‘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
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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
Interview: Dakota Johnson talks ‘The Lost Daughter,’ shooting under COVID and how she feels about her fans (she loves them)
“You’re so sparkly.” That’s what Dakota Johnson said in the middle of introducing her film, The Lost Daughter, with her co-star Paul Mescal and director... Read More
Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson star in the haunting trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
Netflix has released the trailer for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal’s feature film directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, starring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman. In The Lost... Read More
Venice Review: With ‘The Lost Daughter,’ Maggie Gyllenhaal exposes mother-daughter relations in their vile, discomforting essence [Grade: B]
Leda, a middle-aged comp-lit professor, arrives at a lavish Greek island accompanied solely by her books. Played by an overwrought Olivia Colman, she frets and... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 257: New York Film Festival Wrap-Up and the Post-Fall Fest State of the Oscar Race 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 256: Reviewing ‘Anora’ Plus Our Favorite Palme d’Or Winners 
Inaugural San Quentin Film Festival and The Just Trust Aim for Convergence of Justice Reform and the Arts 
‘Sugarcane’ Leads 9th Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) Nominations