First trailer for Ava DuVernay’s prison doc ’13th’ is a story “150 years in the making”
The first trailer for 13th, from Ava DuVernay (Selma), is a searing indictment on the enslavement of the black community in the United States... Read More
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2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Boy, can a lot change in a month. Last month, The Birth of a Nation was tied with Silence at #2... Read More
NYFF54 Slate: Manchester, Moonlight, Double Kristen Stewart and Isabelle Huppert
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] From Cannes hits like I, Daniel Blake, Toni Erdmann and Elle to high-profile films in the Oscar hunt like Manchester by... Read More
The Lost City of Z to Close New York Film Festival, Aims for a 2017 Bow
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] James Gray’s much anticipated The Lost City of Z has been announced as the Closing Night Film of the New York... Read More
REVIEW: ‘Miles Ahead’ (★★★)
“Get the fuck off me, Hitler” Don Cheadle’s gaudy, prismatic passion-project biopic Miles Ahead just had its world premiere. It was the closing night... Read More
When Oscar Bait Fails: How Film Festival Response Makes or Breaks a Film
What has happened to this Oscar season? The Toronto International Film Festival, currently underway, is normally the jumping off point, or in some cases... Read More
Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Don Cheadle’s ‘MILES AHEAD’
Wouldn’t you know it, right after we post our August predictions for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress comes the news that Don Cheadle’s decade-long... Read More
NYFF Main Slate Boasts Big Names, Big Premieres in Gone Girl, Inherent Vice and Foxcatcher (Update)
The main slate of the 52nd New York Film Festival has shaped up to give the Toronto Film Festival a run for its money in... Read More
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