It’s a rare type of cinephile who wasn’t introduced to the idea of film as more than just idle entertainment by the ritual of the Academy Awards. And it’s an even rarer type of cinephile who didn’t soon thereafter vehemently reject the Oscar as the ultimate barometer of a film’s artistic worth. Those of us who started off with The Godfather, Schindler’s List, All About Eve, or Casablanca all eventually got around to Out of Africa, Around the World in 80 Days, The Greatest Show on Earth, Cimarron, and Cavalcade. First loves being first loves, we still find ourselves regressing if for only one night a year, succumbing to the allure of instant canonization even as it comes in the form of repeated slap-in-the-face reminders of Oscar’s bracing wrongness: Gladiator, Braveheart, Chicago, Crash. In that sense, consider this project part cathartic exorcism and part...
- 3/17/2024
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Having it’s World Premiere at SXSW on March 14 was Alex Garland’s Civil War.
The Hollywood Reporter says, “The audience reaction to the film has been very effusive, with viewers calling it a riveting, disturbing, masterful piece of filmmaking (read the audience and critic first reactions).”
The consensus of many of the reviews out of the film festival in Austin say the film is brilliant:
“With the precision and length of its violent battle sequences, it’s clear Civil War operates as a clarion call. Garland wrote the film in 2020 as he watched cogs on America’s self-mythologizing exceptionalist machine turn, propelling the nation into a nightmare. With this latest film, he sounds the alarm, wondering less about how a country walks blindly into its own destruction and more about what happens when it does,” says Lovia Gyarkye in her review over at The Hollywood Reporter.
“Alex Garland’s...
The Hollywood Reporter says, “The audience reaction to the film has been very effusive, with viewers calling it a riveting, disturbing, masterful piece of filmmaking (read the audience and critic first reactions).”
The consensus of many of the reviews out of the film festival in Austin say the film is brilliant:
“With the precision and length of its violent battle sequences, it’s clear Civil War operates as a clarion call. Garland wrote the film in 2020 as he watched cogs on America’s self-mythologizing exceptionalist machine turn, propelling the nation into a nightmare. With this latest film, he sounds the alarm, wondering less about how a country walks blindly into its own destruction and more about what happens when it does,” says Lovia Gyarkye in her review over at The Hollywood Reporter.
“Alex Garland’s...
- 3/17/2024
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Reviews are out for “Civil War,” the controversial thriller from Oscar-nominated writer-director Alex Garland. Critics who saw the film’s premiere at South by Southwest are mostly impressed by the politically charged A24 film. It has an 81% “Fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes and a “generally favorable” score of 72 on Metacritic. While the trailer drew some derision for U.K. native Garland’s apparent misunderstanding of American politics for suggesting a separatist alliance between California and Texas, critics say that the film itself is much more “politically astute and plausible” than reactions for the trailer gave it credit for. And they emphasize that the film, which follows four journalists as they travel across America during a rapidly escalating civil war in the near future, is something very different than what it appears to be on the surface.
In a rave review, Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com calls “Civil War” “a...
In a rave review, Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com calls “Civil War” “a...
- 3/15/2024
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
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The Sopranos has long been considered one of the greatest TV shows ever made, although we’re a bit biased. Where would we be without Tony, Carmela, Paulie Walnuts and the story’s glorious...
- 1/10/2024
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
Paul Giamatti will be hoping to use the Golden Globes to press forward with his claims for a first Oscar nomination since his 2006 Best Supporting Actor bid for “Cinderella Man.” He stars this year in “The Holdovers,” which could lead him to a Best Actor nomination and has cemented him as the favorite to win Best Comedy/Musical Actor at the upcoming Golden Globes.
He’s nominated alongside Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”), Matt Damon (“Air”), Nicolas Cage (“Dream Scenario”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Beau is Afraid”), and Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka”). Could Chalamet upset the apple cart by claiming a shock win for “Wonka?”
Chalamet plays the role previously occupied by icons Gene Wilder (1971’s “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”) and Johnny Depp (2006’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”). In the origin story “Wonka,” Chalamet plays a young chocolatier trying to take down the sinister Chocolate Cartel in the hopes of achieving...
He’s nominated alongside Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”), Matt Damon (“Air”), Nicolas Cage (“Dream Scenario”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Beau is Afraid”), and Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka”). Could Chalamet upset the apple cart by claiming a shock win for “Wonka?”
Chalamet plays the role previously occupied by icons Gene Wilder (1971’s “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”) and Johnny Depp (2006’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”). In the origin story “Wonka,” Chalamet plays a young chocolatier trying to take down the sinister Chocolate Cartel in the hopes of achieving...
- 1/5/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Summer is long gone and it’s time to look beyond the blockbuster. Our latest study of recent books about or related to the world of filmmaking is full of artistic titans––Sofia Coppola, Whit Stillman, Clint Eastwood, Christian Petzold, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Wes Anderson. This column also boasts a lengthy rundown of noteworthy novels, many of which will surely be brought to large and small screens in years to come.
Archive by Sofia Coppola (MacK)
In recent years this column has covered several books focused on the iconic, inimitable Sofia Coppola, including a hardcover career overview and interview collection. Archive is constructed from the personal collection of the writer-director of The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette herself. And as one would expect from a filmmaker known for her sense of style, fashion, and design, the result is positively gorgeous. It is packed with photos, ephemera, collages, and text––nearly 500 pages’ worth.
Archive by Sofia Coppola (MacK)
In recent years this column has covered several books focused on the iconic, inimitable Sofia Coppola, including a hardcover career overview and interview collection. Archive is constructed from the personal collection of the writer-director of The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette herself. And as one would expect from a filmmaker known for her sense of style, fashion, and design, the result is positively gorgeous. It is packed with photos, ephemera, collages, and text––nearly 500 pages’ worth.
- 10/18/2023
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
People often refer to a film being "dumped on Netflix" as a pejorative, despite the fact the landscape of entertainment has evolved well beyond a non-theatrical release being a sign of lesser quality. The streamer has distributed some genuinely incredible films, many of which have already been deemed worthy of a physical release treatment by the Criterion Collection, including "Beasts of No Nation," "Okja," "Roma," "The Irishman," "Marriage Story," "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese," "Dick Johnson is Dead," "The Power of the Dog," and if we're counting international distribution, "Uncut Gems."
And now, the best Netflix film of 2022 and the reigning Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature, "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," is joining that elusive club.
A reborn take on Carlo Collodi's classic character of the same name, "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" is a marvel of stop-motion animation and arguably the definitive adaptation of the tale.
And now, the best Netflix film of 2022 and the reigning Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature, "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," is joining that elusive club.
A reborn take on Carlo Collodi's classic character of the same name, "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" is a marvel of stop-motion animation and arguably the definitive adaptation of the tale.
- 9/19/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Guillermo del Toro is returning to The Criterion Collection, as his 2022 Oscar winner Pinocchio will be released on December 12th as spine #1201. What, no love for Robert Zemeckis’ version?
Here are the special features for The Criterion Collection’s upcoming release of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which also comes complete with stunning cover art by James Jean:
4K digital master, supervised by directors Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, with Dolby Atmos One 4K Uhd disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision Hdr and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Handcarved Cinema, a new documentary featuring del Toro, Gustafson, and cast and crew, including the film’s puppet creators, production designers, and animation supervisor Directing Stop-Motion, a new program featuring del Toro and Gustafson New conversation between del Toro and film critic Farran Smith Nehme New interview with curator Ron Magliozzi on The Museum of...
Here are the special features for The Criterion Collection’s upcoming release of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which also comes complete with stunning cover art by James Jean:
4K digital master, supervised by directors Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, with Dolby Atmos One 4K Uhd disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision Hdr and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Handcarved Cinema, a new documentary featuring del Toro, Gustafson, and cast and crew, including the film’s puppet creators, production designers, and animation supervisor Directing Stop-Motion, a new program featuring del Toro and Gustafson New conversation between del Toro and film critic Farran Smith Nehme New interview with curator Ron Magliozzi on The Museum of...
- 9/19/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
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Wes Anderson transported viewers to a delightfully eccentric world once again in “Asteroid City,” which hits theaters in June following a successful premiere at Cannes Film Festival in May.
The high-wattage film tells a story of a desert tourist trap that was once the site of an asteroid landing, and which also doubles as the location of an annual camp for “stargazers and space cadets.” Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, Matt Dillon, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Norton, Margot Robbie and Jeff Goldblum are among the starry ensemble cast.
Anderson’s distinct visual and narrative style is apparent more than ever in his newest project, spawning dozens of new collector’s items inspired by his most beloved films — from “The Grand Budapest Hotel” to the “The Royal Tenenbaums.
Wes Anderson transported viewers to a delightfully eccentric world once again in “Asteroid City,” which hits theaters in June following a successful premiere at Cannes Film Festival in May.
The high-wattage film tells a story of a desert tourist trap that was once the site of an asteroid landing, and which also doubles as the location of an annual camp for “stargazers and space cadets.” Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, Matt Dillon, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Norton, Margot Robbie and Jeff Goldblum are among the starry ensemble cast.
Anderson’s distinct visual and narrative style is apparent more than ever in his newest project, spawning dozens of new collector’s items inspired by his most beloved films — from “The Grand Budapest Hotel” to the “The Royal Tenenbaums.
- 8/24/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Arrow Video has just announced an all-new remastered 4K Uhd release of Al Pacino‘s gritty crime drama with his former Scarface director Brian De Palma. Carlito’s Way is scheduled to hit the streets with this new special edition on September 26. The details for product are listed below.
Arrow Video description:
Academy Award winner Al Pacino reunites with his Scarface director Brian De Palma for this tough-minded thriller about a gangster looking for salvation down the mean streets of 1970s New York City. Gangster Carlito Brigante (Pacino) gets released early from prison thanks to the work of his lawyer, Kleinfeld. Vowing to go straight, Carlito nonetheless finds dangers waiting for him in the outside world. As Carlito works toward redemption, Kleinfeld sinks into cocaine-fuelled corruption. When Kleinfeld crosses the mob, Carlito gets caught in the crossfire and has to face a hard choice: remain loyal to the friend who...
Arrow Video description:
Academy Award winner Al Pacino reunites with his Scarface director Brian De Palma for this tough-minded thriller about a gangster looking for salvation down the mean streets of 1970s New York City. Gangster Carlito Brigante (Pacino) gets released early from prison thanks to the work of his lawyer, Kleinfeld. Vowing to go straight, Carlito nonetheless finds dangers waiting for him in the outside world. As Carlito works toward redemption, Kleinfeld sinks into cocaine-fuelled corruption. When Kleinfeld crosses the mob, Carlito gets caught in the crossfire and has to face a hard choice: remain loyal to the friend who...
- 6/30/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
In only a few months, the 2023/24 awards season will have more or less taken shape. While a couple of these performances may contend for Oscars (and we’re hedging our bets with one pick), the purpose of this list, which excludes festival titles that haven’t been released to the general public, is to spotlight incredible work we fear could go unrecognized. Sound off in the comments if we missed any of your favorites! Here are our Top 10 movie performances from the first half of 2023 we hope won’t be overlooked this upcoming awards cycle.
Honorable mentions: Dave Bautista (“Knock at the Cabin”), Ben Aldridge (“Knock at the Cabin”), Sally Hawkins (“The Lost King”), Julianne Moore (“Sharper”) and Michael B. Jordan (“Creed III”).
See 15 most anticipated movies for June include ‘Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,’ ‘Past Lives’ … [Photos]
10. Storm Reid, “Missing”
The dynamic follow-up to 2018’s...
Honorable mentions: Dave Bautista (“Knock at the Cabin”), Ben Aldridge (“Knock at the Cabin”), Sally Hawkins (“The Lost King”), Julianne Moore (“Sharper”) and Michael B. Jordan (“Creed III”).
See 15 most anticipated movies for June include ‘Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,’ ‘Past Lives’ … [Photos]
10. Storm Reid, “Missing”
The dynamic follow-up to 2018’s...
- 6/15/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Our latest roundup of new books related to the world of cinema is full of indelible imagery––the pale face of Lost Highway’s Mystery Man, John Ford’s craggy visage, and, of course, the Neverland sets from Hook.
Lost Highway: The Fist of Love by Scott Ryan (Tucker DS Press)
Last year, Scott Ryan covered David Lynch’s Twin Peaks prequel in Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared. (We featured it here.) In 2023, Ryan studies what he calls “the lowest-grossing, most forgotten film of [Lynch’s] career.” Ryan’s Lost Highway: The Fist of Love is every bit as enthralling and insightful as Your Laura Disappeared. The author zeroes in on the elements of Lost Highway that turned off most (but not all) audiences in 1997 but are titillating new (and revisiting) viewers today. Ryan should know; he was one of those who looked away in the nineties: “The first time I saw it,...
Lost Highway: The Fist of Love by Scott Ryan (Tucker DS Press)
Last year, Scott Ryan covered David Lynch’s Twin Peaks prequel in Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared. (We featured it here.) In 2023, Ryan studies what he calls “the lowest-grossing, most forgotten film of [Lynch’s] career.” Ryan’s Lost Highway: The Fist of Love is every bit as enthralling and insightful as Your Laura Disappeared. The author zeroes in on the elements of Lost Highway that turned off most (but not all) audiences in 1997 but are titillating new (and revisiting) viewers today. Ryan should know; he was one of those who looked away in the nineties: “The first time I saw it,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
This article contains spoilers through Succession season 4 episode 6.
Most of the brilliance of HBO’s Succession lies in the density of the dialogue between the characters and the Shakespearean themes of loyalty, betrayal, and toxic familial relationships that twist and turn on a whim. As the show starts to come to a close, though, fans have an even greater hunger to analyze the purpose of the Roy children’s lives. Will Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) ever outgrow his self-deprecation and face his childhood demons associated with his father? Will Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) sit down and actually grieve the death of Logan and revive her relationship with husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) like an emotionally well-developed individual?
Most of all, what will be the fate of the Roy family’s number one boy, Kendall? Jeremy Strong’s character is the most volatile of the bunch, a man who so desperately wanted to please his father,...
Most of the brilliance of HBO’s Succession lies in the density of the dialogue between the characters and the Shakespearean themes of loyalty, betrayal, and toxic familial relationships that twist and turn on a whim. As the show starts to come to a close, though, fans have an even greater hunger to analyze the purpose of the Roy children’s lives. Will Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) ever outgrow his self-deprecation and face his childhood demons associated with his father? Will Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) sit down and actually grieve the death of Logan and revive her relationship with husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) like an emotionally well-developed individual?
Most of all, what will be the fate of the Roy family’s number one boy, Kendall? Jeremy Strong’s character is the most volatile of the bunch, a man who so desperately wanted to please his father,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
To Leslie, the small indie movie that took in just 27,000 at the box office, has been making headlines in recent weeks for its passionate Oscars campaign.
Cate Blanchett singled out Andrea Riseborough’s lead performance while accepting an award for her own film Tár. Edward Norton wrote an entire Twitter thread about her “physically harrowing” portrayal. And Kate Winslet called Riseborough’s turn “the greatest female performance on screen I have ever seen in my life”.
Last week, it was announced that Riseborough had secured a Best Actress nomination for her role in the film, as a spiralling single mother who wins the lottery.
The Academy then launched a review into campaign procedures, and the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite began to trend on social media, with some pointing out that actors Viola Davis (The Woman King) and Danielle Deadwyler (Till) had been snubbed in the nominations.
Riseborough will not have her nomination stripped,...
Cate Blanchett singled out Andrea Riseborough’s lead performance while accepting an award for her own film Tár. Edward Norton wrote an entire Twitter thread about her “physically harrowing” portrayal. And Kate Winslet called Riseborough’s turn “the greatest female performance on screen I have ever seen in my life”.
Last week, it was announced that Riseborough had secured a Best Actress nomination for her role in the film, as a spiralling single mother who wins the lottery.
The Academy then launched a review into campaign procedures, and the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite began to trend on social media, with some pointing out that actors Viola Davis (The Woman King) and Danielle Deadwyler (Till) had been snubbed in the nominations.
Riseborough will not have her nomination stripped,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)
The Series: "Better Things"
Where You Can Stream It: Hulu
The Pitch: Sam Fox is an actress living in LA with her three kids -- sweet youngest daughter Duke (Olivia Edward), social justice-minded middle child Frankie (Hannah Riley), and adventurous, tempestuous eldest, Max ("Scream" star Mikey Madison). Sam's beautiful house, the setting for much of the series' chaos and joy, also sits across from her forgetful and particular mother's (Celia Imrie) place.
This setup may make "Better Things" sound like a sitcom, but it's actually a series with a beautiful, serendipitous, nearly free-association structure. The show was initially co-created by Louis C.K. (whose network deal was terminated in 2017 in light of his admitted sexual misconduct), but it's clearly Adlon's baby through and through.
The Series: "Better Things"
Where You Can Stream It: Hulu
The Pitch: Sam Fox is an actress living in LA with her three kids -- sweet youngest daughter Duke (Olivia Edward), social justice-minded middle child Frankie (Hannah Riley), and adventurous, tempestuous eldest, Max ("Scream" star Mikey Madison). Sam's beautiful house, the setting for much of the series' chaos and joy, also sits across from her forgetful and particular mother's (Celia Imrie) place.
This setup may make "Better Things" sound like a sitcom, but it's actually a series with a beautiful, serendipitous, nearly free-association structure. The show was initially co-created by Louis C.K. (whose network deal was terminated in 2017 in light of his admitted sexual misconduct), but it's clearly Adlon's baby through and through.
- 1/1/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.Newsrrr.First: Notebook is launching a weekly email newsletter in 2023! Sign up here to keep up with our latest writing in this precarious digital age.At a recent screening of Rrr in Chicago, S.S. Rajamouli mentioned that his father and screenwriting partner V. Vijayendra Prasad is beginning to draft a sequel. In the meantime, Rajamouli is preparing an untitled film starring Mahesh Bubu, set to begin filming in the spring.In this Willamette Week article about George Saunders’s new short story collection Liberation Day, there is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it mention of a film project. Richard Ayoade will direct an adaptation of Saunders’s 2012 short story “The Semplica-Girl Diaries,” set to begin filming next year. Though Ayoade stole the show in both parts of Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, this will be his...
- 11/16/2022
- MUBI
Deadwood Creator David Milch Says It's A Waste Of Time To Feel 'Betrayed' By The Show's Cancellation
Here's a challenge. Read a random "TV shows canceled too soon" listicle floating around the internet. A series that will be on every single one (at least any that was written with a little bit of taste) is "Deadwood," HBO's gone-too-soon western.
The series ran a respectable three seasons (36 episodes) on HBO from 2004 to 2006, but ended inconclusively. The cast and crew also had more to tell. While everyone eventually got the chance to conclude the story with a two-hour wrap-up movie in 2019, "Deadwood: The Movie" was an epilogue, not a full new season of material.
Set in the eponymous South Dakota town during the 1870s, "Deadwood" was Shakespearean — literally, for most of the dialogue was written in iambic pentameter (and bounced from tragedy to farce just like the Bard's work did). The show was fairly faithful (but not bound) to history, with real men as the two leads: lawman Seth...
The series ran a respectable three seasons (36 episodes) on HBO from 2004 to 2006, but ended inconclusively. The cast and crew also had more to tell. While everyone eventually got the chance to conclude the story with a two-hour wrap-up movie in 2019, "Deadwood: The Movie" was an epilogue, not a full new season of material.
Set in the eponymous South Dakota town during the 1870s, "Deadwood" was Shakespearean — literally, for most of the dialogue was written in iambic pentameter (and bounced from tragedy to farce just like the Bard's work did). The show was fairly faithful (but not bound) to history, with real men as the two leads: lawman Seth...
- 10/25/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAnne Heche in Psycho.Anne Heche has died at the age of 53, one week after sustaining critical injuries in a car accident. At Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz offers a tribute to her "elastic," unclassifiable talent over 35 years of screen roles.Best known for Half of a Yellow Sun, an adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel, Nigerian director and novelist Biyi Bandele died aged 54 last week. His second feature, Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman, is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.In New York, the Downtown Community Television Center (Dctv) will open a documentary cinema in lower Manhattan's Chinatown district, screening first-run debuts and curated programs starting on September 22.Mid-century Italian screen icon Gina Lollobrigida has said she will run for the Sovereign and Popular Italy party (ISP...
- 8/16/2022
- MUBI
On August 12, Netflix released ‘Day Shift’ starring Oscar winner Jamie Foxx along with Karla Souza, Dave Franco and Snoop Dogg. Foxx plays Bud Jablonski, as a man with a mundane job that fronts for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires as part of an international union of vampire hunters. The film currently holds a not-so-fresh rating of 58 at Rotten Tomatoes, but what exactly did the critics think?
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Stephanie Zacharek of Time Magazine praises the movie’s lead, stating Foxx’s film “has three things going for it, the first being its jaunty spirit and its reckless disregard for making any sense whatsoever. Ok, maybe that’s two things, but you get the drift.” In the end, the film delivers on what it promised. “Foxx goes above and beyond the call of duty, seemingly without even trying.”
Vincent Mancini of Uproxx begins...
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Stephanie Zacharek of Time Magazine praises the movie’s lead, stating Foxx’s film “has three things going for it, the first being its jaunty spirit and its reckless disregard for making any sense whatsoever. Ok, maybe that’s two things, but you get the drift.” In the end, the film delivers on what it promised. “Foxx goes above and beyond the call of duty, seemingly without even trying.”
Vincent Mancini of Uproxx begins...
- 8/15/2022
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
If you ask who the most important Western directors in history are, there are three obvious names: John Ford, Sergio Leone, and Clint Eastwood. The Western was the dominant genre in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s, and Ford was the preeminent director of the genre at that time. Leone spearheaded the Spaghetti Western movement; color films set in the west, but produced in Europe, and which were more violent/less glamorous than their Hollywood counterparts. According to Leone:
"Ford, because of his European origins — as a good Irishman — has always seen the problem from a Christian point of view... his characters and protagonists always [looked] forward to a rosy, fruitful future. Whereas I see the history of the West as really the reign of violence by violence."
Eastwood began as Leone's star and then followed in his old boss' footsteps by becoming a director himself. And where Eastwood truly...
"Ford, because of his European origins — as a good Irishman — has always seen the problem from a Christian point of view... his characters and protagonists always [looked] forward to a rosy, fruitful future. Whereas I see the history of the West as really the reign of violence by violence."
Eastwood began as Leone's star and then followed in his old boss' footsteps by becoming a director himself. And where Eastwood truly...
- 8/15/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSEnys Men (Mark Jenkin).The New York Film Festival announced its Main Slate. Highlights include new films from Park Chan-wook, Claire Denis, and Kelly Reichardt; a fiction feature from Frederick Wiseman; Mark Jenkin's Bait follow-up Enys Men; and much more.Hong Kong action director John Woo will reimagine his 1989 crime classic The Killer in a new remake due out in 2023. French actor Omar Sy (The Intouchables) will play the lead.Lars Von Trier has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, his production company Zoetrope has confirmed. The director is doing well, and is currently being treated for symptoms whilst continuing to work on The Kingdom Exodus.Artist and El Planeta filmmaker Amalia Ulman's visa is expiring, meaning she may have to leave the United States, where she is currently working on her next feature film.
- 8/9/2022
- MUBI
Entertainment journalists and industry professionals lamented the disappearing art-house film scene in Los Angeles following Landmark Theaters’ announcement that it will shutter its Pico Boulevard location at the end of May.
In a statement to media Wednesday, Landmark Theaters president Kevin Holloway said that the location has tried to extend its tenancy to no avail.
“We send our deepest appreciation to the Pico staff, guests, and the filmmaking community for their support over the years. We’re exploring opportunities to expand our Los Angeles footprint, which we hope to be able to share more on soon,” he added.
Many decried The Landmark Pico’s closing as yet another sign of small movie theaters losing out to corporate purchasing power on part of national chains like AMC. Additionally, people drew comparisons to another significant blow to L.A.’s local indie fukn scene, that of Arclight Cinemas — as well as its sister chain,...
In a statement to media Wednesday, Landmark Theaters president Kevin Holloway said that the location has tried to extend its tenancy to no avail.
“We send our deepest appreciation to the Pico staff, guests, and the filmmaking community for their support over the years. We’re exploring opportunities to expand our Los Angeles footprint, which we hope to be able to share more on soon,” he added.
Many decried The Landmark Pico’s closing as yet another sign of small movie theaters losing out to corporate purchasing power on part of national chains like AMC. Additionally, people drew comparisons to another significant blow to L.A.’s local indie fukn scene, that of Arclight Cinemas — as well as its sister chain,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
When Amazon Prime Video faced a shutout at the 2021 Emmys, among the snubs were seven nominations for Barry Jenkins’ “The Underground Railroad.” Critics loved Jenkins’ limited series based on Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel, but audiences may have been slow to embrace realistically grim programming during a pandemic — and Amazon faced criticism for what some perceived as lackluster handling of the limited series’ release.
Whatever: The series, which is still eligible for guild awards this year, did pick up Spirit Awards and Golden Globe nominations in major categories. And Amazon clearly knows Jenkins’ rhapsodic adaptation stands as a singular work of artistic achievement. Even as the drama’s award window recedes, the streamer commissioned a lush promotional book comprised of exclusive essays, photography, and art that celebrates the craftspeople responsible for bringing it to the screen. It’s not for sale; Amazon made it widely accessible in digital form, and IndieWire has a first-look.
Whatever: The series, which is still eligible for guild awards this year, did pick up Spirit Awards and Golden Globe nominations in major categories. And Amazon clearly knows Jenkins’ rhapsodic adaptation stands as a singular work of artistic achievement. Even as the drama’s award window recedes, the streamer commissioned a lush promotional book comprised of exclusive essays, photography, and art that celebrates the craftspeople responsible for bringing it to the screen. It’s not for sale; Amazon made it widely accessible in digital form, and IndieWire has a first-look.
- 12/16/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
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- 12/1/2021
- MUBI
Alec Baldwin so enjoys the story of how he ended up narrating “The Royal Tenenbaums” that he told it twice at the virtual reunion that followed Monday’s Tribeca Festival anniversary screening. He used it to open the conversation, which he moderated, recalling that co-writer/director Wes Anderson “asked to do me a favor and do this narration for this film. He said, ‘I’m never going to use it, I don’t really want it, the producers are insisting that I have a voiceover track.’” It was only when Baldwin revisited the story nearly a half-hour later – “That’s what you said to me, ‘I’m never gonna use this, I’m never gonna use it’” – that Anderson felt compelled to pipe up: “I never said that!”
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The story does fly in the face of what we know...
- 6/15/2021
- by Jason Bailey
- The Playlist
Cruella de Vil may be known for her iconic black and white look, but the reviews for the Disney villain’s origin story are too, with some critics loving the film’s stylish fashion sense and punk brand, while others were frustrated by the film’s length (at two hours and 15 minutes) and messy storytelling.
“There’s no denying that ‘Cruella’ is stylish and kinetic, with a nasty edge that’s unusual for a recent Disney live-action feature,” Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com writes in his review. “But it’s also exhausting, disorganized, and frustratingly inert, considering how hard it works to assure you that it’s thrilling and cheeky. You get forty minutes into it and realize the main story hasn’t started yet.”
“Cruella,” which stars Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil from “101 Dalmatians” and Emma Thompson as an even more monstrous fashion mogul the Baroness,...
“There’s no denying that ‘Cruella’ is stylish and kinetic, with a nasty edge that’s unusual for a recent Disney live-action feature,” Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com writes in his review. “But it’s also exhausting, disorganized, and frustratingly inert, considering how hard it works to assure you that it’s thrilling and cheeky. You get forty minutes into it and realize the main story hasn’t started yet.”
“Cruella,” which stars Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil from “101 Dalmatians” and Emma Thompson as an even more monstrous fashion mogul the Baroness,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Four years since Joss Whedon Frankensteined together the 2017 Justice League, the film’s original director, Zack Snyder, can celebrate the release of his own unabridged cut, together with the hordes of ardent Dceu fans who pressured Warner Bros. into bringing it to life. Thanks in part to the fandom’s social media paean #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, the studio handed Snyder $70 million to reconceive the project he’d abandoned after a family/personal tragedy, and the film—a four-hour behemoth twice as long as Whedon’s take—is now streaming on HBO Max. Unsurprisingly, much of the critical debate surrounding the “Snyder Cut” hinges on a compare-contrast exercise: is this new version better than its theatrical predecessor? There’s certainly ample room to argue, as Clarisse Loughrey does at The Independent, that “the undiluted Snyder is better than what was released in cinemas, which had the feel of a film directed by committee,...
- 3/25/2021
- MUBI
The whole idea of big Sunday dinners in Italian homes may seem like a cliché, but someone’s pouring tomato sauce on top of onions and garlic fried in olive oil on stovetops every weekend. The Sopranos, both the series and the two families at the center of it, brought just desserts every Sunday night to homes across America. Although, Carmela (Edie Falco) had been known to show up at neighbors’ homes mid-week, unannounced, with ricotta pie. It is only fitting that the main setting of Celebrating The Sopranos are fine dining establishments.
Consisting of three separate films, Celebrating The Sopranos is a series of conversations held by critics Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall, and cast members Federico Castelluccio (Furio Guinta), Arthur J. Nascarella (Carlo Gervasi), Vincent Pastore (Salvatore “Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero), and Vincent Curatola (Johnny ‘Sack’ Sacramoni), in restaurants that meant something to the show. For dessert, they...
Consisting of three separate films, Celebrating The Sopranos is a series of conversations held by critics Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall, and cast members Federico Castelluccio (Furio Guinta), Arthur J. Nascarella (Carlo Gervasi), Vincent Pastore (Salvatore “Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero), and Vincent Curatola (Johnny ‘Sack’ Sacramoni), in restaurants that meant something to the show. For dessert, they...
- 3/17/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Sean Durkin‘s “The Nest” is one of the best reviewed movies of the year, meriting a score of 90 at Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus view of this IFC release sums it up well: “An effective pairing of period setting and timeless themes, the film wrings additional tension out of its unsettling story with an outstanding pair of lead performances.”
As with his last film, “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” Durkin both wrote and directed “The Nest,” about a 1980s American family that moves to an English country manor and experiences turmoil. His unique perspective elevates the film, which blends lengthy monologues delivered by stars Carrie Coon and Jude Law about the state of their marriage with an unconventional element of dread. “The Nest” brings something new to the domestic drama genre. Critics celebrated Durkin’s screenplay in their reviews, singling out its blending of themes.
As Bob Strauss observed in the San Francisco Chronicle,...
As with his last film, “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” Durkin both wrote and directed “The Nest,” about a 1980s American family that moves to an English country manor and experiences turmoil. His unique perspective elevates the film, which blends lengthy monologues delivered by stars Carrie Coon and Jude Law about the state of their marriage with an unconventional element of dread. “The Nest” brings something new to the domestic drama genre. Critics celebrated Durkin’s screenplay in their reviews, singling out its blending of themes.
As Bob Strauss observed in the San Francisco Chronicle,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
It is by now a cliché observation that American TV drama maps cleanly into eras of pre- and post-Sopranos, but the march of history hasn’t made it any less true. The David Chase-created mob saga wove together myriad artistically promising yet relatively unexplored threads in serialized television––continuity-heavy storytelling, a cinematic visual and editing style, nuanced character acting, morally questionable protagonists, layered subtext and symbolism, a showrunner acting as executive auteur––and the results rattled turn-of-the-century pop culture and planted a stake in the history of the medium, Citizen Kane style, such that there is now and forever will be Before and After.
Less talked about than the effect of The Sopranos on its own medium is the way in which its monumental success triggered a parallel evolution in the format of TV criticism. Of course it existed prior to The Sopranos’ debut in 1999, but––much like TV...
Less talked about than the effect of The Sopranos on its own medium is the way in which its monumental success triggered a parallel evolution in the format of TV criticism. Of course it existed prior to The Sopranos’ debut in 1999, but––much like TV...
- 12/27/2020
- by Eli Friedberg
- The Film Stage
Along with a new trailer, CinEvents has today announced the global streaming premiere of ‘My Dinner With Alan: A Sopranos Session’ on December 27th.
Directed by Kristian Fraga, the doc begins by meeting Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz, authors of the best-selling and award-winning book “The Sopranos Sessions” at Holsten’s in Bloomfield, New Jersey, the location of the controversial last scene of The Sopranos, to discuss the epic, multi-award-winning series.
Their wide-ranging conversation covers television, movies, psychiatry, gangsterism, their 20-year friendship, and their experience covering the series for The Star-Ledger of Newark, the newspaper that Tony Soprano picked up at the end of his driveway.
The world streaming premiere will be accompanied by two never seen before bonus features. The first, an intimate film joining key members of the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning show’s cast, as they reminisce about the show at the Little Italy restaurant,...
Directed by Kristian Fraga, the doc begins by meeting Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz, authors of the best-selling and award-winning book “The Sopranos Sessions” at Holsten’s in Bloomfield, New Jersey, the location of the controversial last scene of The Sopranos, to discuss the epic, multi-award-winning series.
Their wide-ranging conversation covers television, movies, psychiatry, gangsterism, their 20-year friendship, and their experience covering the series for The Star-Ledger of Newark, the newspaper that Tony Soprano picked up at the end of his driveway.
The world streaming premiere will be accompanied by two never seen before bonus features. The first, an intimate film joining key members of the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning show’s cast, as they reminisce about the show at the Little Italy restaurant,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian season 2 premiere.
When people talk about great actors, they often mention versatility as a defining characteristic. However, not every actor needs to be a chameleon. Some of Hollywood’s most successful performers channel their inherent likability or tap into specific personality traits within themselves to find a character type that they can portray time and time again. Sometimes when an actor finds themselves portraying a similar role in every project they’re attached to, it can be seen as limiting, but in other cases this typecasting occurs because it constantly bears fruit. There’s something coolly confident about actors who know what they do well, know what people want to see from them, and deliver at every opportunity.
Lucky for us, Timothy Olyphant is this type of confident. In the last 16 months, Olyphant has crystalized his image as the tough, slightly cocky, strong-jawed...
When people talk about great actors, they often mention versatility as a defining characteristic. However, not every actor needs to be a chameleon. Some of Hollywood’s most successful performers channel their inherent likability or tap into specific personality traits within themselves to find a character type that they can portray time and time again. Sometimes when an actor finds themselves portraying a similar role in every project they’re attached to, it can be seen as limiting, but in other cases this typecasting occurs because it constantly bears fruit. There’s something coolly confident about actors who know what they do well, know what people want to see from them, and deliver at every opportunity.
Lucky for us, Timothy Olyphant is this type of confident. In the last 16 months, Olyphant has crystalized his image as the tough, slightly cocky, strong-jawed...
- 11/3/2020
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
While the Oscars and other awards bodies have all pushed events back on their calendar and expanded eligibility for what movies can be considered, the New York Film Critics Circle will only consider movies released in the 2020 calendar year for its annual awards.
The Nyfcc announced Friday it will vote for its 2020 awards on Dec. 18 and that only movies released in theaters or on digital platforms between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, will be considered.
Further, the date for the group’s annual Gala Awards dinner is still to be announced, and membership for 2020 members will be frozen this year, with all current members still eligible to vote, even as many critics’ jobs have been affected by Covid-19. No new members will be voted in this year.
“This is a year unlike any other in our lifetimes. But the world of movies hasn’t stopped, and already, even in this very strange year,...
The Nyfcc announced Friday it will vote for its 2020 awards on Dec. 18 and that only movies released in theaters or on digital platforms between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, will be considered.
Further, the date for the group’s annual Gala Awards dinner is still to be announced, and membership for 2020 members will be frozen this year, with all current members still eligible to vote, even as many critics’ jobs have been affected by Covid-19. No new members will be voted in this year.
“This is a year unlike any other in our lifetimes. But the world of movies hasn’t stopped, and already, even in this very strange year,...
- 9/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Christopher Nolan’s “no chairs on set” rule has gone viral after the director’s “Interstellar” and “The Dark Knight Rises” actress Anne Hathaway brought it up during a recent interview with Hugh Jackman on Variety’s “Actors on Actors” video series. Nolan fans have known about the rule for quite some time, as “Dunkirk” actors Mark Rylance and Barry Keoghan told The Independent in 2017 that Nolan bans chairs and water bottles on set. Hathaway appeared complimentary about Nolan’s decision.
“He doesn’t allow chairs, and his reasoning is, if you have chairs, people will sit, and if they’re sitting, they’re not working,” the Oscar-winning actress said “I mean, he has these incredible movies in terms of scope and ambition and technical prowess and emotion. It always arrives at the end under schedule and under budget. I think he’s onto something with the chair thing.”
Hathaway...
“He doesn’t allow chairs, and his reasoning is, if you have chairs, people will sit, and if they’re sitting, they’re not working,” the Oscar-winning actress said “I mean, he has these incredible movies in terms of scope and ambition and technical prowess and emotion. It always arrives at the end under schedule and under budget. I think he’s onto something with the chair thing.”
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- 6/30/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is still pretty much at the top of its game in its third season. Then there is the once-cult-sitcom-turned-major-player “Schitt’s Creek,” which gathered some impressive buzzy momentum in its sixth and final season. Gold Derby’s combined odds suggest that the Best Comedy Series Emmy battle will boil down to a race between these two popular shows.
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But hold your trophy horses, suggests one of our Top 24 prognosticators. Mario Gomez, who got one of the highest scores predicting last year’s Emmy nominations, is placing his bet on another sitcom to win — the fourth season of FX’s darkly humorous “Better Things,” which stars the show’s co-creator Pamela Adlon as divorced actress Sam Fox, who is raising her three daughters on her own in Los Angeles.
The sitcom’s leading lady...
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But hold your trophy horses, suggests one of our Top 24 prognosticators. Mario Gomez, who got one of the highest scores predicting last year’s Emmy nominations, is placing his bet on another sitcom to win — the fourth season of FX’s darkly humorous “Better Things,” which stars the show’s co-creator Pamela Adlon as divorced actress Sam Fox, who is raising her three daughters on her own in Los Angeles.
The sitcom’s leading lady...
- 6/19/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Wes Anderson’s beloved 2014 Oscar winner “The Grand Budapest Hotel” arrived on The Criterion Collection this week with 25 minutes of animated storyboards narrated by the filmmaker himself. Polygon exclusively debuted the first of six animated storyboard sequences: “Introduction,” “Washer Woman,” “Killing of Kovacs,” “Prison Escape,” “Gabelmeister’s Peak,” and “Hotel Show-Down.” The clip below brings the beginning of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” to life through Anderson’s hand-drawn graphics and provides an early look at how the filmmaker envisioned the various shots and camera movements that would kick off his period comedy-drama. The result is a barebones, black-and-white animated version of a Wes Anderson movie.
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” was released in March 2014 by Searchlight Pictures and became his highest grossing movie worldwide with $172.9 million. The movie went on to earn nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. “Grand Budapest” won the Oscars for Best Original Score,...
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” was released in March 2014 by Searchlight Pictures and became his highest grossing movie worldwide with $172.9 million. The movie went on to earn nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. “Grand Budapest” won the Oscars for Best Original Score,...
- 5/1/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Once universally revered by critics for films like “Days of Heaven” (1978), “A Thin Red Line” (1998) and “The Tree of Life” (2011), director Terrence Malick has been hit-or-miss with reviewers in recent years. Is “A Hidden Life” his return to form? The film tells the true story of Franz Jägerstätter (played by August Diehl), a humble Austrian farmer who refused to fight for the Nazis during World War II and was punished for it. It opened on December 13, so what are critics saying about the epic?
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 77 based on 24 reviews counted: 19 positive and 5 somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. Notably, six of those positive reviews are rated a perfect 100 by the review aggregator, indicating passionate support for the film. Meanwhile, Rotten Tomatoes classifies reviews simply as pass or fail and gives the film a freshness rating of 77% based on 87 reviews, 20 of which are negative.
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 77 based on 24 reviews counted: 19 positive and 5 somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. Notably, six of those positive reviews are rated a perfect 100 by the review aggregator, indicating passionate support for the film. Meanwhile, Rotten Tomatoes classifies reviews simply as pass or fail and gives the film a freshness rating of 77% based on 87 reviews, 20 of which are negative.
- 12/15/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Martin Scorsese’s epic crime drama “The Irishman” could go one step further than Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” did last year and be the first Best Picture winner for Netflix. The reviews for this new film surpass the raves for Cuaron’s auteurist picture. This true story stars Robert DeNiro as mob hitman Frank Sheeran, Joe Pesci as mafioso Russell Bufalino and Al Pacino as the doomed union organizer Jimmy Hoffa. The film opens in theaters for four weeks on November 1, before streaming on Netflix. The movie currently has a 94 rating on Metacritic, an 8.6 on IMDb, and a 100% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of Scorsese’s best-reviewed films ever.
Greg Wetherall (Nma) calls the film a “perfect final fling for cinema’s great pals.” He writes that “none of the megawatt, all-star cast disappoint. Pesci shows no signs of rustiness after returning from retirement; Harvey Keitel appears...
Greg Wetherall (Nma) calls the film a “perfect final fling for cinema’s great pals.” He writes that “none of the megawatt, all-star cast disappoint. Pesci shows no signs of rustiness after returning from retirement; Harvey Keitel appears...
- 10/30/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The premiere of “The Irishman,” which opened the New York Film Festival on September 27, was treated with the kind of respect one accords an aging Mafia don, igniting a gushing geyser of Twitter reactions for a three hour-and-a-half hour crime saga that spans several decades.
It is clear that, at age 76, Martin Scorsese is not just at the top of his game, but has given us perhaps his career-best masterpiece. It is a cinematic event that caused Oscar-winning “Goodfellas” supporting actor Joe Pesci to come out of retirement, enticed Al Pacino to do his first Scorsese film and celebrates the director’s ninth big-screen partnership with Robert De Niro — their first since 1995’s “Casino.”
But, as Alonso Duralde notes in his review for The Wrap, Scorsese’s return to gangland “is anything but a greatest hits compilation … as a storyteller and a crafter of images, he remains as bold and provocative as ever.
It is clear that, at age 76, Martin Scorsese is not just at the top of his game, but has given us perhaps his career-best masterpiece. It is a cinematic event that caused Oscar-winning “Goodfellas” supporting actor Joe Pesci to come out of retirement, enticed Al Pacino to do his first Scorsese film and celebrates the director’s ninth big-screen partnership with Robert De Niro — their first since 1995’s “Casino.”
But, as Alonso Duralde notes in his review for The Wrap, Scorsese’s return to gangland “is anything but a greatest hits compilation … as a storyteller and a crafter of images, he remains as bold and provocative as ever.
- 9/28/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
After more than a year away, “Dear White People” returned to Netflix on August 2 with volume three. The latest batch of episodes continues to explore life at Winchester, a fictional ivy league university brimming with racial tension. So where does the show stand in its junior year?
As of this writing season three of the satire has a MetaCritic score of 77 based on six reviews counted thus far — five of them positive, one of them somewhat mixed. That’s lower than the 85 for season one and the 89 for season two, but while one critic, Robyn Bahr (Hollywood Reporter) says the new season is a “minor disappointment,” she prefaces that by saying that it’s still “one of the best shows on TV that you might not be watching.” These episodes are also being described as “lighter, funnier, more relaxed,” pushing its characters “toward thrilling new beginnings.” It “captures the boundless...
As of this writing season three of the satire has a MetaCritic score of 77 based on six reviews counted thus far — five of them positive, one of them somewhat mixed. That’s lower than the 85 for season one and the 89 for season two, but while one critic, Robyn Bahr (Hollywood Reporter) says the new season is a “minor disappointment,” she prefaces that by saying that it’s still “one of the best shows on TV that you might not be watching.” These episodes are also being described as “lighter, funnier, more relaxed,” pushing its characters “toward thrilling new beginnings.” It “captures the boundless...
- 8/3/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday.
This week, IndieWire published our list of the 100 Best Movies of the 2010s.
Of course, any list of 100 movies barely scratches the surface of a decade that saw the release of thousands (and thousands), and a ton of special films — especially of the contested or obscure varieties — didn’t make the cut. And, so with that in mind, we asked our panel of film critics to pick the one overlooked film of the past 10 years that they most hope people will find, rediscover, or reconsider in the future.
“Advantageous” (Jennifer Phang)
Allyson Johnson (@AllysonAJ) TheYoungFolks.com,ThePlaylist.net, CambridgeDay.com,TheMarySue.com
There’s always been an abundance of beautifully insightful films that miss the general audience conversation but few have been as audaciously assured as director Jennifer Phang’s 2015 feature “Advantageous.
This week, IndieWire published our list of the 100 Best Movies of the 2010s.
Of course, any list of 100 movies barely scratches the surface of a decade that saw the release of thousands (and thousands), and a ton of special films — especially of the contested or obscure varieties — didn’t make the cut. And, so with that in mind, we asked our panel of film critics to pick the one overlooked film of the past 10 years that they most hope people will find, rediscover, or reconsider in the future.
“Advantageous” (Jennifer Phang)
Allyson Johnson (@AllysonAJ) TheYoungFolks.com,ThePlaylist.net, CambridgeDay.com,TheMarySue.com
There’s always been an abundance of beautifully insightful films that miss the general audience conversation but few have been as audaciously assured as director Jennifer Phang’s 2015 feature “Advantageous.
- 7/22/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Screenings, live viewings, conversations, tributes and talent appearances highlighting Deadwood, The Handmaid’s Tale, When They See Us, The Good Place, Better Things and other TV titles are among the offerings at the third annual Split Screens Festival.
The event at New York’s IFC Center runs May 29 to June 3.
Notable attendees include Pamela Adlon (FX’s Better Things), Christopher Abbott (Hulu’s Catch-22), Sam Esmail, William Jackson Harper (NBC’s The Good Place) and Sanaa Lathan (CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone). A live viewing of HBO’s Deadwood movie on the night of its May 31 linear premiere will feature a post-screening conversation with stars Robin Weigert and Ian McShane, the latter of whom will appear via video.
The festival, which is overseen by TV critics Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture and Melanie McFarland of Salon, is part of a boom in...
The event at New York’s IFC Center runs May 29 to June 3.
Notable attendees include Pamela Adlon (FX’s Better Things), Christopher Abbott (Hulu’s Catch-22), Sam Esmail, William Jackson Harper (NBC’s The Good Place) and Sanaa Lathan (CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone). A live viewing of HBO’s Deadwood movie on the night of its May 31 linear premiere will feature a post-screening conversation with stars Robin Weigert and Ian McShane, the latter of whom will appear via video.
The festival, which is overseen by TV critics Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture and Melanie McFarland of Salon, is part of a boom in...
- 5/22/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Marvel film cycle that began in 2008 with the first Iron Man movie, Marvel Studios’ first film, is coming to an end. This article avoids major spoilers, but let’s just say that death is the catalyst for this change. Avengers: Endgame is the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or the McU), the movie universe inhabited by Marvel Studios franchise characters like Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and too many others to list them all.The main things to know before watching the new movie is that in Endgame’s predecessor, Avengers: Infinity War, the supervillain Thanos destroyed half of the universe in order to save the other half from overpopulation, which stretches the universe’s resources too thin. (I’m going to give these movies the benefit of the doubt and assume this sounds less ridiculous in context than it...
- 5/1/2019
- MUBI
Cinema is dead and Endgame killed it. It may sound paradoxical to say that a film that put butts in seats to the tune of $1.2 billion last weekend was the nail in the coffin of the cinema experience, but that’s the argument that film critic Matt Zoller Seitz puts forth in a new essay on RogerEbert.com. What’s more,…...
- 4/30/2019
- by Dan Neilan on News, shared by Dan Neilan to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
On the surface, nothing was amiss at “An Evening With Deadwood,” a Film Independent Presents event held April 23, hosted by curator Elvis Mitchell and featuring series stars Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, John Hawkes and Gerald McRaney, as well as director Dan Minahan and executive producer Carolyn Strauss. Series creator David Milch wasn’t present, but his name and vision were forever on the lips of cast and collaborators alike.
To watch the attendees swap stories and reminisce about the show was a bittersweet endeavor, given the news of the day. Just hours before the event, Vulture film and TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz published an interview with Milch, which publicly revealed the “Deadwood” visionary’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis and reduced role during the filming of the upcoming 2-hour TV movie, some 13 years in the making. In the piece, Milch is described as observing the filming of the movie, but not interfering,...
To watch the attendees swap stories and reminisce about the show was a bittersweet endeavor, given the news of the day. Just hours before the event, Vulture film and TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz published an interview with Milch, which publicly revealed the “Deadwood” visionary’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis and reduced role during the filming of the upcoming 2-hour TV movie, some 13 years in the making. In the piece, Milch is described as observing the filming of the movie, but not interfering,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
Sandra Oh has become an awards magnet for her performance as British intelligence agent Eve Polastri in “Killing Eve.” Over the past few weeks she racked up wins at the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning over huge competition like Laura Linney (“Ozark”), Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Julia Roberts (“Homecoming”). Yet, one cannot help but notice a major award missing from that sweep: the Emmy. Oh remains unrewarded at the Emmys, even for her acclaimed work on “Grey’s Anatomy,” and she lost for the first season of “Killing Eve” this past September. With all those precursors under her belt, will Emmy voters finally reward her this September after six losses?
SEEHere are all the ways Sandra Oh made SAG Awards history with her drama actress win
Ever since the premiere of “Killing Eve,” Oh has been earning career-best raves from critics,...
SEEHere are all the ways Sandra Oh made SAG Awards history with her drama actress win
Ever since the premiere of “Killing Eve,” Oh has been earning career-best raves from critics,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Whaddyuh you lookin’ at? “The Sopranos” is enjoying a bada-boost from its 20th anniversary, as on-demand viewing of the classic HBO series has greatly increased in recent weeks.
All the hype surrounding the show, which launched on Jan. 10, 1999, has led fans to re-binge the series — and perhaps a few new viewers to finally catch up on Tony and crew. According to HBO, usage this week on HBO Go (the pay cabler’s TV Everywhere service) and HBO Now (its subscription video on demand service) of “The Sopranos” is up 70% versus late last year.
HBO has been giving “The Sopranos” heavy promotion on its digital platforms because of the anniversary — according to a spokesperson, it’s on the landing page when users log into HBO Go, for example. As a result, in recent days “The Sopranos” has risen to No. 2 among all series on both HBO Go and HBO Now, behind only “Game of Thrones.
All the hype surrounding the show, which launched on Jan. 10, 1999, has led fans to re-binge the series — and perhaps a few new viewers to finally catch up on Tony and crew. According to HBO, usage this week on HBO Go (the pay cabler’s TV Everywhere service) and HBO Now (its subscription video on demand service) of “The Sopranos” is up 70% versus late last year.
HBO has been giving “The Sopranos” heavy promotion on its digital platforms because of the anniversary — according to a spokesperson, it’s on the landing page when users log into HBO Go, for example. As a result, in recent days “The Sopranos” has risen to No. 2 among all series on both HBO Go and HBO Now, behind only “Game of Thrones.
- 1/12/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Settling into a seat at a theater in New York City’s Chelsea district last night, Sopranos creator David Chase was asked how he felt about celebrating the show’s 20th anniversary. “Confused,” he murmured, after a pause. “I never expected this to happen.”
But two decades after it premiered, the mythology and power of The Sopranos remains. To mark that milestone and weigh the series’ impact and legacy, Chase, along with many of the surviving actors and alumni like producer-writer Matthew Weiner, assembled for “Woke Up This Morning,” a group public conversation.
But two decades after it premiered, the mythology and power of The Sopranos remains. To mark that milestone and weigh the series’ impact and legacy, Chase, along with many of the surviving actors and alumni like producer-writer Matthew Weiner, assembled for “Woke Up This Morning,” a group public conversation.
- 1/10/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Jamie Andrew Jan 10, 2019
20 years on from The Sopranos' first episode, new book The Sopranos Sessions is a compelling, insightful dive into the show's legacy.
“The show's gonna be forgotten, like everything.”
This is how David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos, described the legacy of his most famous body of work to Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall during one of the many coffee-house round-tables they convened for The Sopranos Sessions, a weighty tome – filled with recaps, discussions, dissections, analyses, insights, and interviews – being released this week to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the transmission of the show's first episode.
Chase's shoot-from-the-hip, fatalistic world-view is often a dead ringer for that of his most famous fictional creation's, depressed mob boss Tony Soprano. Tony would almost certainly have assessed his own existence in the same terms as Chase does the show's. Namely: "It's all a big nothing."
Further Reading:...
20 years on from The Sopranos' first episode, new book The Sopranos Sessions is a compelling, insightful dive into the show's legacy.
“The show's gonna be forgotten, like everything.”
This is how David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos, described the legacy of his most famous body of work to Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall during one of the many coffee-house round-tables they convened for The Sopranos Sessions, a weighty tome – filled with recaps, discussions, dissections, analyses, insights, and interviews – being released this week to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the transmission of the show's first episode.
Chase's shoot-from-the-hip, fatalistic world-view is often a dead ringer for that of his most famous fictional creation's, depressed mob boss Tony Soprano. Tony would almost certainly have assessed his own existence in the same terms as Chase does the show's. Namely: "It's all a big nothing."
Further Reading:...
- 1/10/2019
- Den of Geek
To celebrate the release of The Sopranos Sessions hardback deep-dive into the beloved show, we have 5 copies to give away.
On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history.
Now, on the 20th anniversary of The Sopranos’ debut on HBO, critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have produced The Sopranos Sessions (Abrams Books), a collection of recaps, conversations, interviews and critical essays covering every episode and exploring the show’s legacy.
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On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history.
Now, on the 20th anniversary of The Sopranos’ debut on HBO, critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have produced The Sopranos Sessions (Abrams Books), a collection of recaps, conversations, interviews and critical essays covering every episode and exploring the show’s legacy.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The Small Print
Open to UK residents only The competition will close 21st January 2019 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received No cash alternative is available To coincide with Gdpr regulations, competition entry information will not be stored once the competition has ended and the winners have been chosen and prizes sent out.
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- 1/10/2019
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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