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Awards Coverage
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Visual Effects, 1997
The Ultimate List Poll #71
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Upcoming Film Previews
American Fiction
The Boys in the Boat
Dirty South
Freelance
Helen’s Dead
Inspector Sun
Karaoke
Killers of the Flower Moon, Updated
Leo, Updated
Napoleon, Updated
Suitable Flesh
Trolls Band Together, Updated
Wonka, Updated
The Zone of Interest
Festival Coverage (Individual or Group Reviews)
5 Films to See at Middleburg 2023
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: The annual Middleburg Film Festival, held in Middleburg, Virginia, is back for the 11th time, the 2023 iteration running Thursday, October 19, to Sunday, October 22, with almost 40 exciting feature films to choose from, along with the usual number of exciting other events, including panels and an outdoor concert.
Almamula
- Excerpt: Almamula is a mood piece that proceeds at a leisurely pace and in which much more is implied than is shown. It doesn’t have much in the way of traditional horror scares, observing the Val Lewton principle that what you can’t see is scarier than what you can, and the resulting ambiguity is vital to its effects.
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later
- Excerpt: In Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years later, Peddle catches up with four of his original subjects: Kisha, Octavio, Trevon, and Chin. He also interviews a number of people who saw the original film, asking what it meant to them and how it influenced their lives.
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes
- Excerpt: Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes, which makes excellent use of archival materials and contemporary interviews to create a portrait not just of Lynes, but of the world in which he lived. He was an out gay man at a time when that was a rare choice, and his life and work are inextricably intertwined.
The Mattachine Family
- Excerpt: The Mattachine Family, directed by Andy Vallentine from a screenplay by his husband Danny Vallentine, offers a sensitive exploration of what’s involved in building a non-traditional family, where there are no assumptions that you can be sure are shared and there’s also not much history to be used as a model.
Queen of New York
- Excerpt: Queen of New York opens on election night in June 2021, as Cummings and her supporters and staff eagerly await the election results. Queen of New York then jumps back a year to follow Cummings and her supporters through the campaign.
The Teachers’ Lounge
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: In his latest film, The Teachers’ Lounge, German director Ilker Çatak (Blurred Lines) crafts a harrowing emotional thriller set in a secondary school. Not since Laurent Cantet’s 2008 The Class have we seen a movie tackle classroom politics in quite such a direct and moving fashion.
This Place
- Excerpt: What makes [This Place] worth seeing are the performances by Jacobs and Guns, and the combination of a female coming of age and lesbian love story with a diverse cast and set in one of the most multicultural cities in the world.
Tótem
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: The tragedy of death is that life is precious, no matter the frequent horrors of this world. The best films about dying remind us of this basic fact, and Tótem, from Mexican director Lila Avilés (The Chambermaid), is very good, offering a child’s point of view on the rapid decline of a parent.
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 422: Excuse Me, That’s Mine
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy return to review six new films this week.
Movie Madness Episode 423: Martial Arts and Gut Punches
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: The month of Halloween is almost over but studios are still putting out the spooky stuff on this week’s edition of physical media talk with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski.
Noah
Diego Salgado @ Split Screen [Spanish]
The Spirit of the Beehive
Diego Salgado @ Split Screen [Spanish]
Box Office History (Week 42, 2023)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 20
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 21
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 22
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 23
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 24
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 25
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 26
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
