December 9 was a big day for Roma, capped by a Best Picture win from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was a clean sweep for the personal passion project from Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón. His Spanish-language film from Mexico (and distributed by Netflix) went 5-for-5, winning the Best Film awards from the Chicago, [...]
Roma is crossing all borders now. The Toronto Film Critics Association became the latest group of critics to name Roma the Best Film of 2018. They join their colleagues from New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Alfonso Cuarón was also name Best Director for his passion project. Ethan Hawke (First Reformed), Olivia Colman (The Favourite), and Regina King [...]
Now we're finally starting to see a trend. The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle became the third critics group of 2018 to name Alfonso Cuaron's Roma the year's Best Film, joining New York and Chicago. It also won Best Foreign Language Film (it's set in Mexico). But then for director Philly zagged, naming Barry Jenkins the best helmer [...]
The two films that appear to be the collective critical favorites this year are Roma and First Reformed, in that order. Even with the diversity of Best Film choices so far in the early critics groups, the Chicago Film Critics Association joined their New York colleagues in naming Roma the Best Film of 2018; it won 5 [...]
**** out of **** Rated R / TV-MA (for violence, disturbing images, male full frontal nudity, and language) Released: December 14, 2018 Runtime: 135 minutes Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Verónica García, Fernando Grediaga Streaming on Netflix, beginning December 14 (Viewer Discretion note: an early scene contains extended [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=145&v=hA6hldpSTF8 Everything about this trailer is exactly what leaves me so "meh" about most of the MCU: it's the most generic form of 21st Century blockbuster filmmaking (which is likely why it's such a huge success). Case in point: did we really need to wait this long, with this much secrecy and hype, to finally [...]
This Oscar race is all over the place. No clear front runner emerged when the nominations for the 76th Golden Globe Awards were announced. Of the films that led the Globe pack, only one dominated across most eligible categories. Surprise snubs popped up throughout (or didn't, as the case may be), plus there was the [...]
The American Film Institute - known to most as the org that broadcast Top 100 Movie list specials at the turn of the century - announced their 19th Annual AFI Awards, which includes a Top 10 List for the year's best movies. It doesn't name a single movie for Best Film of the Year; it simply [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHxvxdRnYc The latest superhero puts the Marvel in the MCU. Literally. In the second trailer for Captain Marvel, more is teased about the newest addition to Hollywood's biggest tentpole property, now going ten years strong. Starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson (Room) in the title role, Captain Marvel is the first female-led franchise in Marvel's [...]
Four critics groups. Four different choices for Best Film. Following The National Board of Review's pick of Green Book, the New York Film Critics Circle love for Roma, and the Atlanta Film Critics Circle embrace of The Favourite, the Detroit Film Critics Society named Eighth Grade as the Best Film of 2018. "Gucci!", as its star would say. It's a [...]