The 38th Independent Spirit Awards Nominations.
The absence of Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, Danielle Deadwyler and Jennifer Lawrence robs the affair of authenticity.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 22, 2022 | Award Season, Independent Spirit Awards, Uncategorized
The absence of Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, Danielle Deadwyler and Jennifer Lawrence robs the affair of authenticity.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Gangster, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, The Best of the Best, Thriller, TV / Streaming
Plaza’s performance is something to behold. All of that nervous energy is now bursting out in a performance that is always true and believable.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 6, 2022 | Apple TV+, Award Season, Critic Awards, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Historic Events, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, My Favorites, New Releases, NSFC, Queer Film/TV, Romance, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming
And Henry gives a tour de force performance that matches his spine-tingling monologue in “If Beale Street Could Talk”. Like Lawrence he is one of the all-time greats.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 21, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Horror, Independent Spirit Awards, My Favorites, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, The Best of the Best, Thriller, TV / Streaming
Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 26, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming, Under Appreciated
The revelation is Pope. Those big, beautiful, expressive eyes speak volumes and question volumes. A gay man, you can feel his star presence.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 8, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, PGA, Queer Film/TV, SAG, Thriller, TV / Streaming
However, no one seems to have stopped and thought about the age difference between these two maestros. By my calculations, Lenny would have been teaching Lydia when she was five years old!
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 25, 2022 | Award Season, Drama, Fantasy, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Horror, Independent Spirit Awards, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Road Movie, Romance
Eventually it becomes impossible to feel anything for our unhappy couple, not least because Guadagnino keeps shifting the moral and ethical ground rules.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 1, 2022 | Award Season, Critic Awards, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, National Board of Review, New Releases, SAG
Terrified of standing outside of the groupthink and dreading the Hollywood equivalent of being burnt alive in a Florentine piazza…
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 4, 2022 | Award Season, BAFTA, Critic Awards, Documentary, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Historic Events, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, Queer Film/TV
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” ends up falling between two stools and deceives its audience in the process.
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