‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Yes, says Telluride
Melissa McCarthy is earning the best reviews of her career for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which just premiered at Telluride, certainly since her Oscar-nominated... Read More
Film Festivals
‘Boy Erased’ means well but falters at Telluride
Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased made its world premiere at Telluride but without its star, Lucas Hedges, in tow. He was busy with a play in... Read More
Looking at the LGBTQ films at TIFF 2018
The LGBTQ selections at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival spread over continents, genders, nationalities and colors. They feature intense family dramas, personal coming out... Read More
‘ROMA’ is Mill Valley Film Festival Centerpiece as part of ¡Vive El Cine! program
The Mill Valley Film Festival has announced that Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA, hot off its raved premieres at Venice and Telluride, will be the Centerpiece film... Read More
Telluride: Nicole Kidman sizzles in noir potboiler ‘Destroyer’
One of the most anticipated films of the season, most especially because we had but a single still (above) and no trailer, Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer... Read More
‘A Star Is Born’ hits a high note with critics at Venice
It looks like the buzz and hype were real: A Star Is Born is coming out of the gates with a full “HAAAAAAAA AH AH... Read More
2019 Oscars: The State of the Foreign Language Film Oscar Race – Part 2
Venice and Telluride have just begun. Toronto has announced its lineup and starts in less than a week. That means another installment of AwardsWatch’s The... Read More
‘The Favourite’ offers a royal romp for Venice
One the fall’s major Oscar hopefuls, and featuring a wealth of juicy actress performances, The Favourite is appeasing critics left and right. Lauded performances from... Read More
Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘ROMA’ takes Venice by storm
In his first film since the Oscar-winning space drama Gravity, Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón’s comes down to Earth for his most personal film yet,... Read More
Hugh Jackman is Gary Hart in ‘The Front Runner’
A political scandal that changed the way we see and report American politics forever. Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman stars as the charismatic politician Gary Hart for... Read More
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