‘Maestro’ is a film that evokes the compromise of who Bernstein was, a troubled maestro who could not fully connect with his family and his wife. Within this sentiment, there is a piercing, crude, melancholic embracing of that.
Category: Festivals
The Bikeriders: Tom Hardy Shines In Violent & Engrossing Ode To 1960s Middle America – ★★★★★
Based on a collection of photographs from Danny Lyon’s eponymous collection from 1968, Nichols has managed to draw out a collection of photographs into a riveting, emotional, and tense drama that is thoroughly absorbing.
The Killer: Michael Fassbender Exudes A Serene Paranoia In David Fincher’s Taut Thriller – ★★★★★
Tight, taut, and tense, ‘The Killer’ is Fincher at his most minimalist, a grounding picture that showcases what one of the best filmmakers of the 21st century can do with as little as possible.
Hit Man: Glen Powell Shines In Richard Linkerlater’s Raucously Entertaining Comedy – ★★★★☆
‘Hit Man’ is incredibly in-debt to the effortlessly entertaining writing of Linklater and Powell, with Linklater self-aware enough to let the feature roll along at its own pace without any major directorial tampering.
Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ Currently The Shoo-In For TIFF’s People Choice Award
Three of the last seven Best Picture winners have won the People’s Choice Award.
Monthly Oscar Predictions: ‘Oppenheimer’ & ‘Poor Things’ Become Frontrunners In Wide-Open Race
With the fall festivals in full swing, it’s become clear that ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’ are the clear frontrunners at this stage.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Poor Things’ Wins Golden Lion At Venice, Peter Sarsgaard & Caille Spaeny Win Volpi Cups
Films rewarded by the Venice Jury included ‘Memory’, Io Capitano’, ‘Evil Does Not Exist’, ‘El Conde’, ‘Priscilla’, and ‘Poor Things’.
Scorsese, Fincher, Linklater, Glazer & More Set For London Film Festival
In just five weeks, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Cooper and more will all premiere their new features on the iconic Southbank in London.
Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ To Open 67th BFI London Film Festival
The film follows student Oliver Quick played by Barry Keoghan, where he is struggling to find a place at Oxford University and finds himself drawn into the world of charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his family’s sprawling family estate.
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