For a while now, as I just wrote about in the directors piece, the moody effects film has mostly been...
Read moreLouis Zamperini has passed away at the age of 97. Olympic athlete and World War II hero, Zamperini was the...
Read moreLast year's Gravity, and Life of Pi the year before, have flipped-flopped the traditional way Best Picture and Best Director...
Read moreReporting on the events she saw on her flight, Jamele Hill witnessed Amy Adams giving up her first class seat...
Read moreAs we head into another Oscar year we are once again faced with nine Best Picture nominees. We all know...
Read moreMy Facebook friend (#humblebrag) and one of my favorite film directors Rod Lurie recently posted the following status update: "If...
Read moreThis question shadows the Oscar race from the beginning of the year onward. It stood upright when No Country for...
Read moreWarning: This post is not Oscar-related. Please feel free not to read it. I can't believe I have to do...
Read moreMake no mistake, Maleficent is a revisionist, feminist retelling of a familiar princess story, one of THE princess stories. When...
Read moreAs we head into another Oscar season you'll see an array of representations of male characters of all ages and...
Read moreNow that the Cannes awards have been handed out, some might wonder whether any of the films honored will make...
Read moreSaying goodbye to this beautiful city is hard. No, coming to this festival is hard. No, it isn’t anywhere near...
Read moreRoger Ebert silently presides over these proceedings here at Cannes. He’s long gone from this physical world but his legacy...
Read moreJean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne have made the best film of the Cannes Film Fest so far, Two Days, One...
Read moreSix years I’ve been coming to the Cannes Film Fest but I’ve never attended the Cinema de la Plage, their...
Read moreWhile Oscar season is a long way off, and the long march to the end of the year often discards...
Read moreThe Homesman works as both an entertaining western as well as a subtle commentary on a dark moment in our...
Read more“They call me classless, I heard that. I second and third that.” Eminem The thing I love most about Cannes...
Read moreIt's best not to think about the Oscar race when in Cannes. Why would you? The two competitions are worlds...
Read more“Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” ― Claude Monet With Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner, a perfect union of...
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