Jennifer Lawrence Oscars Filmotomy 2
Posted in Actress Cinema Sevens Oscars

Cinema Sevens: Oscars Should Have Beens – Actress in a Leading Role

The historic Oscar stats tell a tale that questions fairness and that does not truly reflect how these bald guys are handed out. It also…

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Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, 2017

We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, 2017 Prix…

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Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: The Beguiled, 2017

We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. The Beguiled, 2017 Prix de la mise en…

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Review: Destroyer

One positive that can be said about Destroyer, is that it takes the typically male-driven crime thriller genre, and demonstrates it through the female lens….

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Review: Boy Erased

It appears that 2018 is shaping up to be a big year for memoir-based films about young white men and their complicated relationships with their…

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Posted in Horror Movies

50 Films For Halloween '17 – Family Dysfunction

The Greek and I close out our series of 50 films for Halloween with a heavy dose of family values. Light relief? Not if you…

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Posted in Director Women

Directors’ Weekend Catch-Up: The Beguiled

Sofia Coppola’s latest feature, The Beguiled, carries the theme of loneliness, which was present in her previous work like The Virgin Suicides and Lost In…

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NZIFF Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

  One of the benefits of film festivals like NZIFF is that cinephiles have the opportunity to sample some very different fare from what is…

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