Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix-produced ‘Gunda’ intimately examines sentience within animal species’
Experiential cinema in its purest form, Gunda chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with... Read More
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NYFF Review: A humble pig gets her time in the spotlight in gripping nature doc ‘Gunda’
Victor Kossokofsky loves to prod at the boundaries of what he can do with documentary cinema — 2018’s Aquarela, for instance, asked its audience to... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Battlefield Earth and Gladiator (2000)
“After returning the video I honestly asked the clerk that even when I’m very drunk to stop me from renting this movie ever again. Hopefully... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (July)
Is Disney going to throw away it’s shot? Let’s address this up front; there is still so much up in the air about Hamilton‘s eligibility... Read More
NEON nabs ‘Gunda,’ farm doc from exec producer Joaquin Phoenix, out of Berlinale
NEON announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Gunda, directed by Victor Kossakovsky, which made its World Premiere in the new competitive section... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – THE FULL LIST
Here’s the quick and easy version of the 2020 Oscar predictions for the 92nd Academy Awards. Click each category for my full breakdown analysis and... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: War is Hell
In a shortened Oscar season such as this a lot can happen in a week. Last weekend brought us the ACE Eddie Awards (Parasite and... Read More
‘Parasite,’ ‘1917’ top Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) winners
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) have chosen Parasite as the best film of 2019, also rewarding the South Korean darkly comedic thriller Best Director... Read More
26th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards: All the Speeches
From Brad Pitt joking his role as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wasn’t too far a stretch to the history-making win... Read More
2020 Oscars: Critics Choice + Golden Globe + SAG + BAFTA – Who Got What and Who Missed Out
The Oscars did very little to venture outside of the very solid ground of the four main (and televised) precursors to get an actor to... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10