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2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (June)

Can the 7th time be a charm? You gotta hand it to Amy Adams. Since getting her first Oscar nomination… Read More

June 10, 2024

‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ review: Natalie Portman kicks ass, Christian Bale terrifies in Waititi’s best MCU entry yet [B+]

From the inception of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the foundation of the franchise has been the original Avengers: Iron Man,… Read More

July 5, 2022

FINAL 2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS

Best Actress has been one of the best and most roller coaster categories of this season. But then, it usually… Read More

February 4, 2022

Chicago Indie Critics winners: ‘CODA,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ named Best Film

Sian Heder's CODA and Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog both triumphed at the Chicago Indie Critics awards last… Read More

January 9, 2022

Black Film Critics Circle Awards: ‘King Richard’ wins big, plus Tessa Thompson, Questlove, ‘The Harder They Fall’

Reinaldo Marcus Green's King Richard, about the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, was the big winner from… Read More

December 22, 2021

2021 New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO): ‘The Power of the Dog’ compels them; Netflix takes 10 of 14 awards

The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced their winners for the best in film for 2021 and Jane Campion's… Read More

December 12, 2021

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)

Biopics and previous Best Actress Oscar winners runneth over this season and where that is often a leg up, it… Read More

October 28, 2021

Interview: Rebecca Hall on her personal connection to ‘Passing’ and the perfect duality of Tessa Thompson

For English actress, and newly minted writer and director, Rebecca Hall, making her black and white meditation on racial identity… Read More

October 27, 2021

Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film, The Shimmer, also… Read More

October 4, 2021

NYFF Review: Not everything is black and white in ‘Passing,’ the feature directorial debut of Rebecca Hall [Grade: B-]

Passing, Rebecca Hall’s debut film as a writer-director, is a studied adaptation of Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen’s eponymous 1929 novel set… Read More

October 1, 2021

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