smoke has cleared, many are still shocked that a movie as good, as twisted, and as dark as...