Best Picture: Golden Globes vs. Oscars
A Best Picture frontrunner just isn’t what it used to be. Since 2004, the Oscar winner for Best Picture has only won a corresponding top Golden Globe prize once. That…
Awards Season Update: National Board of Review & Satellite Awards
On Thursday, two awards bodies announced their picks for the best of the year. The National Board of Review, an organization that has been in existence for over 100 years,…
Awards Season Update: Independent Thinking from Independent Spirits & More
This morning, the Independent Spirit Award nominations and the New York Film Critics Circle winners were announced, and the Gotham Independent Film Awards were handed out on Monday evening. Among…
That Other Israel Film Festival
For those with an interest in the complexities of and diversities of people within Israeli society, there’s a film festival with that specific aim in mind. Not to be confused…
Golden Globes Preview: New TV Series
The first sign of a new show’s awards potential comes on December 15th with the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is famously much more…
Seeing Double: This Year's Dual Oscar Contenders
As we enter November, the Oscars can’t be too far off. This famous awards ceremony honors movies released during the calendar year, meaning that some actors have multiple films eligible.…
The Top 5 New Shows of the Fall TV Season
Each fall presents a whole slate of new series, some of which are terrific, some of which are terrible, and some of which are simply forgettable (like CBS’ ironically-named procedural…
Janie Jones Movie Review 2
Title: Janie Jones Director: David M. Rosenthal Starring: Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Shue, Peter Stormare, Joel David Moore, Frances Fisher, Brittany Snow, Frank Whaley If Abigail Breslin stars in…