Author: Jules
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Venice Day Three HOT TAKES: Is Park Chan-wook’s NO OTHER CHOICE the next Golden Lion winner?
Day three saw the official red carpet premier of After the Hunt, which has continued to procure very mixed reviews, prompting many on film twitter to hastily declare it a catastrophic misfire (the good ol’ folk on film twitter tend to oscillate between extremes often, especially regarding film festival premieres, especially during awards season). This…
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HAMNET is soaring at the Telluride Film Festival; Jeremy Allen White impressing as The Boss
The Telluride Film Festival has officially started, and the first big peeks were Chloe Zhao’s much anticipated HAMNET and Scott Cooper’s DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE. We’ll have more tomorrow, when official reviews will be out, but the verdict for HAMNET is: a bona fide Best Picture contender (as Joseph and I predicted from the get-go),…
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Venice Day Two HOT TAKES: BUGONIA ascends; AFTER THE HUNT falls; JAY KELLY is mid-tier Baumbach
Day 2 of the Venice Film Festival was a big one: the highly anticipated, and Oscar-pegged, titles of Jay Kelly, Bugonia, and After the Hunt revealed themselves to the world for the first time (After the Hunt during a press-only screening). Results were interesting, if not all that surprising. Prior to the festival bows, Joseph…
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Venice Day One HOT TAKES: LA GRAZIA a “powerful return to form” for Paolo Sorrentino; plus Noomi Rapace makes an impression in MOTHER
The Venice Film Festival is finally upon us and we’ve got Day 1 Hot Takes. The two most notable premieres were Paolo’s Sorrentino’s LA GRAZIA (which features another collaboration with famed Italian actor and theater director Tony Servillo, who is said to be stupendous in this new film) in the Main Competition, and Teona Strugar…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Original Screenplay (Oscars 2025)
Next on our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series, we’re forecasting which Original Screenplays are in line for a nomination and which may have to fight to keep from fading away. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s opened theatrically to date, but…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Actress (Oscars 2025)
The next entry into our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series takes a look at the Actress category, where there is a surprising lack of competition for the time being. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s opened theatrically to date, but also…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Supporting Actor (Oscars 2025)
Next on our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series, we take stock of who’s ahead in Supporting Actor. Here’s who we think would get a nomination if the race ended tomorrow. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s opened theatrically to date, but…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Original Song (Oscars 2025)
Next in our series “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW,” we’ll start unpacking some possibilities that will try to go the distance in the Original Song category – a race that is bound to get more crowded in the coming months. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Film Editing (Oscars 2025)
Here’s our take on the prophetic Best Film Editing category for the “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series. Along with writing and directing nods, this is essentially a must-have nomination for any film hoping for an edge in Best Picture. The branch usually opts for a balanced list mixing together films which focus on story…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Sound Design (Oscars 2025)
The next entry into our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series takes a look at the Sound Design category. If votes were tallied and nominations were due tomorrow, the race would probably look something like this… Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s…
