THE LATEST FROM EMANUEL

Indie Companies: Neon and the Oscars (“Sentimental Value.

Secret Agent got the biggest post-nomination bump of any film competing for best picture

Pick of the Week

Oscars 2026: Who Will Win– Who Should Win

A new, revised edition of my book wil be pubished next year in preparation of the the 100th Anniversary of the Oscars (in 2028).

Levy Unfiltered

Indie Companies: Neon and the Oscars (“Sentimental Value.

Secret Agent got the biggest post-nomination bump of any film competing for best picture

Reviews

New Book: Camera d’Or Year 28 (2005): Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know”

Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know” is the most original film I saw at the 2005 Sundance Film Fest. (Camera d’Or Winner).

Camera d’Or Year 27 (2005): Keren Yedaya’s “Or” (“My Treasure”), A Tale of Prostitute and her Daughter

The Israeli movie about a prostitute mother and her sensitive teenage daughter, “Or” (“My Treasure”), is emotionally intense and relentlessly grim.

New Book about Cannes Film Fest at 80! Camera d’Or Year 24 (2001): “Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

It was the first feature ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in the Inuktitut language.

New Book about Cannes Fest at 80: Camera d’Or Year 23 (2000): Bahman Ghobadi’s “A Time for Drunken Horses”

The movie was a co-winner of the Caméra d’Or award at the 2000 Cannes Film Fest.; the other winning film was Djomeh.