2020 Oscar Nominations
With a truncated window for the Oscars this year, the ceremony will take place in less than a month, which also means the nominations are being unveiled earlie...
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John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2019 Includes ‘Climax,’ ‘Hail Satan?,’ and ‘Joker’
The onslaught of best-of-the-year lists from guilds and critics groups have only just begun, but one of the few of genuine interest each year comes from a singl...
The Film Stage Show Ep. 367 – Joker
We discuss Todd Phillips' comic book movie starring Joaquin Phoenix....
15 Films to See in October
It's October, which means a season of horror awaits, but aside from a few compelling genre options this month, one might be best served to queue some classics. ...
12 Films to See at the 57th New York Film Festival
The year's best-curated selection of cinema begins this Friday at Film at Lincoln Center: the New York Film Festival....
Joaquin Phoenix to Star in Mike Mills’ ’20th Century Women’ Follow-Up for A24
As one of the best actors of his generation, it's news when Joaquin Phoenix simply signs onto a new film, even if there are no other details available. That...
Venice Review: An Officer and a Spy Finds Roman Polanski Telling a Tale of Injustice
What road should one take when approaching a film like An Officer and a Spy? On one hand, it is a perfectly robust, informative, prestige-y and even timely dra...
The Best Films at the 2019 Toronto, Venice, Telluride, and Locarno Film Festivals
With the Toronto International Film Festival concluding this past weekend and Telluride, Venice, and Locarno in the rearview, the first phase of fall film festivals have concluded....
TIFF Review: ‘Crazy World,’ from Uganda’s Wakaliwood Collective, Shows What’s Missing in Hollywood Action Cinema
It's hard to discuss Crazy World without mentioning the experience of seeing it. As the final screening of TIFF’s Midnight Madness programme, the film was accom...
Venice Review: Joaquin Phoenix is More Ledger Than Leto in Todd Phillips’ Solid ‘Joker’
What is there yet to be done with a character like the Joker? Bruce Wayne's bête noire has been around almost as long as the Caped Crusader himself, which ...