‘Babylon’ review: Here’s to the fools who dream; Damien Chazelle’s epitaph for cinema is the evil b-side to ‘La La Land’
When Mia begrudgingly attends a party at the start of Damien Chazelle’s magical, much-discussed film La La Land, she stares at her reflection in the... Read More
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.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins (‘Empire of Light’) on his latest collaboration with Sam Mendes, being his own camera operator, and the movie that makes him cry
Empire of Light may be the title of Roger Deakins’ latest collaboration with Sam Mendes, but it’s also a fitting descriptor for his dazzling body... Read More
Interview: ‘White Noise’ production designer Jess Gonchor on recreating the 1980s, colorful product placement, and designing that bright, stocked supermarket
Since Don DeLillo’s hit novel White Noise hit the shelves in 1985, readers have imagined how the settings like the supermarket, College-on-the-Hill, and the Gladney... Read More
Interview: Maria Schrader on the power of portraying working mothers onscreen and the weight of telling the bombshell story at the heart of ‘She Said’
When The New York Times published the report on Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault allegations in 2017, 82 additional women gathered the courage to share their... Read More
‘Personality Crisis: One Night Only’ review: Martin Scorsese music doc looks at the absurd and the sublime of elusive, forever cool New York Dolls frontman David Johansen | NYFF
Martin Scorsese has a knack for documenting New York institutions and illustrating the inner lives of the city’s singular characters. From the brash young Mafiosi... Read More
‘She Said’ review: Maria Schrader goes on the record with an empathetic story of womens’ courage | NYFF
Picture it: it’s 1992 in Ireland, and a young woman in her early twenties walks along the beach only to stumble upon a group of... Read More
‘The Eternal Daughter’ review: Tilda Swinton sees double in Joanna Hogg’s mother-daughter gothic ghost story [A-] | NYFF
Late in Joanna Hogg’s exquisite autobiographical b-side, The Souvenir Part II, our protagonist finds herself wandering through a hall of mirrors. Julie Hart (Honor Swinton... Read More
‘TÁR’ review: Portrait of the Artist on Fire | NYFF [A]
Opening with a “special thanks” immediately preceding a reverse order roll of the end credits may seem like a peculiar choice for any film, let... Read More
‘White Noise’ review: Noah Baumbach creates a new American soundtrack with his ambitious adaptation of Don DeLillo’s iconic novel [B+] | NYFF
When the pandemic hit the U.S., my fear of death oddly became most apparent when I would venture out to the grocery store. Strange, I... Read More
Interview: Harriet Sansom Harris on her scene stealing roles, working with Jean Smart, and landing her first Emmy nomination with ‘Hacks’
In “Retired,” the fifth episode in the delightful second season of Hacks, Susan Essig (Harriet Sansom Harris), a comedy rival from Deborah Vance’s college days,... Read More
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Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 20 
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