Thursday, June 26, 2025

Awards

Movie Review (EIFF): ‘The Beta Test’ is a Smart Dark Comedy with Some Issues

Director: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Writers: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Stars: Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcomb, PJ McCabe Synopsis: A soon-to-be-married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in...

Chasing the Gold: 2022 Best Picture Race Begins – Episode 37

On Episode 37 of Chasing the Gold, Ryan is joined by Jazz Tangcay of Variety and Dan Bayer of Next Best Picture to preview the 2022 Oscar Season and give their very...

Movie Review: Jennifer Hudson Disappears as Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’

Director: Liesel Tommy Writers: Tracey Scott Wilson, story by Tracey Scott Wilson and Callie Khouri Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald Plot: Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from child singing in her...

Cannes Film Festival 2021: 5 Gems from the Sidebar Selections

After a tumultuous year in which most film festivals went digital, the Cannes Film Festival refused to “sacrifice” its experience and canceled its 2020 edition. This year, it came back with a...

Review: ‘La Traviata, My Brothers & I’ Is a Warm Coming-of-Age About Brotherhood and the Power of Art

Director: Yohan Manca Writers: Yohan Manca Stars: Maël Rouin Berrandou, Judith Chemla, Dali Benssalah, Sofian Khammes, Moncef Farfar. Synopsis: Nour, a 14-year-old boy, is enjoying the beginning of the summer holidays in the South of France....

Chasing the Gold: Period Costumes Aren’t the Only Costumes Worth Awarding

The period piece is the most difficult film to get right. Time marches on and if an audience member catches a Starbucks cup left on a 1930s tenement stoop, the illusion is...

Review: ‘Tom Medina’ Is the Enigmatic Portray Of a Wild Drifter

Director: Tony Gatlif Writers: Tony Gatlif Stars: David Murgia, Slimane Dazi, Suzanne Aubert, Karoline Rose Synopsis: In the mystical French region of Camargue, Tom Medina turns up, on probation, on the doorstep of big-hearted Ulysses....

Movie Review (Cannes Film Festival): ‘Babi Yar. Context’ does not want us to forget

Director: Sergei Loznits Writer: Sergei Loznits Synopsis: Nazi troops massacred 30,000 Jews over a three-day period in September 1941. The film reconstructs the historical context of this tragedy through archive footage. It is difficult to...

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