Top Ten Tuesday: The Last Ten Winners of the Best Actor Oscar
Happy Tuesday, dear readers! Each week, we’ll rank the top 10 films in a specific category. While we aim to ...
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Getting to Know ‘A Complete Unknown’ Through the Eyes of Former Bob Dylan Band Members Billy Cross & Jo Ann Harris
Director James Mangold’s eight-time Oscar-nominated A Complete Unknown announces its challenge in its title. Taken from a verse in Dylan’s ...
Top Ten Tuesday: The 10 Hardest Oscar Races to Predict in 2025
Happy Tuesday, dear readers! Each week, we’ll rank the top 10 films in a specific category. While we aim to ...
Is Ralph Fiennes the Best Actor of the Year… and of His Generation?
On January 23, 2025, Ralph Fiennes was nominated by the Academy for an Oscar in the category of Best Leading ...
Contending Spotlight: Consider Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’
Few films have been released this year that created as much discussion as Alex Garland’s fourth effort as a director, ...
From the Virginia Film Festival: Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ Defies Conventional World War II History
Steve McQueen’s Blitz begins by bursting into flames. In the first scene, you are taken directly into London, 1940, as ...
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