American culture is thrust into chaos. It feels an awful lot like a civil war. The drama in play now...
Read moreIt's odd that so many observers are concluding they know beyond any doubt who is going to win Best Actor...
Read moreVariety reports that Clint Eastwood's The Mule will be released at Christmas, putting Eastwood in contention for the first time...
Read moreWay back before the Stone Age, Oscar buzz used to mean, well, Oscar buzz. We all know that so much...
Read moreThe AFI Fest has two major films by two female directors opening and closing their fest. That is pretty incredible,...
Read moreThe AFI, after New York, is last chance Texaco for Oscar movies and has been known to launch a contender...
Read moreAnyone who remembers the year Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing was shut out of the major awards at the...
Read moreWhen I look back at this time last year, the post-Venice/Telluride/Toronto predictions, I see us getting pretty close, give or...
Read moreIt's been a year where many actors have turned to directing. Joel Edgerton's second feature, Boy Erased, is one. Jonah...
Read moreWith over 79 Grammy nominations, 27 wins, an EGOT under his belt, and a career that has spanned over 50...
Read moreYou have to be a serious Oscar wonk to care about this. In fact, I don't think a single other...
Read moreGreen Book, as predicted by Kris Tapley, has taken the People's Choice Audience Award at Toronto. Runners up were If...
Read moreLast year, it seemed pretty clear there were a couple of contenders coming out of the Venice/Telluride/Toronto bloodbath. Gary Oldman,...
Read moreI may not make a lot of friends saying it, but Jackie Brown to me was the last time Tarantino...
Read moreFilm festival season (which is not over yet) blows in fast and furious, then just as quickly, dissipates. We still...
Read moreWillem Dafoe has never won an Oscar. It was surreal watching the awards community get so firmly behind him with...
Read moreBoth Julia Roberts and Viola Davis are endlessly watchable stars who command the screen like few others can. Since I...
Read moreWhat surprised me about Searching is how much it uses its conceit to tell a genuinely moving family story.
Read moreAlfonso Cuaron's astonishing and personal film Roma takes the Golden Lion at Venice, while Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite wins the...
Read moreAll 21 films in competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival have now screened and yours truly has made it...
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