Award Season 2022-2023
Here are the 2022-2023 awards, so far, from the various film critics’ groups, The National Board of Review, and The Gothams. More to come!
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 31, 2022 | Award Season, Oscars, The Best of the Best
Here are the 2022-2023 awards, so far, from the various film critics’ groups, The National Board of Review, and The Gothams. More to come!
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 30, 2022 | Award Season, The Best of the Best
His haunting dialogue and stunningly assured direction are on display from the opening shot as Padraic walks towards the house of his friend.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 30, 2022 | Award Season, The Best of the Best
Danielle Deadwyler, Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan gave my favorites performances of 2022 but there were plenty of others that impressed.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 30, 2022 | Award Season, The Best of the Best
“The Tale of King Crab”, “Great Freedom”, “Happening” and “Hit the Road” are my favorite International Films of 2022.
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 | Jan 3, 2023 | Amazon Prime Video, Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, HBO Max, Horror, Hulu, My Favorites, New Releases, The Best of the Best, Thriller, TV / Streaming
There is a fantastic faceoff between Fiennes and a mysterious guest who was not invited. She is played by the extraordinary Anna Taylor-Joy
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 1, 2023 | Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, My Favorites, Mystery, Netflix, New Releases, Road Movie, Science Fiction, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming
Our savior is Driver, who, against all odds, manages to give another really good performance in inhospitable settings.
Read Moreby 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.
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 | Oct 23, 2022 | Apple TV+, Award Season, Comedy, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, My Favorites, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Romance, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming, Under Appreciated
Aamu Milonoff is exceptionally good, giving a beautifully grounded yet magical performance. The kind that makes you sit up and take notice.
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 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…
Read Moreby 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
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 29, 2022 | Award Season, BAFTA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, My Favorites, New Releases, PGA, SAG, The Best of the Best
As Charlie, an overweight teacher, Brendan Fraser gives a very sweet and appealing performance in director Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale”.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 16, 2022 | Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Guild Awards, Historic Events, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, PGA, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming
He films one of his jock tormentors as a blond God-like figure – I swear, it reminded me of Leni Riefenstahl’s “Olympia.”
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 21, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Douglas, Grant, Stewart, Robinson, Muni, Cagney, Brando, Nicholson, Pacino and DeNiro. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Malkovich, Mitchum, Dean , Bogart, Cotten, Voight, Perkins, Nolte, Sutherland and Irons. The Best of the Best of 10 of my favorite actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 25, 2022 | Masterpieces, My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Hoffman, Damon, Law, Seymour Hoffman, Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Depp, Hackman, Mason and Hanks. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 27, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Harvey, Fonda, Newman, Sinatra, McCrea, Scott, Lancaster, Preston, Léaud and Lemmon. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 30, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Tracy, Finch, Holden, Penn, Marinelli. Mastroianni, Andrews, Peck, Redford and Beatty. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 2, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Laughton, Guinness, Price, Harrison, Harris, O’Toole, Burton, Donat, Finney and Bates. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 2, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Courtney, Welles, Widmark, Young, Hayden, Calhern, Jaffe, Sanders, Caine, Trintingant and Macmurray. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 5, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best Of Ten of My Favorite Actors. Olivier, Richardson, Gielgud, Everett, Day Lewis, Firth, Oldman, Grant, Jennings and Hurt.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 19, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors, Part 9. Rains, Webb, Coburn, Kennedy, Gable, Cooper, Morley, Griffith, Russell, and von Stroheim.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 20, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors, Part 10. DiCaprio, Depardieu, Auteuil, Lonsdale, Wilson, Garfield, Ryan, Lorre, Waltz, and Woods.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 11, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Close, Bening, Moore, Watts, Adams, Blanchett, Winslet, Stewart, Chastain and Streep. The Best of the Best of ten of my favorite actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 14, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Mulligan, Swinton, Fanning, Sévigny, Kidman, Davis, De Havilland, Sullivan, Leo, and Davis. Best of the best of ten of my favorite actresses
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 15, 2022 | Masterpieces, My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Ronan, Weaver, Pfeiffer, Davis, Rampling, Christie, Hepburn, Kerr, Arthur, Wood. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 18, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Collette, Stanwyck, Dern, Bergman, Swank, Fontaine, Russell, Novak, Monroe, Metcalf. The Best of the Best of the favorite actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 19, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Swanson, Anderson, Leigh, Hepburn, Mc Teer, Leigh, Lane, Lansbury, Crawford, Linney. The best of the best of ten of my favorite actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Reed, Wyman, Smith, Taylor, Bancroft, Fonda, Redgrave, Mirren, Dench and Dunne. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 27, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Kelly, Wright, Loy, Ritter, Turner, Remick, Turner, Witherspoon, Reynolds and Walter. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 30, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
Page, Bujold, Dunaway, MacLaine, Winger, Simmons, Rogers, Day, Garland and Minnelli. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 2, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Part 9. Tierney, Huston, Black, Smith, Anspach, Cher, Keaton, Saint, Denevue, Binoche.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 5, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Ullmann, Andersson, Rogers, Sarandon, Davis, Jackson, Snodgress, Baker, Garson, Spacek.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 18, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Masina, Ashcroft, Johnson, Harris, Huppert, Adjani, Miou-Miou, Baye, Azema and Seyrig.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 20, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses Part 12. Weisz, Stone, Coleman, Stanley, Connelly, Portman, Ryder, Keener, Mortimer, and Diaz.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 21, 2022 | My Favorites, The Best of the Best
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Part 13. Dunst, Gainsbourg, Schygulla, Johansson, Hall, Scott Thomas, Lupino, Oberon, Fitzgerald, and Winkler.
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