Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Dunkirk deserves all the technical prizes at next year’s Oscars but...

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Here it is, July, and the movie to beat in next year’s Oscar race for all the technical awards will be Dunkirk. After his...

Oscar-nominated A War presents subtle anti-war message — a film review

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The Oscar-nominated film from Danish writer-director Tobias Lindhol, A War (Krigen) probably stands as the most subdued entry into the mix of foreign language films...

Son of Saul, a grim out-of-body experience at Auschwitz — a...

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Son of Saul, the feature debut by Hungarian director László Nemes has an audacious premise: placing the viewer in the shoes of a member...

The Salesman tests morals limits of a good husband — a...

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It’s easy to consider hypothetical reactions when one is confronted with moral quandaries in the movies -- especially in Hollywood movies. Good and evil...

Oscar preview: Borscht, Moonlight and ‘the power of Miami’s filmmaking community’

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The 10th edition of the Borscht Film Festival winds down this Sunday with great anticipation (read a report I wrote on Animal Collective’s appearance...

Phantom Thread comes close to dominating International Cinephile Society best of...

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This critic ends his duties in the 2017 cinematic awards season with a second year participating in the 15th International Cinephile Society poll (getting me...

Oscar Nominated I Am Not Your Negro is a steadfast look...

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  The idea of historic recurrence is one that has animated several thinkers to stress the importance of how a particular moment in time may...

Director/producer Andrew Hevia on Leave The Bus Through The Broken Window

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You’d be forgiven if you sense director Andrew Hevia has a fixation on his own feet. The Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker (not to mention...

Filmmakers Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson on meanings of Anomalisa and awards...

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On an uncharacteristically wet and chilly Tuesday morning in Downtown Miami, filmmakers Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson sit at a round table easily large...

Florida Film Critics Circle reveal best of 2017… and my ballot

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Today the Florida Film Critics Circle announced the winners of the best films and performances on film in 2017. How does this writer feel...