Interview: How Oscar-nominated makeup designer Adrien Morot broke new ground with ‘The Whale’
“This is a career ending kind of makeup.” That is what was on makeup prosthetics designer Adrien Morot’s mind when Darren Aronofsky asked him to... Read More
Daniel Bayer
Daniel Bayer has been in love with movies all his life, in love with the theater since he could sit still, and in love with tap dance since seeing Singin' in the Rain at nine years old. A nationally-ranked dancer in his teens, his theater credits are many and varied, both behind and on the stage. He now spends his days as a non-profit database manager and the rest of his time seeing, writing about, and talking about movies and theater. He is a proud member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. You can find him on the AwardsWatch and Next Best Picture podcasts, and on Twitter @dancindanonfilm.
‘Cocaine Bear’ review: Elizabeth Banks’s film roars with laughter at itself, but audiences may just give a few snorts
Well, you certainly can’t accuse the makers of Cocaine Bear of making any false promises – the film is indeed about a bear that does... Read More
Anna Kendrick on the power of restraint, her personal connection to ‘Alice, Darling’ and on set group therapy
Anna Kendrick was looking for a change. “I knew that I wanted to kind of stretch away from the kind of performances that I’d been... Read More
20 years ago ‘Chicago’ promised a new era of razzle dazzle movie musicals but Hollywood had… artistic differences [Retrospective]
It remains one of the most effective stylistic gambits in cinema history: Over the course of five cuts in about two seconds, we watch as... Read More
‘All That Breathes’ review: Shaunak Sen beautifully examines ecological conservation through our most vulnerable of creatures
Under the gray skies of Delhi, a rat scurries around amidst the debris. It finds another rat doing the same. Another joins them, and another,... Read More
‘Mama’s Boy’ review: Dustin Lance Black doc just barely balances line between being uplifting and a stilted vanity project | NewFest
In 2009, at the age of 34, Dustin Lance Black won an Oscar for his screenplay for the Harvey Milk biopic Milk. In his acceptance... Read More
‘Raymond & Ray’ review: Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor lead a game cast who thread the needle of tragedy and comedy beautifully in Rodrigo García’s best film to date [B] | Toronto
Half-brothers Raymond (Ewan McGregor) and Ray (Ethan Hawke) have one thing in common: They hate their father. The no-good son of a bitch made life... Read More
‘Sanctuary’ review: Christopher Abbott and Margaret Qualley sizzle in a twisty, sexy romance that slaps [B+] | Toronto
BDSM has gotten a bad rap on film. Often presented as something indicative of a broken psyche or deviant behavior, the closest we’ve gotten to... Read More
‘Pearl’ review: Mia Goth and Ti West deconstruct old Hollywood and take us on a Technicolor trip through a twisted mind [B+] | Toronto
As a full orchestra plays a sweeping Old Hollywood-style melody, a young girl cheerfully goes about her chores on a farm. She feeds the animals,... Read More
‘The Inspection’ Review: Elegance Bratton’s personal exploration of perseverance is led by a transcendent Jeremy Pope [B] | Toronto
In 2005, while the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was still in effect, Ellis French (two-time Tony Award nominee Jeremy Pope in his first... Read More
‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Joins the Dead Wives Club in Stodgy, Data-Driven Thriller [C] 
Diego Luna to Host 2025 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards 
Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino to Receive Creator Tribute at 2nd Annual Gotham Television Awards 
‘The Encampments’ Review: A Powerful Picture of Resistance and the Repression of Fundamental Rights at Columbia University [A]