Since the advent of movie sound, there have been movie musicals. Their power has waned over the years, but there is almost always one that a big studio will take a chance...
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...
Zendaya's face as Tashi Duncan dominated the posters for Luca Guadagnino's erotic tennis drama Challengers. The former prodigy, now wife and manager of fading champion Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), with her purple...
Saturday Night has been one of this year’s film surprises, with an exciting young ensemble cast and a lovely return for director Jason Reitman. The biggest surprise, though, is Matt Wood’s performance as the iconic...
I like to romanticize editing as an art in and of itself. Unlike painting, sculpture, stage performance, or photography, film gets the benefit of an edit. A scene in a movie can...
There is a concept that circulates every award season and is pervasive in every conversation about the performance categories. It's called a "Legacy Oscar." Essentially, a "Legacy Oscar" is about rewarding a...
It seemed for a while there (pre-pandemic) that superhero films were building to something. It seemed a sort of legitimacy was developing within critic's groups and awards circuits as the genre ballooned...
I've discovered that rather than trying to categorize the five nominated films in Best Original Screenplay into archetypes like you would with Best Picture— the Indie Darling, the Blockbuster, the Genre Defier,...
