The Outlier: Episode 5 of ‘The Menendez Brothers,’ “The Hurt Man”
When Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story dropped in 2022, I was as skeptical as anyone about whether the...
David Phillips has been a Senior Writer for The Contending from its inception on 8/26/2024. He is a writer for film and TV and creator of the Reframe series, devoted to looking at films from the past through a modern lens. Before coming to The Contending, David wrote for Awards Daily in the same capacity from August 2018 to August 2024. He has covered the Oscars in person, as well as the Virginia Film Festival, and served as a juror for both the short and the full-length narrative film categories for the Heartland Film Festival. He is a proud member of GALECA and the IFJA.
When Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story dropped in 2022, I was as skeptical as anyone about whether the...
The Virginia Film Festival (VAFF) has announced its slate of films for this, its 37th year. Held in Charlottesville, VA,...
One of the great Pariesenne actors of the modern age, Marion Cotillard crossed over to this side of the Atlantic...
I spent most of my early youth in a mixed-race small town where black and white didn’t, well, mix. Sure,...
In Robert Kolodny's remarkable faux documentary, The Featherweight, covering former lightweight boxing champion Willie Pep on his way to a...
Before I get to Kris Kristofferson as an actor, I feel compelled to talk about what an extraordinary songwriter he...
Let’s first clear up the intentional grammatical error in the film’s title. George Clooney and Brad Pitt play two “cleaners”...
As I was prepping for this tribute to Dame Maggie Smith, it occurred to me that from her breakthrough Oscar-nominated...
It may be hard to remember now, since, you know, Paltrow becoming a mogul of odd QVC level products—one of...
The Penguin, The Batman-related spin-off MAX introduced on September 19th as a Limited series, picks up where The Batman left...