Reviews

MVFF38 Preview: ‘TRUTH,’ starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford

  Based on the book “Truth and Duty: The Press, The President and the Power of Privilege” by Pulitzer and… Read More

September 30, 2015

REVIEW: Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners 1947-1951

As the deadline for 2015 entries for the Foreign Language Film Oscar approaches (October 1st), AwardsWatch contributor Jeff Beachnau (Worst… Read More

September 28, 2015

TIFF Review: ‘Freeheld,’ starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page

  We now live in an era where gays have the same rights to marriage that has been open to… Read More

September 15, 2015

Is The Danish Girl Sending a Dangerous Message About Trans* People?

  One only has to hear Tom Hooper and Eddie Redmayne passionately discuss the research they did in preparation for… Read More

September 14, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Grandma’ (★★★½)

  Sometimes endings are beginnings. In Grandma, the new film by Paul Weitz (American Pie, About a Boy), we start… Read More

August 19, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Irrational Man’ (★★★)

  After a joyful return to form with 2011’s Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen’s slump of To Rome with Love,… Read More

July 24, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Southpaw’ (★★★)

  It’s hard to think of a more adventurous and versatile American actor of his generation than Jake Gyllenhaal. He’s… Read More

July 22, 2015

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Hudson Hawk and Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The 80s was a good decade for Jodie Foster and Bruce Willis. Jodie won an Oscar for The Accused and… Read More

July 20, 2015

REVIEW: Trainwreck (★★★½)

  In the opening scene of Trainwreck, the new film directed by Judd Apatow, two young girls are told by… Read More

July 13, 2015

Frameline 39: Tab Hunter, I Am Michael and 6 Others to Watch

  Frameline39, the 39th San Francisco Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival is just days away and I have your… Read More

June 16, 2015

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