Interview: Celine Song on Creating a Victorian Romance in 2025 and Knowing Dakota Johnson was Her Working Girl in ‘Materialists’
In Mike Nichols’ sharp romantic comedy Working Girl, Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is the perfect blend of aspirational and relatable, a New York woman. When... Read More
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 291 – Reviewing Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’
On episode 291 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Karen Peterson to review the second feature film from... Read More
‘Materialists’ Review: Love is Worth the Investment in Celine Song’s Refreshingly Modern Romance [B+]
Celine Song begins her lovely sophomore feature, Materialists, with a bit of a surprising artistic gamble. We’re surrounded by mountains in nature, and it’s oh... Read More
‘Madame Web’ Review: She Shoots but She Doesn’t Score
The month of February is not particularly known for the top echelon of studio releases and is usually reserved for more of the light, fun,... Read More
Sundance Institute announces 2023 ‘Beyond Film’ conversations with Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Majors, Marlee Matlin and more
Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Beyond Film conversations, all of which are open to the public. Made... Read More
Interview: Carrie Cracknell on modernizing ‘Persuasion’ and how the pandemic allowed her to make the film she wanted
Carrie Cracknell showed tremendous guts in choosing Persuasion as her first feature film to direct, but for those who know about her, it should come... Read More
‘Persuasion’ review: Netflix mangles and modernizes Jane Austen’s most pensive and mature novel in its new adaptation [D+]
Persuasion, published six months after the author’s death in 1817, is often considered Jane Austen’s most mature novel. 27-year-old Anne Elliot is persuaded to break... Read More
Interview: Writer/director/actor Cooper Raiff gets his groove on with ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
It has been a crazy start to the career of Cooper Raiff, the talented writer, director, editor, and star of the 2022 Sundance Audience Award... Read More
Sundance Review: Not even a charming Dakota Johnson can save bland coming out rom-com ‘Am I OK? [Grade: D]
It has taken Hollywood a long time to embrace the full breadth of the queer experience, only recently discovering that LGBTQ people are more than... Read More
Sundance Review: The cute and quirky ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ glides right into your heart with pitch perfect performances from Cooper Raiff and Dakota Johnson [Grade: A]
At a certain point in our lives, we’ve fallen in love. Could happen at a young age, as it does for Andrew (Javien Mercado), at... Read More
‘Flies (Moscas)’ Review: To Be a Fly on the Wall is to See All in Fernando Eimbcke’s Quiet Family Drama [B-] Berlinale 
‘The Blood Countess’ Review: Isabelle Huppert’s Glamorous Vampire Mother Rises Above Baroque Bungle [C-] Berlinale 
Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards: ‘Hamnet’ Tops Wins, ‘Christy’ Nabs Best Irish Film 
8th Kodak Film Awards Recipients: Kristen Stewart, Joachim Trier, Autumn Durald Arkapaw and More