Colin Farrell Continues to Amaze as ‘The Penguin’
The Penguin, The Batman-related spin-off MAX introduced on September 19th as a Limited series, picks up where The Batman left...
Rooney Mara and Raul Briones Shine in the Class Drama ‘La Cocina’
At the beginning of director Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina, I thought the film was in trouble. The opening credits sequence...
Tom Hardy’s Top 7 Birthday Bash
Tom Hardy is among the best and most unique actors of his era. As a younger man, he presented as...
Trailer Alert! ‘The Fire Inside,’ The Groundbreaking Story of Olympic Champion Boxer Claressa Shields
Yesterday, MGM dropped the trailer for the biopic The Fire Inside, a film that tells the story of Claressa Shields...
Birthday Bash: Brian DePalma’s Top 7
Throughout the fabled auteur era of ‘70s cinema, no other director found weaker critical assessment and Academy acceptance than he...
Reframe: United 93
The morning of September 11, 2001, I was at work. My day began at 6:30 AM. A couple of hours...
The Voice of James Earl Jones
It’s quite possible that most of us unconsciously know James Earl Jones as a voice. An authoritative voice. Whether that...
Top 7 Birthday Bash: Richard Gere
On Saturday, Richard Gere turned 75. Once a week, here at the Contending we will celebrate the birthdays of filmmakers,...
Joker: Folie (or Folly?) à Deux
We are just two days from the Venice premiere of Director Todd Phillips’ sequel to his stunningly successful Joker from...
Birthday Bash: David Fincher’s Top 7
Today David Fincher turns 62. Once a week, here at the Contending we will celebrate the birthdays of filmmakers, and...
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