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Film Review: ‘The Son’ is a Misguided Melodrama That Can’t Nurture Its Talented Cast
It never pays to compare one movie to another, but sometimes, especially when it’s a follow-up feature from the same filmmaker, it’s hard not to. In the case of The Son, it’s an especially egregious choice, since it makes an already bad film worse. In every way that The Father was powerful yet subtle, effecting […] More
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Florian Zeller’s ‘The Son’ Adds Vanessa Kirby to the Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern Film
In 2020, filmmaker Florian Zeller wowed critics and audiences alike with her drama The Father – starring Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, and Olivia Williams – which followed an elderly man (Hopkins) who suffers from dementia and slowly loses his grip on reality. The film was an awards favorite and […] More
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Tribeca Film Festival Review: Vanessa Kirby’s Acting and Nicholas Britell’s Score Can’t Prevent ‘Italian Studies’ From Being a Slog
Watching a magnetic actress in just about anything can be a compelling experience. At least, it can be up until a certain point. Then, a satisfying movie surrounding her needs to appear. Unfortunately, while Vanessa Kirby is a great actress, she’s barely surrounded by anything in Italian Studies. Playing at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, […] More
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Before the Gold: Best Leading Actress
This month, we’re taking a look at this year’s Oscar nominees and digging into their past work to find hidden gems that you may have overlooked, or specific credits that may have influenced their Oscar-nominated work this year. The Best Leading Actress this year is one of the most entertaining, unpredictable races we’ve seen in… […] More
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The Case for All Five Nominees in Best Actress
How about this Best Actress race? No other category is as up in the air as this one. Furthermore, Actress is setting itself up to be one of the most thrilling categories in some time. It all begs the question that I asked last week: who the hell is winning Best Actress? Whomever wins among […] More
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Interview: Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston Talk ‘The World to Come’
As much as Pieces of a Woman is likely to score Vanessa Kirby her first Academy Award nomination, The World to Come features equally strong work. Paired with Katherine Waterston, the two are part of one of the year’s best casts so far. Along with Kirby and Waterston, Christopher Abbott and Casey Affleck (who I […] More
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Film Review: ‘Pieces of a Woman’ is an Acting Clinic
For being a film with a lot to like and offer, Pieces of a Woman is a surprisingly hard one to quantify. On the one hand, it’s brilliantly performed. On the other, it deals with subject matter and a tragic event that may be too much for some to handle. That it’s done in an […] More
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Netflix Releases a Trailer for ‘Pieces of a Woman’
The rest of the world now finally gets a taste of the movie and performances that set the Venice Film Festival on fire earlier this year, as the trailer for Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces of a Woman has finally dropped. The film, which won the Best Film and Best Actress prizes at Venice, as well as having been […] More
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Venice Film Festival Review: ‘The World To Come’ is Filled with Stirring Performances
It’s always a relief when movie manages to be more than you expect, going in. In the case of The World to Come, it seemed for all the money like an attempt to capture the aesthetic and style of Terrence Malick. A frontier drama and character study, building towards romance? Check. Ethereal narration? Check. Without […] More
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Netflix Has Purchased Vanessa Kirby’s Venice Winner, ‘Pieces of a Woman’
Netflix has picked up yet another film this season, Kornél Mundruczó’s, Pieces of a Woman. The film stars Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf. Kirby plays a grieving woman who embarks on an emotional journey after the loss of her baby. It came at the price of what is said to be $10M, but seems to […] More
