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BAFTA nominations 2022

by Patrick | Jan 21, 2023 | Award Season, BAFTA, Oscars

It’s a three-way slugfest between “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Awards Calendar 2022/2023

by Patrick | Jan 31, 2022 | ASC, BAFTA, Best European Film, DGA, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, National Board of Review, NSFC, NYFCC, Oscars, PGA, SAG, WGA

Here are the dates for the major events at AMPAS, five major guilds (DGA PGA WGA SAG ASC) and the five major critics groups (NBR, NYFCC, LAFCA, NSFC and the Spirits) from now until the closing of Award Season with the Oscars with the 12th of March.

Aftersun (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Best European Film, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

“Aftersun” is unforgettable movie. Proustian, in that it is both a remembrance of things past and a search of lost time, it’s one of the best films of 2022.

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Oct 21, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Guild Awards, HBO Max, Historic Events, Hulu, LAFCA, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, PGA, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

Condon is breathtakingly good, capturing every scene she’s in with a mixture of common sense and sadness, but always with a drollness lurking in the background.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Film Review

by Patrick | Apr 13, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, PGA, SAG, TV / Streaming

Remember Yeoh in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”? This is a similar tongue-in-cheek, highly physical, yet surprisingly, touching performance.

Till (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Oct 11, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Historic Events, LAFCA, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

The 2023 Best Actress Oscar Goes To…Danielle Deadwyler in Till. And as she reaches the volta of her magnificent speech she does something extraordinary…

Babylon (2022) Film Review

by Patrick | Dec 25, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres, Guild Awards, Historic Events, Horror, My Favorites, New Releases, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming

I had no problem sitting through the movie’s bloated 180-minute running because, through all of this nothingness, five actors manage to make lasting impressions