Tag: Film
Dark Cinema: Horror from Japan and Korea
An Overview By Ren Zelen ‘No body’ does it better When a new era of Asian horror films entered mainstream Western cinema with Hideo Nakata’s…
VIDEO – the Best 50 Films from South Korea
Almost 200 examples of South Korean cinema collected votes as many of you and others beyond selected your own preferences in this flourishing segment of…
Filmotomy’s ‘Cinema Sevens’ Series Looks to Remedy Some of those Film Writers’ Blues
An Unknown Future There’s not much at all I can personally do about this alarming and unyielding pandemic we’re facing. Nor can I offer paid…
1957 in Film: Peyton Place
If someone asked you to name the first thing that pops in your head when you hear the term ‘50s melodrama, you’d probably say Douglas…
1957 in Film: Until They Sail
Until They Sail (directed by Robert Wise) is a World War Two romance set in New Zealand. Featuring the four Leslie sisters and their romantic…
1957 at the Oscars: The Japanese, the Italians, and the Blacklisted, among the Many Faces of Oscar
Who says the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are not international? If we go way, way back to the 30th annual Academy Awards,…
‘Parasite’, ‘1917’, ‘Knives Out’ Win Big at the Pandora International Film Critics Awards 2019
And so the time as come. Before we get completely engulfed in Sunday night’s BAFTAs and what it means to the illustrious awards season of…
Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
French director Céline Sciamma has been well-known amongst those who are into European cinema for some time now, with her films Water Lillies, Tomboy and…
Filmotomy launches ‘Pandora International Film Critics’ Awards
As I still compile the rules and whatnot of such a huge process with the freshly squeezed film critics group assembled through Filmotomy, I wanted…
Filmotomy Podcast 96: Predicting the 92nd Oscars Nominations
With just hours away from the announcement of the 92nd Academy Awards nominations, the Filmotomy Podcast gathers some film hopefuls in an attempt to predict…
Scenes, Performances, Movies – A Random Review of 2019 in Film
I personally struggle to sum up such a year in film as 2019. Whatever your tastes, your passions, your guilty pleasures, there was greatness for…
Predictions for 92nd Academy Awards Nominations – by 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…
WATCH: ‘2019 in FILM’ Video – A Great Year of Cinema in 6 Minutes
After five long days in the making, hoping to reflect an entire year of memorable cinema, this 6 minute video attempts to encapsulate what was…
Jojo Rabbit’s Taika Waititi makes the cut as the Directors Guild of America announce 2019 nominations
The Directors Guild of America announced nominations for the films of 2019. An event which forms a crucial part of awards season. For a long, long time…
