Thursday, March 20, 2025

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Movie Review (Sundance 2025): ‘Sorry, Baby’ Means Well and Little Else

Director: Eva VictorWriter: Eva VictorStars: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi Synopsis: Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on - for everyone around her, at least. Sorry, Baby is told in four chapters...

List: Ronald Meyer’s Top 10 Films of 2024

2020-2022 spoiled me with a streak of masterpieces that’s yet to be matched, but this year was stronger than the one preceding it. I can’t say I completely fell in love with...

Chasing the Gold: BAFTA Longlists, ASC, and a Cinematography Deep Dive

A few days ago, BAFTA’s longlists provided critical new data on the Oscar race. Seven of the titles I’d penciled in for Best Cinematography made the first round of cuts: The Brutalist,...

Chasing the Gold: ASC Predictions

*written and submitted before BAFTA longlist announcement At least fifteen films currently appear viable for a Best Cinematography nomination at the 97th Academy Awards. Since 2010, about 53% of the category’s nominees received...

Chasing the Gold: Overlooked Precursor Pulls Cinematography Race into Focus

The Oscar race’s precursor phase is generally thought to kick off once the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC), Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), National Board of Review (NBR), and a...

Chasing the Gold: ‘September 5’ and ‘The Substance’ Test the Power of Hopedictions in a Year Without Frontrunners

Pundits handicap Oscar nominations on a spectrum between activism and dispassionate observation. Even those who typically lean toward the latter pole will occasionally (when wading through the uncertainties of a category’s bottom...

Chasing the Gold: Ariana Grande Shakes Up the Race

Few Oscarological tenets are as dogmatically observed as the correlation between Best Supporting Actress winners and musicals nominated for Best Picture. Most pundits currently expect Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) to carry forth...

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