2022 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)
As I wrote in my October predictions for screenplays, Netflix could dominate the Adapted Screenplay race in a substantial way this year with Jane Campion’s The... Read More
the lost daughter
2022 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
Netflix could dominate the Adapted Screenplay race in a substantial way this year with Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost... Read More
‘The Lost Daughter,’ ‘Passing’ lead 2021 Gotham Awards nominations
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today nominations for their 31st Gotham Awards, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter and Rebecca Hall’s Passing leading the way with... Read More
Interview: Dakota Johnson talks ‘The Lost Daughter,’ shooting under COVID and how she feels about her fans (she loves them)
“You’re so sparkly.” That’s what Dakota Johnson said in the middle of introducing her film, The Lost Daughter, with her co-star Paul Mescal and director... Read More
Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson star in the haunting trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
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
Montclair Film Festival announces complete 2021 lineup; Maggie Gyllenhaal to receive Breakthrough Director and Writer award
Today, Montclair Film announced the full program for the 1Oth annual Montclair Film Festival (MFF), presented by Investors Bank, taking place October 21-30, 2021, in... Read More
From ‘Dune’ to ‘Last Night in Soho,’ Venice 2021 was a film festival to remember
The Venice Film Festival was a serene, sun-blessed blast of a festival. Nothing beats getting up at the crack of dawn and sleepwalking onto the... Read More
Venice Review: With ‘The Lost Daughter,’ Maggie Gyllenhaal exposes mother-daughter relations in their vile, discomforting essence [Grade: B]
Leda, a middle-aged comp-lit professor, arrives at a lavish Greek island accompanied solely by her books. Played by an overwrought Olivia Colman, she frets and... Read More
What to expect at Telluride: ‘King Richard,’ Spencer,’ ‘The Power of the Dog;’ but could we see ‘Dune’ show up?
The Telluride Film Festival famously doesn’t announce the lineup of its 5-day festival (September 2-6) until the day before it begins but it doesn’t take... Read More
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’