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.

‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie is Bewitching as La Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Delicate Depiction of the Diva | NYFF

Maria Callas was comfortable with death. As the greatest soprano alive, she died on stage night after night at La… Read More

October 1, 2024

‘The Brutalist’ Review: Everything Old is New Again in Brady Corbet’s Monumental, Novelistic Epic | NYFF

Early in The Godfather Part II, a young, solitary Vito Corleone looks out the window at Ellis Island and sees… Read More

September 27, 2024

‘The Outrun’ Review: Saoirse Ronan is Towering in Sensitive Yet Uneven Recovery Drama | Telluride

At the 51st Telluride Film Festival, Saoirse Ronan became one of the youngest actors to be recognized with the prestigious… Read More

September 5, 2024

‘The End’ Review: It’s An End of the World Musical As We Know It (and It’s Not Fine) | Telluride

Stories observing the lives of the wealthy elite are ubiquitous in modern cinema. Whether the film is as daring and… Read More

September 3, 2024

‘Nickel Boys’ Review: RaMell Ross’ Audacious Colson Whitehead Adaptation is a New American Masterpiece | Telluride

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Nickel Boys,” begins with an arresting line: “Even in death, the boys were trouble.”… Read More

September 2, 2024

Interview: Jon Hamm on What it Means to Be “Minnesota Nice” and Dismantling the American Western in ‘Fargo’

It’s difficult to think of American iconography without recalling one of Jon Hamm’s signature projects, Mad Men. Over seven seasons,… Read More

August 20, 2024

‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: Fede Álvarez’s ‘Alien’ Sequel is a Sometimes Thrilling, Yet Synthetic Greatest Hits Album

Forty-five years ago, Ridley Scott’s Alien completely changed the game for science fiction filmmaking. It combined aspects of the B-movies… Read More

August 14, 2024

‘Industry’ Season 3 Review:  It’s Time to Buy Stock in HBO’s Sexy, Live Wire Finance Drama

When HBO's Industry premiered in late 2020, it felt like Gen Z’s Succession with a little Skins in the game.… Read More

August 2, 2024

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Invention and Deconstruction of the Femme Fatale in ‘Double Indemnity’ (1944) and ‘Chinatown’ (1974) [Retrospective]

 I. My Sister/My Daughter When I reflect on the films that truly shaped my taste, it’s impossible not to think… Read More

June 24, 2024

Interview: Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler on Annie Baker’s Magical Mother-Daughter Directorial Debut, ‘Janet Planet’

Summer movies often bring to mind images from big, loud action blockbusters or zippy and bright family films. But what… Read More

June 21, 2024

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