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On October 9, 1970, the fabled Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert walked out of a screening of a film...
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 (2024), 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(2024) He is a proud member of GALECA and the IFJA.
On October 9, 1970, the fabled Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert walked out of a screening of a film...
Last month, I watched Amazon’s documentary John Candy: I Like Me. I was never a huge fan of Candy’s work...
As a child of the ‘80s, I can firmly say there were five rock stars: Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Bruce...
If there is a list floating around of the best working actors to have never been nominated for an Oscar,...
When the first female director to win a Best Director Oscar (for 2008’s The Hurt Locker) makes her first feature-length...
As a Casting Director, Alexa Fogel has the kind of resume that makes your eyes widen and your jaw go...
I first heard of Director Lee Tamahori through Siskel & Ebert circa 1994. The film they reviewed is called Once...
Frenchman (by way of Istanbul), Tchéky Karyo was a remarkably active actor for over four decades, with more than 200...
Cinematographer Evgenia Alexandrova grew up in Russia under the Putin regime. With her keen understanding of totalitarianism, working with Brazilian...
Diane Ladd seldom received roles worthy of her capabilities, but when she did, she made the most of them. Ladd,...