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For Your Consideration: Spike Lee, Best Director for BlacKkKlansman

Lee’s gotta have it! I will probably not be watching the Oscars this year, but I will probably be looking at updates on who is…

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For Your Consideration: Pawel Pawlikowski, Best Director for Cold War

Like Roma, Cold War is a deeply personal film for its director, Pawel Pawlikowski. Cold War tells the somewhat tragic romantic tale of musicians Zula…

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Adam McKay Wins the Damn DGA…

… for the TV drama Succession. Thankfully, he did not win the Feature Film prized from the Directors Guild of America. That went to the…

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For Your Consideration: Lynne Ramsay as Best Director for You Were Never Really Here

Debuting at Cannes Film Festival in 2011, We Need To Talk About Kevin asserted Lynne Ramsay‘s place in contemporary indie cinema as a wholly unique…

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The Best Director Race And Women Breaking The Circle Of Familiarity

At this current rate, they could just have Natalie Portman present the Best Director category at the Oscars this year. Since it’s bound to be…

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For Your Consideration: Paul Schrader, Best Director, First Reformed

Paul Schrader has been kicking around Hollywood for a long time, but he has never truly been rewarded for his hard work and effort. Schrader…

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Oscars: Dissecting The Best Director Race

Time to once again put on my Oscar hat, ladies and gentlemen. For this post, I will be dissecting the Best Director race. Much like…

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The 20 Greatest Ingmar Bergman Films: The Top 5

There’s a tear in my eye as we lose what has been a phenomenal month covering the marvelous works of Ingmar Bergman. Who am I…

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The 20 Greatest Ingmar Bergman Films: 10 – 6

Into the top ten of Ingmar Bergman’s finest feature films – as voted for by you. Thanks to FilmStruck for their terrific and timely Bergman…

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Happy Birthday Ingmar! The 20 Greatest Bergman Films: 20 – 11

Today, Ernst Ingmar Bergman would have turned the grand old age of 100. Sadly, Bergman passed away in 2007 (in fact he died on the…

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Skammen: Ingmar Bergman Invades Us With A New Depth of Shame

The sounds of war accompany the opening title of Ingmar Bergman’s 1968 film Skammen (Shame). A tad unfamiliar to many Bergman regulars. Following the recent…

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Filmotomy Podcast Episode 35: Celebrating 100 Years of Ingmar Bergman

The Ingmar Bergman podcast feels like a truly special occasion. To celebrate his centennial year, and to join the rest of the vast Bergman coverage…

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Bee's Bergman Diary- Summer Interlude

So, this is my final entry in my Bergman diary and it’s been a wonderful journey. I came into this not really convinced that I…

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Man is an Island: Exploring the Symbolic Meaning of the 'Island' in Ingmar Bergman's Films

“… everyone knew that all islands were worlds unto themselves, that to come to an island was to come to another world.” ― Guy Gavriel…

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