AwardsWatch - peter sarsgaard

‘Memory’ Review: Michel Franco’s Latest Favors Restraint and Contemplation as Peter Sarsgaard and Jessica Chastain Give Staggering Performances | Toronto

Erik Anderson September 17, 2023

Films dealing with brain diseases such as dementia have long been overwhelmingly emotional experiences that pulled on heartstrings, emphasizing its characters’ ordeal and showcasing the... Read More

Emmys FYC: ‘Dopesick’ understands the power and humanity of addiction

Brian Whisenant August 18, 2022

I became aware of OxyContin for the first time in 2013. I had run away from NYC to Los Angeles in the midst of my... Read More

2022 Emmy Predictions: Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Tyler Doster May 30, 2022

There are only six slots in the category for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and with Limited Series becoming... Read More

Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson star in the haunting trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’

Erik Anderson October 18, 2021

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

TIFF Review: ‘The Survivor’ has a knockout performance from Ben Foster, even as it pulls its punches elsewhere [Grade: C+]

Clint Worthington September 16, 2021

Weepy prestige biopics set during the Holocaust are nothing new; they’re the backbone of a robust subcategory of Oscar-hungry films eager for the audience’s attention... Read More

TIFF Review: A brilliant performance by Peter Sarsgaard anchors the harrowing true story of ‘Mr. Jones’

Mina Takla September 11, 2020

Plot: Based on true events, Mr. Jones dramatizes the story of Gareth Jones, a journalist from Wales, who in 1933 travels to the Soviet Union... Read More

First look at Amazon’s ‘Welcome to Blumhouse’ series featuring Sydney Sweeney, Sunita Mani, Joey King and more

Erik Anderson August 14, 2020

Today revealed a first look at Amazon Prime Video’s Welcome To The Blumhouse, a program of eight unsettling, genre movies produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television... Read More

Review: ‘The Sound of Silence’ breaks through the quiet to find a universal experience

Catherine Springer September 9, 2019

Last year I reviewed the film Sorry to Bother You, which was the directorial debut of rapper/music producer Boots Riley. I found that movie to... Read More

Review: ‘Jackie’ (★★★★)

Erik Anderson October 24, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In his first English-language film, Chilean director Pablo Larraín (Neruda, the Oscar-nominated No) has given us a bracingly original take on... Read More

Natalie Portman is exquisite in the first trailer and poster for JACKIE

Erik Anderson October 5, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first teaser trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Jackie is here and it’s quite a moody, creepy piece. Set to the reprise... Read More