Greta Gerwig Makes Little Women with Big Characters and Award Ambitions by Brad Balfour Of the controversies associated with this year’s Oscars, the absence of women among many of its categories – especially Best Director – have highlighted the inequity of this award’s process. Of the many women creators considered, Little Women director Greta Gerwig’s … Continue reading
Chrissy Metz Breakthrough Faithfully Makes Actress a Film Star and Garners Her an Oscar Nom for Its Featured Song by Brad Balfour It used to be that faith-based films were low-budget productions, cheaply made with cheesy storytelling and wooden acting – more about propagandizing than worthy narrative. Nowadays, they’re labelled as contemporary Christian and as … Continue reading
PARASITE (2019) Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Chang Hyae-jin, Lee Sun-kyun, Lee Jung-eun, Jeong Ji-so, Jung Hyeon-jun, Park Myung-hoon, Park Geun and Park Seo-joon. Screenplay by Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Distributed by Neon. 132 minutes. Rated R. Ever since its big win at last … Continue reading
NEVER LOOK AWAY (2018) Starring Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci, Cai Cohrs, Ina Weisse, Evgeny Sidikhin, Mark Zak, Ulrike C. Tscharre Bastian Trost, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Hanno Koffler, David Schütter, Franz Pätzold, Hinnerk Schönemann, Jeanette Hain, Jörg Schüttauf, Johanna Gastdorf, Florian BartholomäI and Jonas Dassler. Screenplay by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. … Continue reading
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2019: ANIMATION & LIVE ACTION (2019) LIVE ACTION SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 108 minutes) Detainment – Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon, 30 mins. Fauve – Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon, 17 mins. Skin – Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman, 20 mins. Mother – Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy … Continue reading
Andrew Bowler If He Could Turn Back Time by Jay S. Jacobs Andrew Bowler has spent most of the last decade thinking about time machines, and he’s not so sure they would be a good thing. The writer/director first started writing about them in about 2010, which led to the 2012 short “Time Freak,” which … Continue reading
TEA WITH THE DAMES (2018) Featuring Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Joan Plowright and Dame Eileen Atkins. Directed by Roger Michell. Distributed by IFC Films. 83 minutes. Not Rated. For the nostalgic, Tea with the Dames seems like a fabulous premise for a documentary – four friends, all with the British Honor of … Continue reading
LADY AND THE TRAMP – WALT DISNEY SIGNATURE COLLECTION (1955) Featuring the voices of Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Peggy Lee, Bill Baucom, Stan Freberg, Verna Felton, Lee Millar, Alan Reed, George Givot, Dallas McKennon and The Mello Men. Screenplay by Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright and Don DaGradi. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, … Continue reading
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2018: ANIMATION & LIVE ACTION (2018) ANIMATED SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 83 minutes) Dear Basketball – Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, USA, 5 minutes Negative Space – Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, France, 5 minutes Lou – Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, USA, 7 minutes Revolting Rhymes – Jakob Schuh and … Continue reading
THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018) Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz, Chris O’Dowd, Aksel Hennie, Zhang Ziyi, Elizabeth Debicki, Roger Davies, Clover Nee, Jordan Rivera, Michael Stokes III, Celeste Clark, Nathan Oliver, Suzanne Cryer, Donal Logue and the voices of Ken Olin, Simon Pegg and Greg Grunberg. Screenplay by Oren Uziel. Directed by … Continue reading
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