THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER Review: Hogg’s latest exploration of mother-daughter relationships
Joanna Hogg fans will be more forgiving than most while watching The Eternal Daughter, the kind ofself-analytical autobiographical film in which the director’s avatar comes...
THE SON Review: French playwright-turned-film director Florian Zeller returns
After his well-received debut The Father, which netted Anthony Hopkins an unexpected second Best Actor Oscar, French playwright-turned-film director Florian Zeller returns with The Son,...
BLONDE Review: Ana De Armas and her pseudo biopic film
At the top of the copyright page of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel Blonde is the following statement: “Blonde should be read solely as a work...
VENICE 79 REVIEW: “Padre Pio” by Abel Ferrara
What are we to make of the mess that is Abel Ferrara’s Padre Pio? Linking those two names is already bizarre, and yet Ferrara appears...
VENICE 79 REVIEW: “Bones And All” by Luca Gadagnino
Cannibalism as a metaphor for queerness in its most allembracing form is the basis for Bones and All Luca Guadagnino’s love-fused exploration of outsider angst...
Timothee Chalamet at the 79 Venice International Film Festival 2022
"Bones and All" starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell is an old-fashioned love story and road movie with a twist - the star-crossed protagonists are...
HOW SYLVESTER STALLONE BECAME A SAMARITAN
During the casting of Superman (Richard Donner, 1978), Sylvester Stallone was considered for the role among hundreds of actors. Ultimately, then-unknown Christopher Reeve was cast in what became a landmark role...
Notre-Dame on Fire: Now available to own on Digital Download
Directed By:Jean-Jacques Annaud NOTRE-DAME ON FIRE offers a blow-by-blow recreation of the gripping events that took place on April 15, 2019, when the cathedral suffered...
“House of the Dragon” Embraces Feminist Themes
For Miguel Sapochnik, director of several episodes of the epic series Game of Thrones (2011-2019), returning to the neighborhood of the characters created by George R.R. Martin meant...
Interview With New Academy CEO Bill Kramer
Bill Kramer officially assumed his role as the Academy's new CEO on July 1, but he is already planning for next year's Oscars ceremony. "2023...