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White Helmets Cinematographer Barred from U.S.

February 26, 2017

Not even the Oscars are immune from American politics and some celebrities and other members of the film industry won’t be attending — and not all by choice: twenty-one-year-old cinematographer and White Helmets press officer Khaled Khatib has been banned from entering the United ...

Reviews

Oscar Animated Shorts: Birds, Booze, and Bands

February 25, 2017

The Oscar animated shorts category has a few familiar faces and one director who adapted his own graphic novel into an animated short. “Borrowed Time” (7 minutes) Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj (directors) USA This is a short, silent Western about guilt and grief and dads, and it does that very ...

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Oscar Shorts: Singing, Baking, and Assimilation

February 25, 2017

One take away from the live action Oscar shorts this year is that they’re not really that short these days. Only one film comes in under the twenty minute mark. While a few of these films could have really done more with less, overall, it’s a year of strong contenders covering a ...

Essays

Elle: A Study On Trauma

February 24, 2017

Content Warning: Rape and sexual violence. A film that is centered solely around rape will never be a film for everyone. Though as a rape survivor, I felt that every moment of Elle was made with me in mind. Paul Verhoeven’s study of a woman dealing with the aftermath of a violent rape in ...

Reviews

Jackie: History Has Its Eyes On You

February 21, 2017

Jackie Pablo Larraín (dir), Stéphane Fontaine (cin) , Noah Oppenheim (wri) Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt (cast) LD Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures September 7, 2016 (Venice), December 2, 2016 (USA) We are midway through Jackie, and Jacqueline ...

Opinion

Oscars Welcomes Abusers Gibson and Affleck

February 14, 2017

Content Warning: This article discusses sexual assault, racism and antisemitism. In July 2010, two women filed a $2m lawsuit against actor Casey Affleck, alleging repeated instances of sexual harassment from Affleck as they worked together on his directorial debut. The allegations included ...

Reviews

A Lifetime on the Beach with The Red Turtle

February 8, 2017

The Red Turtle Michaël Dudok de Wit (director) Michaël Dudok de Wit & Pascale Ferran (writers) Studio Ghibli and Wild Bunch June 29, 2017 France, September 17, 2016 Japan The world has been loud and tumultuous lately–incoming news is coming in so fast it’s hard to keep up and ...

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Review: Fences Is Heartbreaking and Hopeful

February 3, 2017

Fences Denzel Washington (dir), August Wilson (wri) Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney (cast) Paramount Pictures December 25, 2016 August Wilson’s Fences adaptation has been a long time coming.

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Review: Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman”

January 31, 2017

The Salesman Asghar Farhadi (director and writer) Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi (cast) August 31, 2016 (Iran), November 2, 2016 (France) Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has been making headlines for years in the film world, creating award-winning film after award-winning ...

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Hidden Figures Has a Winning Formula

January 6, 2017

Hidden Figures Directed by Theodore Melfi Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, and Kevin Costner Twentieth Century Fox December 25, 2016 As we march inexorably toward the January 20th inauguration of a president that many ...

2017 Oscars

White Helmets Cinematographer Barred from U.S.

Oscar Animated Shorts: Birds, Booze, and Bands

Oscar Shorts: Singing, Baking, and Assimilation

Elle: A Study On Trauma

Jackie: History Has Its Eyes On You

Oscars Welcomes Abusers Gibson and Affleck

A Lifetime on the Beach with The Red Turtle

Review: Fences Is Heartbreaking and Hopeful

Review: Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman”

Hidden Figures Has a Winning Formula

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