International Feature Helmer Up for Best Director for 4th Year in a Row For the fourth consecutive year, the director of a film nominated in the international feature film category has also received a nomination in the directing category. Ryusuke Hamaguchi earned his first directing nomination for his film Drive My Car, which also earned […]
From Where They Stood: Christopher Cognat’s Seminal Holocaust Documentary–
July 22, 2022 by
This extraordinary, wholly unfamiliar, unprecedented film uses previously unknown photographs that demands to be seen. From Where They Stood gives back the gaze to those who dared to record what they witnessed. The weighty act of looking is returned to the subjects.” FROM WHERE THEY STOOD Victims’ Rare, Clandestine Photographs, Rigorously Analyzed, Retrace Holocaust Events Jerusalem […]
Where the Crawdads Sing (2021): Directed by Olivia Newman (Women in Film)
July 17, 2022 by
July 15– Where the Crawdads Sing debuted in third place with better-than-expected $17 million from 3,650 cinemas, easily the best start among newcomers. That’s an impressive start for this kind of movie, especially at a time when television has become a haven for literary favorites. And Sony spent just $24 million to produce the film […]
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018): Hollywood on Hollywood
July 15, 2022 by
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018) Photo : ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Colle Morgan Neville uses Orson Welles’ unfinished last movie, “The Other Side of the Wind,” as a chance to explore what became of the “Citizen Kane” director. Welles was the ultimate Hollywood wunderkind and a maverick who battled the system till the bitter end. xosotin […]
The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman (2005):
July 15, 2022 by
The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman (2005) Photo : ©Think Film/Courtesy Everett Co Barry Avrich’s deeply researched look at one of Hollywood’s most influential leaders of the 20th century neither canonizes nor demonizes its complex subject. Wasserman, whose MCA Inc. was a forerunner of the modern media conglomerate, is brought to life in […]
