Hello from the Sundance Film Festival…inside my house! Yes this is my 5th time attending the festival, my first time as approved press. As can be expected they are doing an all virtual festival this year and it honestly has its pluses and minuses. Gone are the long lines (especially if you don’t have the […]
Sundance Vlog 2021 Day 1 (Shorts, FLEE)
Your handy one-stop-shop for film news, interviews, articles, and videos from the week that was. The spring of 2020 saw Cannes employing a defiant “the show must go on” attitude, insisting that they’d stage an in-person festival and announcing a series of postponements until they ultimately cancelled. (Of course, that didn’t stop them from staging […]
Weekly Roundup: Cannes moves to summer, Sundance gets rolling, and Cicely Tyson won’t be forgotten
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. It’s absolutely horrifying to think that a doctor who we trust with our health and body can defraud us one way or another. Especially couples who are so eager to have a child, that they would do anything to hold one in their arms. But what happens if the […]
Sundance 2021: “Seeds of Deceit”
Over the last few days I’ve been looking back at the best acting performances from the year 2020. Yesterday we began the Lead categories by looking at five incredible female performances. We wrap it up today with Lead Actor and without question there are some really strong contenders. So without further delay here are my […]
In May of 2015 journalist Matthew Teague wrote an essay for Esquire magazine titled “The Friend: Love is Not a Big Enough Word“. This deeply personal piece told of his late wife Nicole who had died from ovarian cancer eight months earlier. She was only 34-years-old. It told of the dignity and courage she showed […]
No faithful movie about the Holocaust is going to be an easy watch. But they have long served as powerful reminders of unbridled human evil and they have testified to the resilience and bravery of many who suffered and died as a result of the atrocities. The upcoming Serbian historical drama “Dara of Jasenovac” tells […]
First Glance: “Dara of Jasenovac”
Sinema Yazarları Derneği (SİYAD) üyeleri tarafından geçen yıl Türkiye’de sinemalarda vizyona giren tüm yabancı filmler arasında yapılan oylama sonucunda en yüksek oyu toplayan Boyalı Kuş’un ithalatçısına ödülü, Mart ayında düzenlenecek 53. SİYAD Ödül Töreni’nde verilecek. SİYAD üyelerinin oylaması sonucu ilk 20 sırada yer alan filmler şunlar: 1) Boyalı Kuş 2) Sefiller 3) Bal Ülkesi 4) […]
SİYAD, BOYALI KUŞ’u “2020’nin EN İYİ YABANCI Filmi” Seçti!
The Weather Underground is a documentary about the radical group of that name, and the times that gave rise to it. In addition to archival footage, it includes retrospective interviews with multiple Weather Underground members themselves and other figures from that era. It’s quite well-done and thought-provoking. By the late ’60s, Robert Kennedy and Martin […]
Netflix collected eight prizes at the IDA Awards, while Bradley won both Best Director and Best Emerging Director for “Time.”
IDA Awards: ‘Crip Camp’ Wins Best Feature, Garrett Bradley Is Best Director
Every week, Establishing Shots offers some further enlightenment on the films that will be screening in-cinema at the VIFF Centre and online through VIFF Connect. We’re excited to welcome Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond’s My Little Sister to the VIFF Connect streaming platform. Having premiered at last year’s Berlinale and been hailed by Variety‘s Guy Lodge as […]
Establishing Shots: Jan 15-21, 2021
Mexico City erupts in chaos when protestors declare war on the privileged elite. A brutal and unflinching study in social and racial inequality.
AFI Fest: New Order/Nuevo orden
Wander Darkly stars Sienna Miller and Diego Luna as couple whose trauma helps heal the divide in their relationship. Twists and turns will keep audiences guessing.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. We like horror films, don’t we? We enjoy when we get scared, jump out of our seats, get nervous and worried throughout the film. Isn’t it fun when you look around and hear people screaming in the auditorium the same way you do? But that horror, my most valuable […]
Film Review: “The Father” (2020)
Jim Marshall’ın Hikayesi (İKSV Özel) İKSV ocak seçkisinde bugün bir belgeselimiz var. Alfred George Bailey yönetmenliğinde müzik tutkusunu fotoğrafçılıkla birleştirip bu dünyaya unutulmaz eserler bırakan Jim Marshall’ın hayatını anlatan belgesel yayınlandı. 2020 Grierson Trust En iyi İngiliz Sanat Belgeseli ve 2019 San Francisco En İyi Belgesel ödüllerine layık görülen belgesel hem bir biyografiyi […]
Fotoğrafı Göster: Jim Marshall’ın Hikayesi (İKSV Özel)
Now’s your chance to experience a week of movies alone in a lighthouse for a week.
Göteborg Is Sending One Cinephile to a Remote Lighthouse to Experience 2021 Festival in Isolation
The North Carolina Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2020 and, in something of a shock for anyone who has following the awards season up to this point, they did not give the best picture award to Nomadland. Instead, they honored Minari! And, to be honest, I couldn’t be more […]
The North Carolina Film Critics Honor Minari!
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have announced that their pick for the best of 2020 is Nomadland. Just as the AWFJ did with their nominations, they announced the winners in an exclusive for Variety. Fear not, though — my picks for the best of 2020 will be released exclusively to this site. Two can […]
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Honor Nomadland
Hong Sang-soo’nun 2020 yılı yapımı son uzun metraj filmi The Woman Who Ran (Kaçan Kadın) geçtiğimiz şubat ayının sonunda gerçekleşen Berlin Film Festivali’nde “En İyi Yönetmen” (Gümüş Ayı) ödülünü de beraberinde getirmişti. Türkiye’de gösterimi ise pandemi nedeniyle 39. İstanbul Film Festivali galalarıyla birleşen Filmekimi’nde yapıldı. Cahiers du Cinéma dergisinin listesi de dahil olmak üzere birçok…
The Woman Who Ran (2020): Başkalarının Hayatlarına Bakmak
The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association announced their nominees for the best of 2020 earlier today. The winners will be announced on December 31st so, again, you’ve got some time to consider these nominees. The Small Axe films are probably not going to be eligible and I’m Thinking of Ending Things will probably […]
Here Are the 2020 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominations!
The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their picks for best of 2020 today! Check out their nominees here and the winners below! BEST PICTURE Nomadland BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao – Nomadland BEST ACTOR Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand – Nomadland BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Raci – Sound of Metal […]