Oscar Nominees

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Apr 23
3 min

The Whale ★★★

Aronofsky elicited superb acting from Fraser, whose Oscar-winning performance is a thing of beauty, even if his character, Charlie, isn’t.

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Mar 27
4 min

Argentina, 1985 ★★★

"Argentina, 1985" is a film for our times; a compelling historical drama of corrupt leaders brought to trial.

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Mar 6
4 min

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ★★★

“Pinocchio” is a study in authority, set in Fascist Italy, with director del Toro at center. Like the puppet, he is the “other."

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Feb 21
4 min

Triangle of Sadness ★★★

Director Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner "Triangle of Sadness" is a character study, or, better put, an absence-of-character study.

All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) ★★★1/2

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Feb 13
5 min

All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) ★★★1/2

In the midst of an ugly conflict in Ukraine comes a German film that burst onto the Oscar scene and to acclaim as an anti-war treatise.

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Feb 6
5 min

The Quiet Girl ★★★1/2

Catherine Clinch portrays "The Quiet Girl" to low-affect perfection in Colm Bairéad’s spare and compelling film set in 1980s Ireland.

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Jan 29
4 min

Women Talking ★★★1/2

Out of a scarcely believable premise, director and writer Sarah Polley has produced an engrossing and emotionally powerful film.

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Apr 15, 2022
5 min

King Richard ★★★

By effacing the role of the sisters, “King Richard” simplifies what should be complex: the ingredients of every extraordinary achievement.

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Mar 31, 2022
5 min

CODA ★★★

The outpouring of emotion that this feel-good film induces comes at a cost: a script that is manipulative and predictable.

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Mar 22, 2022
4 min

Flee (Flugt) ★★★1/2

Until the end of this “true story,” Amin, an Afghan refugee who has lived in Denmark for more than a decade, has not found "home."

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles) ★★1/2

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Mar 15, 2022
4 min

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles) ★★1/2

Neither solid acting from main characters, nor the attempt to lend historical depth, can save this film from being a predictable melodrama

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Mar 7, 2022
4 min

Nightmare Alley ★★1/2

A tension-filled, slow-paced, too-long film, it's rescued from mediocrity by Cooper’s intense performance and exceptional production design.

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Feb 28, 2022
4 min

The Worst Person in the World ★★★

In a non-Rom-Com love triangle, Renate Reinsve gives a compelling performance, and is a compelling protagonist in one of 2021's fine films.

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Feb 18, 2022
4 min

Drive My Car ★★★1/2

It's an intriguing, complex, at times enigmatic study of character, and, given its length and languid pace, surprisingly engaging.

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Feb 14, 2022
5 min

Spencer ★★1/2

Kristen Stewart deserves the Oscar nomination for her mastery of Diana, but the Princess emerges as static and unchanging in this biopic.

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

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Jan 29, 2022
15 min

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

Dianne interviews Robert Rosenstone, the historical consultant on Warren Beatty's Reds, probing his ideas about film and history.

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Sep 23, 2021
5 min

Quo Vadis, Aida? ★★★

The film resonates today, as one sees masses of Bosnians stranded outside and pressing against the fences of the UN base.

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Apr 21, 2021
4 min

Judas and the Black Messiah ★★★

The film resonates loudly with what is happening now at the hands of the police to black and brown men - and some poor white people.

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Apr 17, 2021
4 min

Crip Camp ★★★★

"Crip Camp" - about “a camp for the handicapped, run by hippies” - is a story that makes for a powerful and intensely personal film.

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Mar 31, 2021
4 min

The Father ★★★★

As Anthony, the 84-year-old protagonist, Anthony Hopkins is at his King Lear best, and as his daughter Anne, Olivia Colman is just as good.

Master Gardener

Saint Omer

Hannah Ha Ha

The Whale

Ghost Tropic

Argentina, 1985

Linoleum

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Triangle of Sadness

All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)

The Quiet Girl

Women Talking

White Noise

After Yang

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Aftersun

The Fabelmans

Living

The Banshees of Inisherin

Till

Decision to Leave

Tár

In Our Prime

God's Country

Barbarian

Funny Pages

Resurrection

Bad Luck Banging

Nope

Cha Cha Real Smooth

Kimi

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Mass

The Outfit

Top Gun: Maverick

A Chiara

Happening (L'Événement)

The Northman

King Richard

A Hero (Ghahreman)

CODA

Flee (Flugt)

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles)

Nightmare Alley

The Worst Person in the World

Drive My Car

Spencer

Licorice Pizza

Petite Maman

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

Bergman Island

Passing

The Lost Daughter

Belfast

tick, tick...BOOM!

The Power of the Dog

Pig

The French Dispatch

Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez

The Souvenir (Part One)

Dune

Black Bear

No Time to Die

Acasă, My Home (“Acasă”)

No Sudden Move

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Shiva Baby

The Green Knight

White on White

The Truffle Hunters

Zola

In the Heights

Riders of Justice

A Quiet Place Part II

There Is No Evil

Syndrome K

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Judas and the Black Messiah

Crip Camp

The Father

Promising Young Woman

News of the World

Nomadland

Minari

Another Round ("Druk")

Some Kind of Heaven

The White Tiger

One Night in Miami

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mangrove

Mank

You Never Had It: An Evening with Bukowski

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

The Vast of Night

Martin Eden

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

The Wild Goose Lake

Cuties ("Mignonnes")

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

The Assistant

Palm Springs

Sorry We Missed You

The Painted Bird

The Truth

Bacurau

Da 5 Bloods

Beanpole

Tommaso

L'Innocente ("The Innocent")

The Painter and the Thief

Bad Education

Until the Birds Return

The Two Popes

The Lighthouse

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Midsommar

Ford v Ferrari

American Factory

First Cow

Seberg

Ordinary Love

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

The Traitor/Il Traditore

Uncut Gems

Les Misérables

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Bombshell

1917

Knives Out

Little Women

Marriage Story

Queen & Slim

The Irishman

Cold Brook

Jojo Rabbit

Parasite

Joker

Ad Astra

Pain and Glory

First Love

Downton Abbey

Monos

The Goldfinch

Late Night

Good Boys

The Farewell

Yesterday

Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

They Shall Not Grow Old

Toy Story 4

Bad Times at the El Royale

Bob Wilson's Life and
Death of Marina
Abramovic

The Sisters Brothers

Gloria Bell

Us

Won't You Be My
Neighbor

Never Look Away

Capernaum

Everybody Knows

Shoplifters

Three Identical Strangers

Minding the Gap

Cold War

The Favourite

Creed II

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

Can You Ever Forgive Me

Green Book

The House with a Clock in its Walls

Wildlife

The Kindergarten Teacher

Free Solo

A Star is Born

Museo

Eighth Grade

BlacKkKlansman

Sorry to Bother You

A Ciambra

The First Purge

Piazza Vittorio

Loro 1

My Cousin Rachel

Black Panther

Marshall

Call Me By Your Name

I, Tonya

Mudbound

The Darkest Hour

The Post

The Shape of Water

Indiscretion of an American Wife (Stazione Termini)

Downsizing

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

INTERVIEW with "Blade Runner" Screenwriter Hampton Fancher

Lady Bird

Rome Adventure

Last Flag Flying

Mother!

Blade Runner 2049

Logan Lucky

Wonder Woman

Dunkirk

The Beguiled

Berlin Syndrome

Facing Windows

Baby Driver

Personal Shopper

INTERVIEW with "John Wick" Screenwriter Derek Kolstad

I Am Not Your Negro

Sing

Get Out

The Salesman

Toni Erdmann

Hacksaw Ridge

Hidden Figures

Fences

Arrival

Elle

Lion

La La Land

Hell or High Water

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Doctor Strange

Florence Foster Jenkins

Demon

Mia Madre

Indignation

Captain Fantastic

Weiner

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Reviewing Films, Together

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