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Exclusive: National Board of Review Fraud: 7 Awards to Studio Whose Marketing Chief is On Their Board
I've written a lot about the National Board of Review and its phony baloney way of selecting winners for its awards.
Today the NBR gave...
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Review: Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Soars As One of the Last Great Storytellers Paints His Masterpiece
Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" asks the question Imagine if you could do life over knowing what you know now.
So Spielberg has reimagined Robert...
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“Licorice Pizza” Picks Up Best Film, Director from National Board of Fans, Netflix, Amazon, “Gucci,” Gaga Snubbed
With the National Board of Review, er, fans, there has to be a reason why Paul Thomas Anderson and "Licorice Pizza" did so well...
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“Nightmare Alley” Press Nightmare as Stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett MIA, Director Del Toro Combined Into Group Q&A
Today's virtual press junket for Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley" turned into a nightmare.
Both stars Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett are completely MIA and...
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Review: Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” Buckles Under Its Weight Despite All Star Cast
Guillermo del Toro is one of my favorite directors. So it's doubly sad to report that his remake of the 1940s noir film, "Nightmare...
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UPDATE Exclusive: Ethan Hawke Directing Paul Newman Documentary SERIES for CNN Films, Basis for 2022 Knopf Memoir
12/06/21 UPDATE The Paul Newman doc is a series, 6 episodes, which we will see this winter or spring, I am told, on CNN....
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“The Tragedy of Macbeth” Is No Oscar Campaign for Denzel, Free IMAX Screenings This Sunday
What is the real tragedy of Macbeth?
Joel Coen's brilliant film of the Shakespeare play opened the New York Film Festival and then disappeared like...
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Happy Birthday Woody Allen: Flashback to My 2014 Interview Talking Classic Films and Malted Milk Shakes
Since Woody Allen turns 86 today, I thought I'd republish it. Woody remains my favorite all time filmmaker. Since this article he made Rifkin's...