The first half of 2020 has been one of the most tumultuous periods in the century-plus history of the motion picture industry, as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire activity of theatrical movie-going f...
Each year, countless films premiere at festivals across the world. Filmmakers are celebrated for their artistic vision. Projects are praised for their ability to push the boundaries of what we expect from natio...
Everything-is-epic culture has transformed film trailers over the last few years. What used to be a commercial for a movie has now changed into a mini-event. Now, we get the teaser, the teaser for the teaser, t...
Night; crackling embers fall from a traffic sign set ablaze. A blonde woman with a blow torch stands admiring her work as the fire’s red glow envelops the screen. She’s the eponymous villainous heroine who open...
Pablo Larrain's last directorial outing was "Jackie," a cerebral portrait of grief with horror elements. Also, much like "No" and "Neruda," the critically-acclaimed film was a biopic. With his latest feature "E...
Let's get right to it. The Venice Film Festival is about to pop off this week which means, welcome to the madness of fall and the annual season when we lose our minds. It's a terrific time to be a movie lover, ...
While films starring Scarlett Johansson (two of them, in fact), Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, and other major stars seem to dominate the headlines coming out of this morning’s 2019 ...
After what feels like a year made up of roughly 5 million weeks (fun fact: the film “Black Panther” was released in 2018! It’s true!), December has rolled around and the light at the end of the 2018 tunnel is i...
Filmmaker Pablo Larraín was a busy man in 2016, with the release of two separate critically-acclaimed, awards season contenders “Jackie” and “Neruda.” Now, it appears he’ll be performing double-duty in 2019, as...