5th Alexander Valley Film Festival (AVFF) – Donate and support if you can
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2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)
It’s weirdly quiet in Supporting Actress this month. Laura Dern remains on top for Netflix’s Marriage Story, where she plays a tough lawyer in a... Read More
TV Recap: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 3 Finale – “Mayday”
We start in flashback, back to what looks like the early days of Gilead, when they were first capturing women and holding them in detention... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (August)
Tom Hanks (Sony/TriStar’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) is back in the #1 for Supporting Actor for August with the announcement of the film’s... Read More
Review: Mads Brügger’s ‘Cold Case Hammarskjöld’ is a compelling whodunit
I love a good conspiracy theory. Don’t get me wrong, though: not all conspiracy theories are fun. Some are silly, some are crazy, and some,... Read More
Things aren’t what they seem in the trailer for Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’
Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Mother) brings his singular mastery home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale, Parasite. Meet the Park Family: the picture... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (August)
With the confirmation that Amazon’s The Aeronauts is an adapted screenplay, that opens up a spot in this month’s chart, in the top five, no... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (August)
There’s a new #1 in Adapted Screenplay as Sony/TriStar’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood unseats Netflix’s The Irishman for the top spot for the... Read More
Emmy interview: Hisham Abed, Emmy-nominated director of ‘Queer Eye’
Hisham Abed grew up on a staple of comic books and art which led to interests in animation and cinematography. He applied cinematic skills learned on indie features... Read More
Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet reunite in the trailer for Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’
Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as... Read More
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