Tag: Acting
Film Honors: 2004
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Review: The Salesman
Without it yet being an actual problem, watching this felt like Asghar Farhadi has become a bit too self-aware, dangerously close to falling into the…
LACMA Review: Personal Shopper
In their second collaboration, Kristen Stewart and director Olivier Assayas go down a creepy American in Paris Gothic film road with Personal Shopper. I was…
Review And Q&A: Personal Shopper
Personal Shopper is an emotional story about loss, luxury labels, comfy pullovers, ghosts, scooters, ectoplasm, and contacting the other side. Something for everyone, en fait….
Review: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
You might recognize Macon Blair from Gold, Green Room, and as the lead in Blue Ruin, but with this new Netflix release, I Don’t Feel…
Interview: *Happy Birthday* John Turturro
Late last year I spoke to John Turturro for Awards Daily TV about his brilliant film career leading into his TV role in The Night…
Listmania: Al's Happy Oscars Wins 2000-2015
I’ve been watching the Academy Awards since the 2001 ceremony when Gladiator beat Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon & Traffic for Best Picture. Over the last…
Interview: Alice Winocour
Lucky me got to spend about twenty minutes with the breakthrough French writer-director Alice Winocour. Following a screenplay collaboration with Deniz Gamze Ergüven on the tremendous…
Preview: Film Honors 2016
Wherein I analyse my own choices ahead of Sunday’s big announcements. Check out the Film Honors 2016 Nominees in full, or go straight on ahead:…
Review: The Wailing
Forget about what you expect going into Na Hong-jin’s extraordinary The Wailing, a shape-shifter of a film, part detective story, part mystery, part thriller, part…
Film Honors: 1977
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Review: Allied
Headed by two beloved acting forces Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt, with a well-established film-maker of the last 30 years Robert Zemeckis, a critically acclaimed…
Film Honors 2016: Nominations
2016. The movies took us to some great places and times. Some not so memorable, some disappointing, some ruined somewhat by hype. A lot of…
Review: Fences
Simply echoing what so many people have astutely pointed out already — this is not a well-rounded stage-to-screen adaptation. By adhering to the palcosenico’s static…
