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  • Terry Jones: 1942-2020

    - Jan 23, 2020
    There will not be a single obituary of Terry Jones, who passed away at his home in North London at the age of 77 after a long battle with dementia that had robbed him of his...
  • SBIFF 2020: The Night, Mentors—Tony & Santi

    - Jan 22, 2020
    The 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), which kicked off January 15th and runs through Saturday, January 25th, recently held the world premiere of Iranian-American director Kourosh Ahari’s debut feature, “The Night,” a horror film...
  • Sundance 2020: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See in Park City

    - Jan 21, 2020
    The 2020 Sundance Film Festival kicks off on Thursday night with some highly anticipated premieres, including the return of “Dear White People” writer/director Justin Simien with his comedy “Bad Hair,” and a Taylor Swift documentary (“Miss Americana”) directed by...
  • #372 January 21, 2020

    - Jan 21, 2020
    Matt writes: With the Academy Awards just weeks away, there appears to be a quartet of front-runners emerging in the acting races: Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker” for Best Actor, Renée Zellweger in “Judy” for Best Actress,...
  • A Work of Art like Life Itself: Theo Angelopoulos’ Landscape in the Mist

    - Jan 20, 2020
    In Theo Angelopoulos’ “Landscape in the Mist,” two kids run away from their Athens home in search for their father whom they were told lives in Germany. But beneath the surface, this film is about so much...
  • AAFCA President Gil Robertson Discusses the Importance of His Annual Ceremony

    - Jan 20, 2020
    At a time when examples of inclusivity are still few and far between during awards season, the African American Film Critics Association’s (“AAFCA”) annual awards gala is more crucial than ever. Its 11th installment will be held...
  • Intrigo: Death of an Author

    - Jan 17, 2020
    An unfaithful wife is murdered — or maybe not. A successful writer commits suicide — or maybe not. Nothing is certain here, not even the central character’s name. The narrator who opens the film just says,...
  • Stars Shine at the 25th Critics Choice Awards

    - Jan 17, 2020
    The 25th Critics Choice Awards ensued with sunny skies and a brisk, windy chill, the norm for a winter west coast day. Enclosed under a tent, weather aside, stars walked the red carpet dripping in sparkling...
  • Bad Boys for Life

    - Jan 16, 2020
    You would have to be a darn fool to believe that Sony thought it had a good movie in “Bad Boys For Life.” It’s being released smack dab in the middle of the cinematic wasteland that...
  • Tyler Perry, Crystal Fox, Bresha Webb, and Phylicia Rashad on Making Netflix’s Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace

    - Jan 16, 2020
    The very first Tyler Perry movie to be released by Netflix is “Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace,” a court drama and thriller that Perry produced at his own Tyler Perry Studios. Crystal Fox (seen in Perry’s...