Toronto Review: Scott Z. Burns’ ‘The Report’ is an an essential celebration of the pursuit of truth
Scott Z. Burns’ film is an engrossing, gripping look at one of the most crucial and eye-opening reports in US history Known for his intriguing... Read More
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Oscar Predictions: Post-Telluride, mid-Venice, pre-TIFF set your sights on Renée Zellweger, Adam Driver and ‘Parasite’
With Telluride just finishing, Venice still underway, and Toronto starting tomorrow, we are smack in the middle of the fall festival kickoff of awards season... Read More
Adam Driver tries to uncover the truth in first teaser for ‘The Report’
“Paper has a way of getting people in trouble…” Idealistic staffer Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) is tasked by his boss Senator Dianne Feinstein (Annette... Read More
‘Marriage Story’ reveals a relationship in two parts with companion trailers, posters
Netflix has released companion trailers and posters for Noah Baumbach’s semi-autobiographical Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson as a Los Angeles actress (Nicole) and Academy Award... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)
With the fall festival lineups locked in, well, save Telluride (we all but know what’s showing up there though) it starts to make things just... Read More
Noah Baumbach’s ‘Marriage Story’ set as New York Film Festival (NYFF) Centerpiece Film
Right on the heels of the announcement that Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited The Irishman will open the 57th New York Film Festival, another Netflix film –... Read More
Amazon’s ‘The Report’ moves its files into Oscar season
Amazon Studios’ The Report, from Scott Z. Burns, is packing up and moving deeper into Oscar season. It will now debut in theaters on November... Read More
While I’m sticking with Jonathan Pryce in Fernando Meirelles’s The Pope from Netflix as my top Best Actor choice, I’m feeling better and better about... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June)
Best Actor has more movement than any performer category this month, even if some moves are incremental. The biggest goes to Antonio Banderas in Pedro... Read More
Cannes Review take 2: ‘The Dead Don’t Die’
Jim Jarmusch’s most commercial film to date marks a departure for the director but also doesn’t offer a memorable viewing experience. Some directors like to... Read More
Carrie Preston (‘Elsbeth’) on the Resurgence of Broadcast Television and What She Sees for Season 4 [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+]