‘Campo di Battaglia (Battlefield)’ Review: A Great Alessandro Borghi Can’t Find the Cure for a Dull, Underwritten War Drama | Venice
The great historian Eric Hobsbawm called the 20th century “the short twentieth century”, as he believed that this particular century concentrated its main chain of... Read More
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‘Cloud’ Review: Japan’s Oscar Entry Finds Kiyoshi Kurosawa Matching Madness and Madcap in Online Reselling Satirical Thriller | Venice
Japan’s official Oscar entry and Venice Film Festival selection, Cloud finds J-horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa comfortably in his wheelhouse. It’s an atmospheric thriller imbued with... Read More
‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: A Ghostly, Ghastly Tale of Growing Up During an African Civil War | Telluride
Alexandra Fuller’s award-winning memoir Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight gets cinematic treatment, courtesy of first-time writer/director Embeth Davidtz, who also stars in the... Read More
‘The Friend’ Review: Naomi Watts and a Very Good Boy Named Bing Make for a Deeply Dignified Dog Story | Telluride
You don’t ever own your dog, not really. When you bring one into your life, you simply become their human, their companion, and protector, the... Read More
‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Daniel Gimenez Cacho Stun in Gender Fluid Mob Dramedy | Venice
The search for identity has always been a staple subject for cinema. Who are we? What is our place in the world? How are we... Read More
‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman is Feral and Fearless as a Woman Taking Charge of Her Sexual Freedom | Venice
This is a film about sex! From the first moments, as the logos of production companies flash on the screen, we’re immersed in a world... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 61: ‘The Thin Red Line’ (Terrence Malick, 1998) with special guest Jake Tropila
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie is a Woman Under the Influence in Pablo Larraín’s Minor Lietmotif | Venice
Even though he has been working in the biopic genre for a while now (NO, Neruda, Jackie, Spencer), Chilean director Pablo Larraín was under the... Read More
‘September 5’ Review: Tim Fehlbaum’s Take on the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Fails in its Presentation of Palestinian People | Venice
In 1972, Munich hosted the Summer Olympic Games. At the time, Germany was separated into two factions; East Germany, under the influence of a communist... Read More
2024 Telluride Film Festival Lineup: World Premieres of ‘Conclave,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ Tributes to Saoirse Ronan, Jacques Audiard, Thelma Schoonmaker
Telluride Film Festival, presented by the National Film Preserve, today announced its official program selections for the 51st Telluride Film Festival (TFF), including world premieres... Read More
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12 
Delroy Lindo, Michelle Satter, Sony Pictures Among African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees 
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Park Chan-wook, Josh O’Connor and More 
Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘Sinners,’ Eva Victor Triumph