Tag: Oscars
The Audacity of Marty Supreme
Following the release of his brother Benny’s film The Smashing Machine earlier this year, the other half of the Safdie Brothers directing duo Josh Safdie is finally releasing his first solo directorial effort; one that has featured a…
Read More »Hamnet’s Powerful Performances Balance Out a Light Narrative (Middleburg Film Festival)
Director Chloe Zhao returns to the big screen with a tale of love and loss. Hamnet tells the tale of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his early life with his wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley). After getting married and…
Read More »Sentimental Value Lives By Its Actors Empathetic Performances (Middleburg Film Festival)
2021’s The Worst Person in the World was a critical darling upon its release and announced writer/director Joachim Trier and actress Renate Reinsve as two talents on the rise in the film world. Their followup film has finally…
Read More »Like Its Leads, Wicked: For Good Is One Half Goodness, One Half Cloudy
Wicked was both a box office hit and a pleasant surprise for this reviewer last year, so the anticipated conclusion of the franchise is quite the curiosity. Can director Jon M. Chu stick the landing? Will stars Cynthia…
Read More »Rental Family: Uncomfortable Lies Exchanged For Comfortable Truths (Middleburg Film Festival)
After 2022’s “Brenaissance” that saw the actor make a triumphant return to Hollywood with his Academy Award winning turn in The Whale, Brendan Fraser hits the big screen for his first starring role since bringing home the Oscar….
Read More »The Smashing Machine Largely Accomplishes What It Meant To Do
The hype surrounding Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s latest film has been substantial. After becoming one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars during an era that has seen movie stars become less important than they’ve ever been, a string of…
Read More »One Battle After Another is a Stunning Achievement
Leonardo DiCaprio. Paul Thomas Anderson. Two titanic names in Hollywood who have established themselves as the best at what they do in town and future legendary figures finally connect on a movie set and bring a sprawling, ambitious…
Read More »Magazine Dreams: A Fitting Portrait of Male Fragility and Redemption (Sundance Film Festival)
Jonathan Majors was on the cusp of stardom and seemed headed for his first Oscar nomination before an incident in the streets of New York City made his persona non grata in mainstream film circles, cost him his Marvel Cinematic…
Read More »Top Performances of 2024
In anticipation of tomorrow’s Oscar nominations announcement, we here at CinemaBabel have compiled our top picks for 2024’s best in film performances both in front of and behind the camera. See how our picks stack up against the…
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The Secret Agent Deftly Depicts Quiet Strength in the Midst of Chaos (Middleburg Film Festival)
We are currently in an era of films seeking to explore the global rise in authoritarianism and the way in which our society is responding to the moment. The uptick in this style of storytelling makes cutting through…
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