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in Editor, InterviewsInterview: Matt Singer Returns to Discuss His New Book ‘Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever’
Multi-hyphenate Matt Singer has been a colleague of mine since I began my writing career, nearly 20 years ago. His articles, podcast, and reviews are always a pleasure to read, and this is coming from someone who doesn’t read a whole ton of his fellow colleagues’ work. Suffice it to say, when Singer writes something, I’m […] More
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Interview: Zoe Kazan Discusses the Personal Importance of Her Take on ‘East of Eden’
There are few bigger fans of Zoe Kazan out there than yours truly. Ever since she first blew me away (no pun intended) in The Exploding Girl, I’ve championed her acting. Look no further than my rave review here for She Said for further evidence of that. When she first transitioned to writing with Ruby […] More
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Awards Radar Community / Sunday Scaries: What is Your Favorite Zach Cregger Film?
The transition that Zach Cregger has made from being an actor and comedian to a full fledged A-list filmmaker is rather stunning. Initially, Cregger was mostly known for being a founding member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’ Know. His work in front of the camera transitioned to co-directing the comedy Miss March, […] More
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NYFF Film Review: Pedro Pascal Gets a Grand Solo in Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’
Pedro Pascal has long deserved a big screen showcase like the one he gets in Behemoth!, the Centerpiece selection of the 2026 New York Film Festival. Not only delivering the best cinematic performance of his career, Pascal also gets to explore some tricky territory for writer/director Tony Gilroy. The film itself is good, often very […] More
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An Updated Ranking of the Best Performances to Date from Tom Cruise
When it comes to movie stars, they don’t come any bigger than Tom Cruise. Whether it’s early days in Risky Business or Top Gun, or later on with work like in Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire, or Rain Man, Cruise has underrated range. He’s an all-timer of an action hero, sure, but […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #310: Joey and Kate Talk About the New York Film Festival, Potential ‘Digger’ Audience Reactions, and 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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NYFF Film Review: ‘NAZA’ is a Chilling Account of Investigative Journalism During Wartime
Regardless of your thoughts about the war in Gaza, it should be unrcontionable for civilians to be murdered. Whether it’s soldiers or terrorists, it’s just plain wrong to target innocents. That should be a common sense take, if not a particularly nuanced one. Of course, this particular war has become such a wedge issue and […] More
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Ranking the Films of Alejandro G. Iñárritu So Far
Alejandro G. Iñárritu is a filmmaker who generates strong opinions, both positive and negative. Ever since winning back to back Best Director Oscars for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Revenant (taking Best Picture for the former as well), there seems to be a dividing line of opinions. Is he the auteur […] More
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Film Review: Tom Cruise and Alejandro G. Iñárritu Swing for the Fences with the Fascinating Misfire ‘Digger’
Talking about Digger without spoilers is incredibly difficult, I’ll just say that up front. So much of both what works and what doesn’t work here is contained within an element of the film that we as critics have been asked not to reveal. So, I won’t, but just know that a future article will be […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of September 28th – Criterion Gains Three Leos Carax Works
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have the wild filmmaker Leos Carax having three of his movies joining the Criterion Collection. In fact, the Criterion title of the collection is literally Three Films by Leos Carax. The flicks in question? Boy Meets Girl, Mauvais sang, and The Lovers on the Bridge. What else […] More
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NYFF Film Review: ‘Misty Green’ is an Imperfect Yet Compelling Character Study from Chris Rock with a Breakthrough Star Turn from Rosalind Eleazar
It’s hardly a novel concept to present to audiences that Hollywood can chew a person up and spit them out. In fact, films about Hollywood almost exclusively traffic in failed dreams. So, for Chris Rock to want to make a movie about Hollywood, there would have to be a hook of some kind. With Misty […] More
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NYFF Film Review: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ is a Sequel That’s Bigger (and Often Better) in Nearly Every Way
It was shocking how good Godzilla Minus One turned out to be. Taking the monster movie back to basics resulted in an incredibly satisfying, visual splendid, and surprisingly complex experience. Now, with Godzilla Minus Zero, the flick is bigger in basically every single way. Is it better? Often yes, sometimes no, and offers up a […] More
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