Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Martin McDonagh, Shu Qi Join Damien Chazelle’s Venice Jury
The juries for the 80th Venice International Film Festival has been selected for the main competition, Orizzonti and Lion of the Future sections. Academy Award-winning... Read More
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38th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Writers Panel featuring Sarah Polley, Ruben Östlund, Rian Johnson, Kazuo Ishiguro and more [VIDEO]
Always one of the most popular events of the annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, today’s writer’s panel featured nine of the ten Oscar nominees... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR
As we get to the end of the long, long phase of Oscar season leading up to the nominations and as it often happens, we... Read More
2023 Directors Guild of America (DGA) Feature Film nominations: ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Top Gun’ in, women shut out of main category
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) have announced their two feature film categories, where men reigned in one and women in another. For Outstanding Directorial... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December)
A funny thing happened on the way to the Oscar shortlists… Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany’s International Feature Film Oscar entry... Read More
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ cinematographer Ben Davis on capturing loneliness and isolation on Ireland’s Aran Islands
The BAFTA-nominated lenser reveals “extraordinary” moment between Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan as his favorite scene Ireland’s Aran Islands have a vast sense of bleakness... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)
Can’t really find a reason to alter my top 5 in director just yet, although chatter about the holiday weekend box office of Steven Spielberg’s... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
In a year with so many big names and previous winners in the best director race like Steven Spielberg,, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, James Cameron, Damien... Read More
We’ve already talked about how rich Best Actress is this season (and then added yet another contender in Michelle Williams) but Best Director is a... Read More
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ review: Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell fight a personal Irish Civil War in Martin McDonagh’s green and black comedy [B+] | Venice Film Festival
Pádraic (Colin Farrell) is a happy-go-lucky guy. He walks fictional Irish island Inisherin, in April 1923, as if he gets on with everyone, and convinces... Read More
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