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2018 Berlin Film Festival Winners: ‘Touch Me Not,’ ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘The Heiresses’ and more

February 24, 2018

Touch Me Not (above), the debut film Romanian director Adina Pintille and about the graphic sexual awakening of a 50-something woman,… Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘ In the Aisles’ is a touching and engaging surprise

February 23, 2018

Erik Anderson

Synopsis: Story of three supermarket workers whose lives intersect between the aisles of the store they work in. Not every… Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Malgorzata Szumowska’s masterful and uncompromising ‘Mug’ (‘Twarz’)

February 23, 2018

Erik Anderson

Synopsis: Story of the first Polish citizen to undergo a face transplant. Malgorzata Szumowska’s MUG is a fascinating, unflinching and… Read More

Frontrunner Friday: Stuck in the Middle of Oscar Voting

February 23, 2018

Erik Anderson

We're just over a week from the Oscars and while a handful of races seem pretty locked up right now… Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: the engrossing, emotional and masterful ‘Boys Cry’

February 23, 2018

Erik Anderson

Synopsis: In Rome, two teenage friends descend into a life of crime hoping for a better future. It’s hard to… Read More

2018 Oscars: Sufjan Stevens, Gael García Bernal, Mary J. Blige and more to perform

February 23, 2018

Erik Anderson

Gael García Bernal, Mary J. Blige, Andra Day, Natalia LaFourcade, Miguel, Keala Settle, Sufjan Stevens and Oscar® winner Common will perform… Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Museum’ (‘Museo’) is a great testament to Latin American cinema

February 22, 2018

Erik Anderson

Synopsis: Two young men decide to carry out a daring museum heist in Mexico. But things are never straightforward as… Read More

2018 Oscars: 10 More Presenters Added; including Gal Gadot, Oscar Isaac, Eva Marie Saint, Zendaya

February 22, 2018

Erik Anderson

Academy Awards producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd have announced 10 more presenters for the 90th Oscars® telecast. Hosted… Read More

A luminous Saoirse Ronan in the first trailer for ‘On Chesil Beach’

February 22, 2018

Erik Anderson

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Adapted by Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel, On Chesil Beach centers on a young couple of… Read More

Costume Designers Guild (CDG) winners: ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘I, Tonya’ dress to impress

February 21, 2018

Erik Anderson

The Shape of Water, Wonder Woman and I, Tonya were the top choices from the 20th Costume Designers Guild awards… Read More