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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Benoît Jacquot’s ‘Eva’ starring Gaspard Ulliel and Isabelle Huppert is contrived and unconvincing

Erik Anderson February 17, 2018

Synopsis: A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm. Benoît Jacquot’s EVA is a revenge thriller that... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Christian Petzold’s ‘Transit’

Erik Anderson February 17, 2018

Synopsis: When a man flees France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: The raw and essential doc ‘What Comes Around’

Erik Anderson February 16, 2018

It’s been an interesting few years for Middle Eastern cinema at the Oscars, with several films from Lebanon (THE INSULT), Syria (LAST MEN IN ALEPPO... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Damsel’ starring Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson

Erik Anderson February 16, 2018

Synopsis: A Western about a young man trying to free the love of his life after she is kidnapped and accompanies a priest in hopes... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘The Heiresses’

Erik Anderson February 16, 2018

Synopsis: Due to bank debts, an elderly woman’s long life companion gets sent to jail. She is then left to contemplate on her past and... Read More

2018 Oscars: First Presenters Announced including Emma Stone, Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis

Erik Anderson February 16, 2018

The first presenters for the 90th Academy Awards have been announced including three of last year’s acting winners: Emma Stone (Actress in a Leading Role... Read More

Academy to End Paper Ballots for Oscars Next Year

Erik Anderson February 15, 2018

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced that this will be the last year that Oscar voters will be using paper ballots... Read More

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami to Open This Spring

Erik Anderson February 15, 2018

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, director and editor Sophie Fiennes’ critically acclaimed documentary exploring the public and private worlds of the legendary artist, is set for... Read More

Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Beautiful Boy’ Gets Fall Awards Release Date from Amazon

Erik Anderson February 15, 2018

Timothée Chalamet, the Oscar-nominated star of Call Me By Your Name, will be seen this fall in Beautiful Boy from Amazon Studios. The streamer has... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’

Erik Anderson February 15, 2018

Synopsis: In Japan, after a wave of dog-flu hits the city’s dogs, they are all exiled to trash island. Meanwhile, one of the dog’s owners... Read More

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