Monday, April 28, 2025

Awards

Chasing the Gold: How Did THAT Get Nominated for Best Picture? (2019)

After celebrating the much-deserved win of the beloved Parasite, it is difficult to recall the horror that was the Academy Awards of 2019. Yes, I am referring to the year that Green Book...

Chasing the Gold: Best Original Score Analysis (2021 Oscars)

The category of Best Original Score is one of the favorites of Oscar night, with the category often home to iconic music that helps elevate a film from great to legendary. Scores...

Chasing the Gold: Best Visual Effects Analysis (2021 Oscars)

Last year, 1917 was awarded the Oscar for Best Visual Effects — beating out Avengers: Endgame. They even did it without having the Infinity Gauntlet. Okay, so all jokes aside, it’s the...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Undine’ is Too Slippery to Fully Capture the Heart

Director: Christian Petzold Writer: Christian Petzold Stars: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree Synopsis: Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth...

Movie Review (NYFF): ‘French Exit’ is a Melancholic Love Story between Mother and Son

Director: Azazel Jacobs Writer: Patrick Dewitt Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Susan Coyne, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel Di Tomasso, Tracy Letts. Synopsis: 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite, Frances Price, cashes...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Shirley’ is a Fun New Twist on a Bio-Pic

Director: Josephine Decker Writer: Sarah Gubbins Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman Synopsis: A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young...

Movie Review (NYFF): ‘Time’ is First-Hand Testimony about the Injustice of the American Penal System

Director: Garrett Bradley Synopsis: Fox Rich, entrepreneur, abolitionist, and mother of six boys, has spent the last two decades campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob G. Rich, who is serving a...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Shadow Country’ is an Affecting Look at a Damaged Community

Director: Bohdan Sláma Writer: Ivan Arsenjev Stars: Magdaléna Borová, Cyril Drozda, Csongor Kassai Synopsis: How to reconcile with killings committed by your own neighbors? How to face growing evil that nobody stands against? What can...

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