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Telluride Film Festival Review: ‘The Debut’ is a Magnificently Entertaining and Absurd Work from Jesse Eisenberg with a Superb Julianne Moore Turn
If Jesse Eisenberg had just done a live action riff on “A Streetcar Named Marge,” the classic episode of The Simpsons, I would have been delighted. The fact that The Debut only begins that way, before morphing into something surprisingly weird and even a bit bizarre, well that’s just a bonus. Eisenberg follows up A […] More
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Telluride Film Festival Review: ‘Ink’ Energetically Charts the Way Entertainment Merged with Information
It’s impossible not to think about where modern media is today while watching Ink. Danny Boyle and James Graham certainly aren’t discouraging it, and even put the exclamation point on their film with a montage reminding you of such. Despite those heavy themes and dour thesis, this movie can actually be an energetic bit of […] More
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Telluride Film Festival Review: Carrie Coon is Wonderful in ‘The Liberation’ Even if the Movie Doesn’t Quite Earn Her Performance
There’s an absolutely devastating truth at the center of The Liberation. Not only is it based on the true story of Rita Cooper, the real Rita was filmmaker Guy Nattiv‘s grandmother. So, knowing that, as well as the performance Nattiv received from Carrie Coon, the weight of the film could prove overwhelming. It’s not in […] More
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Telluride Film Festival Review: ‘Wild Horse Nine’ is Arguably Martin McDonagh’s Best Movie and Features a Magnificent Turn from John Malkovich
The works of Martin McDonagh tend to have a bite to their humor. Blood is often spilled, yet there can be a jovial nature as well. Comedy or tragedy, McDonagh likes to have his cake and eat it too. With Wild Horse Nine, he’s crafted what if not only his funniest film, but also his […] More
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Telluride Film Festival Review: Andrew Scott Gives a Powerhouse Performance in the Tribute to Acting That is ‘Elsinore’
Even if you don’t know of the late actor Ian Charleson, Elsinore is going to make you shed a tear for him. Not only is this an account of Charleson and his quest to play Hamlet at the National Theater, it’s a look at where the AIDS crisis was in London during the late 1980s. […] More
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Telluride Film Festival Review: The Need to Take Care of Each Other Fuels Mike Leigh’s Potential Farewell ‘Tender Loving Care’
Up until now, I’ve sadly gotten very little out of Mike Leigh movies. I always appreciate the performances and craftsmanship within, but the acclaim almost every other has bestowed upon him over the years has largely been lost on me. Until now, that is. Tender Loving Care, which might be Leigh’s final work (due to […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Summer is Pretty Much Over and Fall Film Festival Season is About to Reveal Some Contenders
Well, the wait is over folks, as we’ve arrived. The fall film festival season is literally underway, with so much of the early speculation about to give way to analysis and reviews. Yesterday, I departed for the Telluride Film Festival, so as you read this, I’m on the ground preparing to, or actually already watching […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #306: Joey and Adam Preview the Telluride Film Festival and Talk Impending Releases Like ‘The Uprising’
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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Film Review: ‘Hope’ Has Big Highs and Frustrating Lows But Offers Up a Decidedly Unique Korean Blockbuster
There are about three different movies going on within Hope, and about two and a half of them are good ones. I say that up top to explain that, while this is the type of film where the highs are high and the lows are deeply frustrating, there’s largely a good time to be had […] More
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Rocky Mountain High Time: Thoughts as I Head Back to the Telluride Film Festival
Well folks, here we go yet again. If you read this today, on the day it’s published, I’m a day away from festival fever. Tomorrow, I’ll be en route to the Telluride Film Festival once more. Yes, I’m headed to the airport early in the morning (and then waiting for the shuttle bus) for another […] More
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Who is the Next Filmmaker Due to Finally Win Their Oscar?
When Paul Thomas Anderson won his Academy Awards almost a year ago now, it crossed off a massive name on the list of auteurs who were overdue to win an Oscar. Every few years, someone notable finally gets their prize. Prior to Anderson, it was Kenneth Branagh and Christopher Nolan, to name two more. With […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of August 31st – The ‘Dirty Harry’ Collection is Here to Dispense Justice on Blu-ray
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, as August (and the summer, kind of) comes to an end, we don’t really have much to talk about, new release wise. The highlight of the slate? The Dirty Harry Collection coming to Blu-ray, along with the Blu-ray re-release of The Mauritanian, which I actually was quoted on […] More
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