Sports dramas tend to follow a certain trajectory. Whether based on real life or totally made up, it’s about inspiration and building up to the climactic sporting event. Oftentimes, especially when it’s a biopic, what happens after the bell rings and a winner emerges is left to on screen text. The Fire Inside, to its […] More
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
Edward Burns has long been a filmmaker I enjoy. His low-key and scrappy vibe served him very well as an up and coming storyteller. It doesn’t hurt that I found him to be a charismatic actor, too. So, I was very intrigued to see Millers in Marriage, which sees him trying the sort of indie […] More
It shouldn’t matter one’s politics when reviewing a film, but I’ll go ahead and tell you all that I’m a solidly liberal voter. I’m a reliable Democratic voter and find the entire platform of the Republican party to be wrong, if not reprehensible in many cases. I only tell you this to tell you that […] More
I’m a sucker for a tearjerker when the emotional manipulation is done well. When it’s too artificial, I can revolt, but if it feels natural and earned, I almost always roll a tear when intended to do so. As such, it probably won’t surprise you to learn that We Live in Time made me cry. […] More
Conversations about religion are not often the basis for horror movies. At the same time, debating religious teachings and doctrine can go to some strange places. Whether you believe or not, and for the record, I’m a non-believer, Heretic is a unique horror effort begging to be discussed. Playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, […] More
When you think of Ron Howard the filmmaker, you think of a sturdy popcorn flick, in all likelihood. Rarely, if ever, does he take a bleak view of humanity. Eden, however, is very much on that level. Howard’s survival thriller, which has a darkly funny streak to it, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival […] More
There’s the old saying that “a picture says a thousand words” and the moving pictures of cinema have certainly attested that truth. Before the advent of film, however, the still image was equally powerful. In 1863, for example, the now famous photo of “Whipped Peter” helped to catalyze the abolition of slavery. A century later, […] More
Trailers lie. Our first real look at Nightbitch suggested a very different film than we’ve actually got on our hands. Having just seen the movie here at the Toronto International Film Festival, the broad and on the nose comedy in the trailer has given way to a biting skewering of motherhood. It’s a relief, too, […] More
Ambition runs rampant throughout the veins of The Brutalist. Not just in the protagonist’s vision for his work, but also in that of filmmaker Brady Corbet. For his third feature, the actor turned director has opted to make a big old American epic, the kind we almost never see anymore. Expansive and sprawling in narrative […] More
Watching Steven Soderbergh experiment is always an interesting experience. He plays with form and upends expectations more or less no matter what he’s making. So, seeing him enter the realm of horror obviously is going to make for something unique. While one can draw comparisons to A Ghost Story, Presence is a different beast, both […] More
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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