Movie Reviews and Previews Daniel Craig but mostly Josh O’Connor in Wake Up Dead Man In Knives Out, writer/director Rian Johnson introduced us to Benoit Blanc, a dapper, slightly eccentric, Southern-fried detective who can solve any crime, no matter how complicated it may seem, with a perfect cozy mystery setting: an autumnal New England estate. In Glass Onion, he shipped Benoit Blanc to a By Sarah • Nov 28, 2025 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wake Up Dead Man is the creepy one As I write this, it is my final night in Toronto for TIFF and Wake Up Dead Man did not fit into my schedule. I am bereft, I am bothered, I am bemused, I am bereaved(?), I am exhausted and running out of b-synonyms. The teaser for Wake Up Dead By Sarah • Sep 09, 2025 10:35 am
Style SAG miscellany Going into the fall festival season, everyone was leaving room for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer to be a major awards contender, not least because Daniel Craig is a candidate for an “it’s his time” Oscar campaign. Well, that did not pan out (we all should have remembered the Academy By Sarah • Feb 24, 2025 01:34 pm
Award Season Campaigning The somewhat surprising SAG nominations As Lainey mentioned in her intro, the in-person announcement of the SAG Award nominations was cancelled due to the wildfires in Los Angeles. The nominations were instead announced by press release, and as Lainey predicted, Angelina Jolie was, indeed, left off the list of SAG nominees. Even more surprising than By Sarah • Jan 08, 2025 12:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dude duos at the Governors Awards Just like the actresses, the actors find themselves in a wide-open competition, too, but in their case, it’s less about an abundance of strong performances and more that Daniel Craig and Ralph Fiennes, the presumed frontrunners, haven’t been hustling that hard, which leaves room for others to make By Sarah • Nov 18, 2024 12:21 pm
Award Season Campaigning Best Actors on tour Over on The Squawk, Lainey is handicapping next week’s Sexiest Man Alive announcement, and both Daniel Craig and Paul Mescal appear on the list, so subscribe to The Squawk if you haven’t already and get in on the odds making. Speaking of Paul Mescal and Daniel Craig, though, By Sarah • Nov 05, 2024 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Beat writers are notoriously difficult to adapt into cinema, probably something to do with the intense interiority of their narratives (some might even say, solipsistic). Luca Guadagnino, though, manages to turn William S. Burroughs’ early, semi-autobiographical novel Queer into an interesting piece of cinema unto itself, though this is a By Sarah • Sep 11, 2024 12:02 pm
Style Intro for September 4, 2024 Dear Gossips, Daniel Craig is getting very strong reviews for his performance in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer after its premiere in Venice last night. Queer has been acquired by A24, we know they can run a successful Oscar campaign, so Daniel seems to be in good position to contend for By Lainey • Sep 04, 2024 09:10 am
Daniel Craig Daniel and Rachel: Campaigning Together? One of the most highly anticipated titles to world premiere in Venice is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on William S Burroughs’s novella by the same name, starring Daniel Craig. The photo call was today, the gala is happening tonight, and it seems Daniel will have a date on By Lainey • Sep 03, 2024 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Knives Out fantasy casting Benoit Blanc is back, baby! The third entry into the Knives Out franchise of fun little murder mysteries has been announced, it’s called Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery which is a terrible title, but I shall not let that get me down! I love Benoit Blanc By Sarah • May 29, 2024 02:15 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Lady Gaga’s Jumpsuit The Rolling Stones dropped a new album today, Hackney Diamonds. And leading up to it, there was all kinds of anticipation about what would happen on Thursday night. Turns out it wasn’t just an album release party but also a whole set… with Lady Gaga joining the band for By Lainey • Oct 20, 2023 02:27 pm
Gorgessity Daniel and Rachel: Our Parents at Wimbledon This is how the kids on social media refer to their favourite couples. “Look at our parents – they’re so cute!” Since Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are older than me, I feel like I can do this with them, lol. Daniel and Rachel were among the many celebrities at By Lainey • Jul 17, 2023 01:13 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie: Thanksgiving and a Throwback Angelina Jolie is in Los Angeles for Thanksgiving and so is Zahara. Zahara is now in her first year at Spelman and Angelina’s been to campus multiple times this year. Her oldest daughter is home for the holiday and they were seen together shopping at Fred Segal yesterday. Earlier By Lainey • Nov 24, 2022 12:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 24, 2022 Dear Gossips, Today is American Thanksgiving and our Deputy Editor, Sarah, has tapped out for the holiday (she’s prepared a few film reviews in advance) and I’m trying to leave her alone but I am curious whether or not she’ll be heading to the movies today with By Lainey • Nov 24, 2022 09:08 am
Daniel Craig Daniel Craig was expected The cast of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is making their way around Europe right now to promote the movie. The film will stream on Netflix in time for Christmas but will have a one-week theatrical run for the Thanksgiving holiday which people have been arguing about and will By Lainey • Oct 19, 2022 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Glass Onion The devil is in the details in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the follow-up to 2019’s whodunit, Knives Out. Rian Johnson is once again writing and directing, and Daniel Craig reprises his role as the gentleman sleuth, Benoit Blanc, but otherwise Glass Onion features a new cast of By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 02:44 pm
