Train Dreams: Clint Bentley’s Superp Tale of Ordinary yet Rich Life, Starring Joel Edgerton in Oscar-Calliber Turn Sentimental Value: Joachim Trier’s Family Dramedy, Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård It Was Just an Accident (2025): Jafar Panahi’s Revenge Thriller Morality Tale https://emanuellevy.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=293718&action=edit https://emanuellevy.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=294478&action=edit Sirāt: Oliver Laxe’s Exhuberantly Thrilling Existential Road Movie–2025 2nd Best Film Share […]
Avengers: Doomsday: Chris Evans as Captain America With a Child
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In a twist, Captain America is the father to a newborn child.
Oscar Movies: Martian, The–7 Nominations, 0 Awards (Director Scott Snubbed)
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“The Martian” received 7 Oscar Nominations, and lost in each category.
Oscars 2025: Eggers’ “Nosferatu” Vs. Magnus von Horn’s “Girl with the Needle”
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With the Needle’ filmmaker Magnus von Horn discuss using period detail and practical effects to bring out the terror in his Oscar contender. The Girl With the Needle,’ Magnus von Horn, Robert Eggers Mubi, Kevin Mazur / Taylor Hill/Getty Images Robert Eggers and Magnus von Horn grew up apart — Eggers in New Hampshire, von Horn in […]
Un Chien Andalou (“The Andalusian Dog”) (1928): Bunuel’s First, Scandalous Short
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Un Chien Andalou was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning French surrealist movement and continues to be shown regularly in film societies to this day. The script was written in 6 days at Dalí’s home in Cadaqués. In a letter to friend in February 1929, Buñuel noted: “We had to look for the plot line. Dalí […]
