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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 5
There aren’t likely many more screeners to come in as most of the major contenders have been forwarded. Here are the most recent eight. Ben Is Back Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Although early reviews suggested that both Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges were delivering solid work, it seemed like the film’s chances of Oscar glory were…
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 4
As the OFCS & GALECA reach their screening deadlines, my mailbox is becoming overstuffed with screeners. Here are the metric ton I’ve received this week.
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 3
A nice batch of prominent movies came in this past week, including a handful of solid Oscar contenders.
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 2
The week was a bit slow, but some major films made their way to my inbox, whether it’s the box office smash Deadpool 2 or the prime Oscar contender At Etenrity’s Gate or indie hits You Were Never Really Here and Suspiria.
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch
Instead of posting every time I receive a screener, I’m going to try and post once a week (starting now) a list of all screeners I receive during the prior week. Below is everything I’ve received to date.
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The Top Tens: 2000s
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. Unlike the 1990s where there was a surprising amount of agreement, the…
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The Top Tens: The 1990s
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. The 1990s had a broad array of support from filmmakers and films…
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Eyeing the Truth: September 2018
Minding the Gap (Hulu) Minding the Gap started almost ten years ago, when a teenage Bing Liu would videotape his friends’ skateboarding exploits. As adults, he has revisited his hometown and those friends, and followed the beginnings of their adult lives. One friend is a young father, another is struggling to find a purpose and…
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The Top Tens: The 1980s
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. For being a decade that many conceive of as the nadir of…
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Eyeing the Truth: August 2018
The Bleeding Edge (Netflix) Kirby Dick has made a career in recent years for tackling some difficult topics in a way that makes the audience angry (and has even gotten results). In his newest film, The Bleeding Edge, he tackles the medical device industry and the inherent risks in it that are being hidden. By…
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The Top Tens: The 1970s
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. When looking at the 1970s, one must consider that among film historians,…
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The Top Tens: The 1960s
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. There are few decades that can rival the 1930s in terms of…
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Eyeing the Truth
The Final Year (HBO) The Final Year is a look at the final year of the Obama administration, focusing on three members of his foreign affairs team. It starts in an apartment early in the morning, as we watch UN Ambassador Samantha Power get ready for work and try to wrangle her children off to…
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The Top Tens: The 1950s
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. As we move into our third month of looking at the best…
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Eyeing the Truth
Faces Places (Netflix) Faces Places is co-directed by the legendary nonagenarian Agnes Varda and photographer JR, some six decades younger than her. The film is all the better because you feel both of their ages seeping through at every corner: it has the energy of a debut filmmaker and the grace of a great filmmaker’s…
