by Kevin Allen | Jan 13, 2022
In 2018, anime director Mamoru Hosoda received an Academy Award nomination for Mirai, which enthralled audiences with gorgeous animation and a wondrous coming-of-age narrative that explored the psychology of its child protagonist well, yet was lacking in thematic...
by Kevin Allen | Dec 30, 2021
William Shakespeare’s timeless play Macbeth has been adapted to film several times over the years, from Akira Kurosawa’s samurai epic Throne of Blood and Orson Welles’ 1948 adaptation to Justin Kurzel’s dreamlike retelling that starred Michael Fassbender and Marion...
by Kevin Allen | Dec 23, 2021
Ever since debuting with Hard Eight and Boogie Nights in 1997, Paul Thomas Anderson has been a constant presence in the conversation about the best contemporary filmmaking auteur working today, and he continues to solidify himself as such with his new film, Licorice...
by Kevin Allen | Dec 14, 2021
After winning the Academy Award in the now-titled category of Best International Feature Film in 2014 with The Great Beauty, writer/director Paolo Sorrentino has solidified himself as a filmmaker on the rise with the overlooked drama Youth and the miniseries The Young...
by Kevin Allen | Nov 10, 2021
From film versions of Shakespeare plays like Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V as well as adaptations of Agatha Christie novels Murder On The Orient Express and the upcoming Death on the Nile, to studio fare like Thor and the live-action Cinderella remake, Kenneth...
