This year, evidence of the growing popularity of international films is seen as two of the films vying for the Academy Award’s five slots feature Hollywood actors. Monos is the official submission from Colombia and stars Moises Arias (Ender’s Game) and Julianne Nicholson (August Osage County) in two of the more prominent roles. The sophomore […]
The Tonya Harding biopic / mockumentary came into the Toronto Film Festival as an “also showing” flick. Yet after the first screening, it became one of the most buzzed about films and now was just nominated for five Critics Choice Awards. It was also one of the highest profile acquisitions during TIFF, and will be
We have seen nuns depicted in so many different films and in so many different ways. Novitiate offers something rather simple, yet original to the world of cinema. An in depth look at what exactly were the requirements and expectations of a young woman choosing a convent and to marry Christ in the 1960’s. Not
Films like August: Osage County just do not come around very often, and an ensemble of this caliber is even more rare. Based on his play with the same title and this script by Tracey Letts (Bug, Killer Joe), August: Osage County is a film that exists completely in an over-the-top world totally rooted in