Sundance Review: Miranda July’s ‘Kajillionaire’ exists between the mundane and the profound

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Sundance Review: Miranda July’s ‘Kajillionaire’ exists between the mundane and the profound

Joshua Encinias January 26, 2020

If you want to understand Theresa (Debra Winger) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) in Miranda July’s new film Kajillionaire, you have to know that July’s parents... Read More

Cinema Audio Society (CAS): ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Chernobyl’ top winners

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Cinema Audio Society (CAS): ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Chernobyl’ top winners

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

The 56th annual Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards, which honor the outstanding achievements in sound mixing for 2019 were handed out tonight and Ford v Ferrari,... Read More

2020 USC Scripter Award winners: ‘Little Women’ and ‘Fleabag’

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2020 USC Scripter Award winners: ‘Little Women’ and ‘Fleabag’

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

Greta Gerwig’s script for Little Women has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best film adaptation and Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the television award for... Read More

2020 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC): Roger Deakins wins for ‘1917’

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2020 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC): Roger Deakins wins for ‘1917’

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

Roger Deakins has won his third American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) award of the decade (and 5th overall) tonight, this time for the ‘continuous shot’... Read More

2020 Directors Guild of America (DGA): Sam Mendes wins for ‘1917’

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2020 Directors Guild of America (DGA): Sam Mendes wins for ‘1917’

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

Sam Mendes has won the 2020 Directors Guild of America (DGA) prize for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for his WWI epic 1917. This... Read More

2020 Annie Awards: ‘Klaus’ and ‘I Lost My Body’ win as Netflix dominates

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2020 Annie Awards: ‘Klaus’ and ‘I Lost My Body’ win as Netflix dominates

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

It was Christmas in January for Netflix as the streamer absolutely dominated the 47th Annie Awards, winning the top two animated feature prizes: Best Indie... Read More

Sundance Review: Moss delivers a ferocious, electrifying performance in Josephine Decker’s ‘Shirley’

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Sundance Review: Moss delivers a ferocious, electrifying performance in Josephine Decker’s ‘Shirley’

Donny Sheldon January 25, 2020

Newcomer Odessa Young delivers a breakthrough performance and Elisabeth Moss gives one of her best performances ever in director Josephine Decker’s brilliant follow-up to Madeline’s... Read More

Review: ‘The Gentlemen’ is a gangster’s paradise

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Review: ‘The Gentlemen’ is a gangster’s paradise

Dewey Singleton January 25, 2020

The Gentlemen is a highly stylized, well-written gangster romp that’s entertaining as hell. Writer/director Guy Ritchie has outdone himself in his latest work with one of the best works of... Read More

Film Review: ‘Greed’ isn’t good

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Film Review: ‘Greed’ isn’t good

Catherine Springer January 25, 2020

Despite jumping around genres with seemingly prolific ease, writer/director Michael Winterbottom seems to always return to dark comedy and satire, a genre he visits again... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ is a haunting work that cuts right to the bone

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Sundance Review: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ is a haunting work that cuts right to the bone

Donny Sheldon January 25, 2020

It’s been three years since writer/director Eliza Hittman won the Sundance Film Festival’s Directing Drama Award for her excellent feature Beach Rats, and this year,... Read More