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Comparing the 2022 films of Richard Linklater, James Gray, and Stephen Spielberg

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A hopeful coming of age and a disenchanted one; Spielberg's magic...

One or two more things

THE STARLING GIRL (Laurel Parmet)
Led to this by the "Oscar Expert" bros, it's a " sensitive and devilishly detailed coming-of-age drama, says David Erlich in INDIEWIRE. ...

Still catching up

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Lesley Manville in MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
For something totally light, and continuing my Oscar prep, I just watched MRS. HARRIS...

Sundance 2023: award winners

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THE PERSIAN VERSIAN

BEYOND UTOPIA (Madeleine Gavin)
US Audience Award (Documentary), this film about five members of a...

Some more Sundance films

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POLITE SOCIETY (Nica Manzoor) (Midnight)
As mentioned above, this is the TV "We Are Lady Parts" director's action comedy...

More on Sundance - buys

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OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDDREN

ScreenDaily has a big list of Sundance film acquisitions, "Sundance 2023: the deals so far" (Jan....

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Sundance January 19-29, 2023 - with in person premieres again.

The following reports are from various sources.

Reviews from Sundance: top film?...

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema March 2012, 2023

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VIRGINIE EFFIRA IN REVOIR PARIS

UNIFRANCE AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE
THE COMPLETE LINEUP...

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GAELLE PIETRI, GASPARD ULLIEL

Gaëlle Pietri, Gaspard's ex-wife and the mother of their son, Orso, carries out work to honor his memory, we learn from...

See also Armand White's erudite and detailed rebuttal of this film in National Review. He cites the many sources and 'teachers' behind Diop's feminism and wonders why she didn't reference...

Oscar snubs and surprises

From Deadline:

I should think the inclusion of EO - a movie starring a donkey - in the Best Foreign finalists is a bit of a surprise too, as well as TRIANGLE OF...

The Oscar Nominations.

Jan. 24, 2023: The noms are now known. Here they are (from Deadline):

SHAUMAK SEN: ALL THAT BREATHES (2022)

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SALIK REHMAN IN ALL THAT BREATHES Credit: CitySpidey

"One shouldn't differentiate between all that breathes"
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SHAUMAK SEN: ALL THAT BREATHES - MOSTLY BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL, SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 9-16, 2023)

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SALIK REHMAN IN ALL THAT BREATHES Credit: CitySpidey
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SAELA DAVIS, ANNA ROSE HOLMER: GOD'S CREATURES (2022) - MOSTLY BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL, SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 9-16, 2023)

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EMILY WATSON, PAUL MESCAL IN GOD'S...

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Au revoir, Gaspard...


Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the death of Gaspard Ulliel. I have not forgotten. His filmography will endure.

HJARTASTEINN/HEARTSTONE (Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson 2016)

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TRAILER

Heartstone (2016), Guðmundsson's debut film, is available on YouTube now (free)....

Xian Brooks of the Guardian enters the TÁR debate

This article in today's Guardian("Monstrous maestro / Why is Cate Blanchett’s cancel culture film Tár angering so many people?") winds up...

MARIO MARTONE: NOSTALGIA (2022)

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PIERFRANCESCO FAVINO IN NOSTALGIA

You can't go home again

Ermanno Rea’s last novel, published posthumously in...

LIZZIE GOTTLIEB: TURN EVERY PAGE: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB (2022)

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ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB IN TURN EVERY PAGE

The two...

MATI DIOP: SAINT OMER (2022)

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GUSLAGIE MALANDA IN SAINT OMER

Mati Diop's impressive but frustrating first fiction feature arouses more questions than...

MATI DIOP: SAINT OMER (2022)

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GUSLAGIE MALANDA IN SAINT OMER

Mati Diop's impressive but frustrating first fiction feature arouses more questions than...

2023 Best Foreign Oscar Shortlist

The following are my comments plus condensations of the info provided by Screen Daily today ("Screen’s guide to the 2023 international feature Oscar shortlist"): ...

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Lobby of a Northern California cineplex [CK photo]

Liked WHITE NOISE so much, and, given my loyalty to Noah Baumbach (especially since MARRIAGE STORY) I...

GUÐMUNDUR ARNAR GUÐMUNDSSON: BEAUTIFUL BEINGS (2022)

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ÁSKEL EINAR PÁLMASON, SNORRI RAFN FRIMANNSSON IN BEAUTIFUL BEINGS

"An Icelandic Coming-of-Age...