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2022 Oscar Predictions: BELOW THE LINE CATEGORIES (October)

Erik Anderson October 5, 2021

Normally I’d have already begun my below the line predictions in the below-the-line/technical and feature categories but I’ve taken it a bit slower this season,... Read More

Emmy and Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell to receive Golden Key costume design award from Key West Film Festival (Exclusive)

Erik Anderson October 5, 2021

The 2021 Key West Film Festival runs November 17-21 The Key West Film Festival announced today the recipient of its sixth annual Golden Key for Excellence... Read More

NYFF Review: Radu Jude’s subversive ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ is a sex tape satire with an explosive climax [Grade: A-]

Amelia Merrill October 4, 2021

Watching the beginning of Radu Jude’s new film, you have to remind yourself that it’s not really porn. There is actual sex on screen, but... Read More

Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

Retrospective

Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

Alex Arabian October 4, 2021

Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film, The Shimmer, also referred to as “Area X,”... Read More

‘Succession’ Season 3 review: The Emmy-winning series returns and this time it’s war

TV Reviews

‘Succession’ Season 3 review: The Emmy-winning series returns and this time it’s war

Dewey Singleton October 4, 2021

Succession returns on October 17 to remind us of the growing chasm between HBO’s smash hit and everyone else. Jesse Armstrong’s show has evolved into... Read More

Andrew Garfield has a song in his heart in the official trailer for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’

Erik Anderson October 4, 2021

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick…BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson,... Read More

Interview: Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider on the surprising depth of ‘The Other Two’ and chasing Alessia Cara [VIDEO]

Daniel Trainor October 1, 2021

The second season of The Other Two proves that, sometimes, the wait is worth it. After a two-and-a-half year break in between the first and... Read More

NYFF Review: Not everything is black and white in ‘Passing,’ the feature directorial debut of Rebecca Hall [Grade: B-]

Maria Garcia October 1, 2021

Passing, Rebecca Hall’s debut film as a writer-director, is a studied adaptation of Nellallitea “Nella” Larsen’s eponymous 1929 novel set in Harlem, New York. The... Read More

‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ NYFF Q&A with Joel Coen, Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington and more

Erik Anderson October 1, 2021

The 59th edition of the New York Film Festival officially kicked off on September 24, 2021 with the Opening Night selection, the world premiere of... Read More

Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]

Retrospective

Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]

Alex Arabian October 1, 2021

1972’s Boxcar Bertha is an often overlooked, critically debated entry into Martin Scorsese’s filmography, mostly because it is a departure from his usual themes and... Read More

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