2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (May) – Spike Lee Moves Up
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] As with Best Picture, the top of the list remains in tact with Steve McQueen (Widows), Adam McKay (Backseat), Damien Chazelle... Read More
cannes film festival
Wrapping Up: Cannes Isn’t Back, It Never Left
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival has ended and with it came the fight with Netflix, causing them to... Read More
2018 Cannes Awards: Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Palme d’Or; Spike Lee Takes Grand Prix for ‘BlacKkKlansman’
Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the highest honor from the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters. He previously won the Jury Prize for... Read More
Cannes: Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Wins Top Director’s Fortnight Prize
No one was more surprised than director Gaspar Noé himself when his new film, Climax, was met was near universal raves when it debuted in... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Whitney’ – a Heartbreaking Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of a Legend
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] If you were alive in the 1980s it was impossible to miss out on the once in a lifetime talent that... Read More
Cannes Review: Kore-eda’s unforgettable ‘Shoplifters’ is his best film to date
SHOPLIFTERS is Hirokazu Kore-eda’s best film to date, and one of the most pleasant surprises of the Cannes Film Festival. A deceptively simple but utterly... Read More
The trailer for Spike Lee’s new film ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is here
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee’s newest film, which was co-produced by the powerhouse duo behind the Oscar-winning Get Out (Jordan Peele and Jason... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is Spike Lee’s best film in over a decade
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Spike Lee, I doubt anyone would argue, has paved the way for the likes of John Singleton, Ava DuVernay, Dee Rees... Read More
Cannes Review: Alice Rohrwacher’s ‘Lazzaro Felice’ is one of the fest’s best
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first hour of Alice Rohrwacher’s third feature Lazzaro Felice (Happy as Lazzaro) are as languidly paced as a film could be.... Read More
Cannes Review: ‘Girl,’ the deeply humane debut from Lukas Dhont
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Lara is 15 going on 16 trans girl with dreams of being a professional ballerina in Lukas Dhont’s touching and humane... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN (December) 
2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS (December) 
Interview: Director Robert Eggers (‘Nosferatu’) on the Consequences of Temptation, Training Hundreds of Rats, and Playing with Vampire Lore 
Interview: Guy Pearce on the Beauty and Violence of ‘The Brutalist’ and Van Buren’s Call to His Therapist