Author: Daniel Joyaux

Welcome to our annual deep dive into what we can expect to see with the Oscar nominations for the major categories. You can safely depend…

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 26 days to…

The first Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of TIFF, days three-through-five, are typically when the biggest premieres happen. And true to form, of the 8 ½…

Welcome to TIFF, where more than 200 features will play over 11 days. Some have already premiered at the year’s other major fests—Sundance, Berlin, Cannes,…

The conventional wisdom on James Bond history is that the Roger Moore era distinguished itself from the Sean Connery era by being far more tongue…

In most films, we’re only aware of the last shot in retrospect. The screen cuts to black, and only then do we process after the…

There’s an exact moment, about 20 minutes in, when you realize The Bourne Ultimatum is a great movie. And it involves Matt Damon yelling at…

An endless number of films prominently involve characters dealing with their parents’ baggage. But only one film (that I’m aware of) saddles its characters with…

What Olivia Colman does so wonderfully in The Favourite is create a lead performance that has all of the scene-stealing strengths of a supporting performance….

Welcome back! Last week we did an extensive breakdown of the Oscars’ Foreign Language Film shortlist. Trying to predict which films will ultimately get nominated…

While most Oscar categories arrive at their nominees in a relatively straightforward way, some are slightly more complicated. Which brings us to Best Foreign Language…