Sophia Ciminello

Sophia is a lifelong film enthusiast who considers herself a scholar of Best Actress winners, the films of Paul Thomas Anderson, and 1970s cinema. She hosts and produces the podcast "Oscar Wild," where she celebrates her love of cinema with retrospectives, deep dives on all 23 Oscar categories, and interviews with directors and creatives. She thanks her mother for her love of Old Hollywood and her father for letting her stay up late to watch the Oscars when she was in preschool. Her favorite Best Picture winners are All About Eve and Ordinary People. You can follow her on Twitter @sophia_cim.

Interview: How Adrien Brody Built a Monument to His Mother with ‘The Brutalist’

Adrien Brody has been waiting twenty years for The Brutalist. Well, not exactly waiting, moreso striving, yearning for a part… Read More

December 19, 2024

Interview: Guy Pearce on the Beauty and Violence of ‘The Brutalist’ and Van Buren’s Call to His Therapist

Guy Pearce is a bit of a chameleon. After getting his start as an actor in the Australian soap opera… Read More

December 18, 2024

Interview: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on the Camera Being a Proxy For Her Grandson in ‘Nickel Boys’

“Don’t blame yourself, blame the dress!” That’s what Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor said when I told her I was sorry for almost… Read More

December 13, 2024

2024 European Film Awards: Emilia Pérez Sweeps; Karla Sofía Gascón Makes History

The 37th European Film Awards were held tonight in Lucerne, where Jacques Audiard’s crime-thriller musical Emilia Pérez took home awards… Read More

December 7, 2024

‘Nosferatu’ Review: Lily-Rose Depp Gives a Ferocious Performance as Robert Eggers Creates a Wicked, Wintry Wonderland of Sex, Desire and Death [A]

The dreamlike twinkling of a music box trills as if to begin a fairy tale. This lullaby-like tune has an… Read More

December 2, 2024

Interview: In ‘Gladiator II,’ Costume Designer Janty Yates Turns Rome into Her Runway

Costume designer Janty Yates has time-traveled around the world with Ridley Scott for decades. From the 1970s of House of… Read More

November 22, 2024

Interview: Production Designer Arthur Max on Rebuilding Rome and Filling the Colosseum with Water in ‘Gladiator II’

Production designer Arthur Max knows Rome wasn’t built in a day, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t rebuild it in… Read More

November 22, 2024

Interview: Isabella Rossellini on the Power of Sister Agnes in ‘Conclave’ and Returning to her Cinematic Roots

Recently, legendary actress Isabella Rossellini attended the Ara Pacis Museum, where she visited an exhibition on acting in Ancient Rome… Read More

November 19, 2024

‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Review: There’s No Place Like Gnome | AFI FEST

For 35 years, an inventor and his trusty, loyal canine have delighted audiences from their home on West Wallaby Street.… Read More

October 31, 2024

‘Here’ Review: This Old House Has Bad Bones and Creaky, Questionable Foundation | AFI FEST

Near the end of Robert Zemeckis’ saccharine, Oscar-winning classic, Forrest Gump, Forrest finally stops running and declares, “I’m pretty tired.… Read More

October 28, 2024

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