Awards

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival 2025): ‘Train Dreams’ Is a Lyrical Wonder In The Greenest of Valleys

Director: Clint BentleyWriters: Clint Bentley, Denis Johnson, Greg KwedarStars: Joel Edgerton, Clifton Collins, Jr., Felicity Jones Synopsis: Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a...

Movie Review (NYFF 2025): Pietro Marcello’s ‘Duse’ is a Flawed Portrait of a Theatrical Icon

Director: Pietro MarcelloWriters: Letizia Russo, Guido Selei, Pietro MarcelloStars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Fanni Wrochna Synopsis: After retiring from her legendary stage career, actress Eleonora Duse feels an irresistible call to...

Chasing The Gold: Is 2025 the Year of Double Digit Nominations?

The 2025 Oscar year is starting to shape up to a year filled with nomination behemoths.With the festival season wrapping up and the awards calendar beginning in earnest, let’s take a look...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival 2025): ‘Rental Family’ Is a Surprisingly Touching Dramedy About Human Connections

Director: HikariWriters: Hikari, Stephen BlahutStars: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto Synopsis: An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency,...

Movie Review (TIFF 2025): ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ is Nearly a Bust

Director: Edward BergerWriters: Rowan Joffe, Lawrence OsborneStars: Colin Farrell, Chik-Ka Lai, Alan K. Chang Synopsis: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in...

Movie Review (NYFF 2025): ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Is Jim Jarmusch’s Charming, Minor Return To His Roots

Director: Jim JarmuschWriter: Jim JarmuschStars: Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett Synopsis: Three stories concerning the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other:...

Chasing The Gold: Jennifer Lopez Deserves To Dance Her Way to a Best Supporting Actress Nomination

Kiss of the Spider Woman is one of my favorite films of the year. It’s a testament to the power of art, imagination, non-normative gender expression, and femininity to seek freedom. The...

Movie Review (NYFF 2025): Mamoru Hosoda’s Visual Wonder Can’t Save a Shallow Script in ‘Scarlet’

Director: Mamoru HosodaWriter: Mamoru HosodaStars: Mana Ashida, Masaki Osada, Masachika Ichimura Synopsis: A murdered princess awakens in a realm between life and death. Racing against time in a world of chaos, she must...

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