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Film Review: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ – The Force Ghost of Banality, Now and Forever

Rubin Safaya December 18, 2019

Incestuous family. Those are the words that come to mind here for a variety of reasons. What started as a running joke about the lack... Read More

Review: Céline Sciamma challenges the male gaze with the meticulous and gorgeous ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Catherine Springer December 2, 2019

The concept of the male gaze is almost literally what defines Hollywood. Movies made in Hollywood are still largely made by men for men, and... Read More

Review: Mads Brügger’s ‘Cold Case Hammarskjöld’ is a compelling whodunit

Catherine Springer August 14, 2019

I love a good conspiracy theory. Don’t get me wrong, though: not all conspiracy theories are fun. Some are silly, some are crazy, and some,... Read More

Review: ‘This Is Not Berlin’

Catherine Springer August 5, 2019

I’m starting to feel about coming-of-age movies the same way I feel about superhero movies: at this point, it’s got to be really special for... Read More

Review: ‘The Lion King’

Erik Anderson July 11, 2019

Between 1939, with their film animated feature Snow White, up to the early 1960s, The Walt Disney Company was the dominated studio for animated film.... Read More

Review: Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell’

Erik Anderson July 9, 2019

“Based on an actual lie” That is the opening title card for Lulu Wang’s deeply personal and richly drawn The Farewell, providing us immediately with... Read More

Review: ‘Rocketman’

Erik Anderson May 23, 2019

Taron Egerton is absolutely electric as Elton John in Dexter Fletcher’s imaginative, brash and dazzling musical biopic of the legendary musician Sometimes a biopic about... Read More

Cannes Review: Xavier Dolan’s ‘Matthias and Maxime’ is an improvement over recent works but still lacks emotional urgency

Mina Takla May 23, 2019

Xavier Dolan’s latest is cluttered, uneven but well-intentioned film about repressed love In his follow-up to a string of negatively received films (It Must Be... Read More

2016 AwardsWatch Emmy Winners: Veep, Fargo, The Leftovers and People v OJ Rule

Erik Anderson July 15, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Fargo has won the 2016 AwardsWatch Emmy for Program of the Year for the second year in a row, becoming only the... Read More

2016 AW Emmy Nominations: The Leftovers, You’re the Worst Get Top Mentions

Erik Anderson July 8, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] HBO’s The Leftovers topped the 2016 AW Emmy nominations today with a total of 10 including three acting mentions, Drama Series and... Read More