Jon Batiste and Matthew Heineman Through Award-nominated doc American Symphony Musician’s Compositional Achievement and His Wife’s Battle to Overcome Cancer are Examined by Brad Balfour In 2015, when Stephen Colbert launched his version of The Late Show – taking over from David Letterman – one of his first moves was to invite musician Jon Batiste … Continue reading
Tony McNamara The Provocative Poor Things Starring Emma Stone has Racked up Multiple Award wins and Noms Due to a Great Script by Brad Balfour It may have taken a while, but director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things ultimately rose to the Awards season challenge, winning several Golden Globes and garnering 11 Oscar nominations: Best Actress, … Continue reading
Ed Lachman Legendary Cinematographer Gets An Oscar Nomination for El Conde, the Strangest Vampire Movie of All Time by Brad Balfour When American cinematographer and director Ed Lachman joined the Oscar nom list, it was as a real outlier. All the other films nominated were expected – Poor Things, Maestro, Killers of The Flower Moon, … Continue reading
JA Bayona and Enzo Vogrincic Society of the Snow is One of the Most Harrowing films of All Time – and Chilling As Well by Brad Balfour It’s an understatement to say that I’ve seen lots of films with varying degrees of frightening circumstances informing them. But Society of The Snow was one of the … Continue reading
Niki Waltl Thanks To An Oscar Nom for the Documentary Navalny, Cinematographer is in the Spotlight by Brad Balfour With Oscar night fast approaching – this Sunday, March 12th – it’s time to get inside some of the nominated films in various categories such as Best Documentary Feature. Among those nominees is Navalny – which … Continue reading
Rian Johnson Peeling A Glass Onion by Jay S. Jacobs The new face of modern mystery may very well be Rian Johnson. The writer director is releasing Glass Onion the second film of a planned series of Knives Out mysteries which will be filmed for Netflix. The first Knives Out film was a huge hit … Continue reading
This Year’s Oscars Were About Much More Than Will Smith’s Face Punch by Brad Balfour All the brouhaha about actor Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony has overshadowed other aspects and wins from that evening. Yes, Smith’s actions loom large in the public’s mind. It was one thing … Continue reading
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Tyler Perry, Scott Mescudi, Meryl Streep and Adam McKay At The Don’t Look Up Press Conference, Its A-List Actors Discuss The Comedy of A Planet-Killing Event by Brad Balfour Known for his raft of successful left-leaning satires such as Vice and The Big Short, Director Adam McKay once again tries … Continue reading
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2021: ANIMATION & LIVE ACTION (2021) ANIMATED SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 95 minutes) Burrow – Madeline Sharafian, 6 mins. Genius Loci – Adrien Merigeau, 16 mins. If Anything Happens I Love You – Michael Govier/Will McCormack, 13 mins. Opera – Erick Oh, 9 mins. Yes-People – GÍsli Darri Halldórsson, 9 mins. … Continue reading
Oscars On My Mind – To Worry About Them in This Age of Greater Anxiety The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony Dolby Theatre Los Angeles Feb. 9th, 2020 airs live on ABC starting at 8 pm Yes, I have been anguishing over the upcoming Oscars far more than I should in light of all the other … Continue reading
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