(Photo credit Mike Coppola/Getty Images) After truly independent filmmaker Sean Baker won the freeking Palme d’Or at Cannes this year, he was fast-tracked to Oscar nominations galore! Amazing! Tonight, Baker won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Editing and Directing...
These deeply personal works are all defined by the dogged, hopeful pursuit of dreams: sports, education, and aspirations—that feel especially heartening right now.
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The Visitor turns Teorema’s subtext into scathingly funny text. The post ‘The Visitor’ Review: Bruce LaBruce’s Blazing Middle Finger to Bourgeois Society appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Three weeks ago, Rotterdam wrapped up its International Film Festival, and a few days after that they published the final results of their audience ratings, which is always a highlight for me. As the saying goes, everybody is a critic,...