Reviews

Review: Céline Sciamma challenges the male gaze with the meticulous and gorgeous ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant in Céline Sciamma's PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE The concept of the male gaze… Read More

December 2, 2019

TV Recap: 'Watchmen' Season One Episode Seven – "An Almost Religious Awe"

For those who were in awe of the writing and execution of episode six, brace yourself for an episode which… Read More

December 1, 2019

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Striptease and The English Patient (1996)

Striptease - “However the entire thing ended up being a mess, and I can only hope I can erase the… Read More

November 26, 2019

Review: ‘1917’

(center) George MacKay as Schofield in "1917," co-written and directed by Sam Mendes (Courtesy of Universal Pictures) With a storied… Read More

November 26, 2019

TV Recap: ‘Watchmen’ Season One Episode Six – “The Extraordinary Being”

Watchmen had the best episode of its season tonight and I'm not even sure it's close (when comparing it to… Read More

November 24, 2019

AFI FEST Review: Barbara Kopple’s ‘Desert One’ is a staggering, indelible must-see

The United States is a country with great pride.  No matter what internal divisions we may have, we, as a… Read More

November 20, 2019

AFI FEST Review: ‘Ivana the Terrible’

Courtesy of Microfilm It’s sometimes easy to forget that film is an art form.  And, as with any art, the… Read More

November 18, 2019

AFI FEST Review: ‘Love Me Tender’

Courtesy of AFI FEST The internal struggles of a character are often the most difficult to portray in a visual… Read More

November 18, 2019

TV Recap: ‘Watchmen’ Season One Episode Four and Five

My apologies to those who have grown accustomed to seeing this recap on awardswatch.com. Where did we sneak off to… Read More

November 17, 2019

AFI FEST Review: Alex Gibney’s ‘Citizen K’ is a warning call

Courtesy of AFI FEST We can talk a lot about films being relevant or tapping into the zeitgeist, but perhaps… Read More

November 17, 2019

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