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Category: reactions
Brief thoughts and recaps on films seen in theatres – usually in a festival environment. While no ratings are assigned, these reactions are sometimes expanded into full reviews later.
As the lights came up at the TIFF ’19 premiere screening of TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING, screenwriter Joanne Sarazen expressed her desire to portray a family … Read More ›
The Best Picture of the eight films nominated for Best Picture is clear.
The third of three puzzling Best Picture nominees; and one I loathe to admit stands a chance of winning a prize.
Something of an also ran that should really be leading the run.
We’re far from the shallow now…a little too far.
Adam McKay cast a shiny lure out into the waters, and Oscar voters bit down hard.
The argument can end – a genre now has a Best Picture nomination. That nomination goes to a film that sets itself apart.
This is the real life. That was the fantasy.
That time Yorgos turned up and served the story.
A frontrunner for Best Actress does so very much with so little.
Karyn Kusama returns with the next great Los Angeles cop story.