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2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (September)

Erik Anderson September 28, 2020

The amount of potential doubled up nominees in Original Score this year is impressive if not entirely surprising as this year is packed with previous... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (September)

Erik Anderson September 28, 2020

While every Oscar category has been, and will continue to be, impacted the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of open movie theaters, none will be... Read More

43rd Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) full lineup announced; tributes to Viola Davis, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Kate Winslet

Erik Anderson September 26, 2020

Spotlight Program and Conversations include Delroy Lindo, Clare Dunne and Aaron Sorkin Mark Fishkin, Founder/Executive Director of the California Film Institute and Zoë Elton, MVFF... Read More

NYFF Review: Steve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ is his most ambitious and exciting work to date

Diego Andaluz September 25, 2020

The second Steve McQueen film to premiere at this year’s edition of the New York Film Festival, Mangrove is the first segment of the Small... Read More

8th Middleburg Film Festival: ‘Nomadland’ to open, ‘Minari’ is centerpiece film

Erik Anderson September 25, 2020

The hybrid festival will run October 15-18 The Middleburg Film Festival announced today a first round of programming for its eighth edition, which will be... Read More

First look: Felicity Jones, George Clooney, David Oyelowo in ‘The Midnight Sky’

Erik Anderson September 25, 2020

Sandra Bullock in Gravity. Natalie Portman in Lucy in the Sky. Now, Felicity Jones heads into deep space in The Midnight Sky. This post-apocalyptic tale... Read More

Lulu Wang: “Media is perpetuating dangerous narratives that further the divide” (Exclusive)

Erik Anderson September 25, 2020

“How do we have a real conversation in 2020?” I spoke to the award-winning director exclusively about the framing of her response to her frustration... Read More

‘Great British Baking Show’ S8 E1 recap: “Cake, Weak”

Daniel Trainor and Sam Stone September 25, 2020

Hello and welcome to our very special and very first recap of “The Great British Baking Show!” We’re very excited to meet our 12 bakers... Read More

Film Review: The new ‘The Boys in the Band’ is a strikingly familiar tune played by a great new band

Jack King September 25, 2020

A towering white birthday cake, with cute pink frosting piped around its edges, melts away in vociferous downpour. Only a small wound is carved into... Read More

Film Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ favors sensationalism over social impact

Rubin Safaya September 24, 2020

“The Democratic Convention is about to begin in a police state.” – Walter Cronkite 1968 was a year of global social upheaval. Mass student protest erupted... Read More

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