AwardsWatch

Cannes Review: ‘Elvis’ is a terrible yet wildly entertaining biopic featuring a brilliant titular performance by Austin Butler [Grade: C+]

Adam Solomons May 26, 2022

A fiercely conventional biopic with all the musical analysis of a Spotify playlist, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is, more often than not, an affront to cinema.... Read More

Cannes Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ is a tender story of chosen families led by a beguiling performance from Lee Ji-eun [Grade: A+]

Ben Rolph May 26, 2022

Cannes favourite Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the 2018 Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, has returned to the Cote d’Azur-set film festival with another winner, titled Broker.... Read More

One year later, ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’ remains a perfect pandemic time capsule [Retrospective]

Retrospective

One year later, ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’ remains a perfect pandemic time capsule [Retrospective]

Veronica Phillips May 26, 2022

Bo Burnham: Inside is premised upon both a literal and artistic isolation; a one-man special created in a backyard shed, written, directed, edited, and filmed... Read More

Interview: O-T Fagbenle on playing the bad guy in ‘WeCrashed’ and the President in ‘The First Lady’ [VIDEO]

Interviews (Film)

Interview: O-T Fagbenle on playing the bad guy in ‘WeCrashed’ and the President in ‘The First Lady’ [VIDEO]

Abe Friedtanzer May 26, 2022

Before 2022, O-T Fagbenle was most well-known in the United States for his portrayal of Luke on The Handmaid’s Tale, a role that earned him... Read More

Cannes Review: Mark Jenkin’s Cornish thriller ‘Enys Men’ is an unnerving, off-beat experimental horror unlike any other [Grade: B+]

Ben Rolph May 26, 2022

Born and raised in Cornwall, England, writer-director Mark Jenkin continues to draw on his local, beloved surroundings with his sophomore film, Enys Men, which premiered... Read More

Sony Pictures Classics acquires ‘The Triplets of Belleville’ director Sylvain Chomet’s animated ‘The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol’

Erik Anderson May 25, 2022

Sony Pictures Classics announced today they have acquired all rights in all media in North America, Latin America, Scandinavia, Middle East, Israel, India, Italy, and... Read More

Cannes Review: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s English-language debut ‘The Silent Twins’ is a bewitching ode to female kinship [Grade: A+]

Savina Petkova May 25, 2022

Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska returns to Cannes four years after her Fugue premiered in Semaine de la Critique (aka Critics Week), bringing the flair from... Read More

2022 Emmy Predictions: Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Tyler Doster May 25, 2022

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series has become one of the most fun categories at the Emmys to predict nominees, as there are always... Read More

Interview: With ‘I Love That For You’ and ‘Fire Island,’ Matt Rogers is stepping into the spotlight [VIDEO]

Erik Anderson May 24, 2022

Matt Rogers is a star. As Las Culturistas, the bracingly funny podcast host by Rogers and bestie Bowen Yang, recently celebrating its 300th episode and... Read More

Cannes Review: Ethan Coen’s formulaic ‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind’ doc plays more like a jukebox on repeat than an insightful look of one of rock ‘n roll’s most controversial icons [Grade: C-]

Cannes Review: Ethan Coen’s formulaic ‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind’ doc plays more like a jukebox on repeat than an insightful look of one of rock ‘n roll’s most controversial icons [Grade: C-]

Savina Petkova May 24, 2022

Last year, Joel Cohen graced us with his mesmerizing adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth to world-wide acclaim. Ethan Coen, however, opted for a... Read More

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