December is here, and that only means one thing at Playlist HQ: just a month to go until the release of that horse soldier movie. But if it meant two things, it would be that it begins our annual binge-look at ...
To take a page from not-dead Superman, it’s not a doomsday yet, but it is a bizarro world out there this weekend and studio suits are running around scrambling, probably worried about their jobs. Despite two cr...
Producers and filmmakers race to get their movies finished in time for glitzy film festival premieres, but there can be a downside to that rush. While there are big dividends if your film becomes the awards sea...
Three years ago we were treated to screenwriter Dan Gilroy's ("Real Steel," "The Bourne Legacy," "Kong: Skull Island") directorial debut in the flawed but thoroughly chilling "Nightcrawler." That film scored a ...
Venice? Check. Telluride? Check. TIFF? Pretty much, check. The three major film festivals that traditionally mark the start of Oscar season are officially over (TIFF runs until the weekend, but all the major pr...
TORONTO – Some films are simply hard to wrap your head around. Keep that in mind as we discuss Dan Gilroy’s new drama “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” which debuted Sunday night at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. Hou...
The Telluride Film Festival is in the rear-view mirror and the Venice Film Festival will finish up this week and that means they’ll both give way to the Toronto International Film Festival, easily the largest f...
The madness of the fall festival season is about to start and organizers at Venice, Telluride, and TIFF are always angling to have the biggest, starriest attractions. Well, the team in Toronto has pulled a pret...
The last thing I probably want to do is admit how long I've been filing this particular column and while I've missed a few years here and there this is actually the third outlet I've done it for. Making predict...
Each Oscar season, there are movies on the fence of completion that either might sneak in under the wire for the awards season, or have to wait another year. Well, two highly anticipated pictures are getting re...