THE LATEST FROM EMANUEL
Oscar Directors: Tarantino Develops British Play
Tarantino has written an old-fashioned British farce, which he will direct.
Pick of the Week
Actor Awards 2026: “Sinners” Wins Top Prize; Michael B. Jordan Best Actor
Jessie Buckley was named best lead actress for playing a grief-stricken mother in “Hamnet,” while Michael Jordan was recognized for playing bootlegging twins in “Sinners.”
Levy Unfiltered
PGA Awards 2026: Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” Earns Top Film Prize
“One Battle After Another” continued its winning streak, earning the PGA top award.
Reviews
Camera d’Or Year 11 (1988): Mira Nair’s “Salaam Bombay!” (Oscar Nominee)
Nair’s feature debut, Salaam Bombay! which won the 1988 Cannes Camera d’Or, is a powerful expose of homeless children.
Camera d’Or Year 9 (1986): Claire Devers’s “Noir et Blanc” (“Black and White”)
Devers’ screenplay is loosely based on Tennessee Williams’s story, “Le Masseur noir”
Project Hail Mary: Sci-Fi Epic Without Any Single Greenscreen Shot
It tells the story of an astronaut (Gosling) on high-stakes mission to save Earth from an interstellar disaster who encounters an alien trying to save his world from the same fate.
Camera d’Or Year 7 (1984): Jim Jarmusch’s “Stranger Than Paradise”
The cool feature established Jarmusch as the most hip indie director of the 1980s, a position that Tarantino would occupy a decade later.
