2020 Venice Film Festival Awards: Nomadland, with Frances McDormand, wins Golden Lion. If recent history is any indication, Chloé Zhao’s low-budget socio-psychological road movie is about to become a North…
Blue Jasmine with Cate Blanchett. Blue Jasmine movie review: Woody Allen is pissed Years ago, the venerable and prolific writer-director and comedian Woody Allen was quick to remind people that…
Oscar trivia: 2009 Academy Awards Most nominated films David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, with 13 nominations. Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, featuring…
Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Pop celebs such as Beyoncé and Jay-Z mingled with movie celebs at the 2009 Golden Globes ceremony. Beyoncé, a.k.a. Beyoncé Knowles, was in the running in the…
Ed Catmull. Pixar co-founder and “collective creativity” proponent Ed Catmull will be the recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2009 Gordon E. Sawyer Award, handed to…
Flight of the Red Balloon with Juliette Binoche. Directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien, who also co-wrote the screenplay with François Margolin, Flight of the Red Balloon / Le voyage…
Meryl Streep in Doubt. Academy Award Predictions: In case she gets another Academy Award nomination in early 2009 – her 15th – Meryl Streep will tie with Katharine Hepburn for…
Hugh Jackman: Oscar host. Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the box office disappointment (in the U.S.) Australia has been selected as the next Oscar host. Hugh Jackman’s other screen credits include…
WALL-E. The Best Picture winner at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Disney/Pixar’s Andrew Stanton-directed WALL-E became the first feature-length animated film to top that particular category. Curiously, the…
The Elite Squad with Wagner Moura. The second Brazilian production to win the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear, José Padilha’s Tropa de Elite / The Elite Squad, a violent tale…
Vera Drake movie review: As the title character in Mike Leigh’s working-class family drama, English stage veteran Imelda Staunton delivers a sensational performance in that most difficult of roles: The…