Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Pieces of a Woman On paper, Pieces of a Woman is awards season catnip. An emotionally grand yet intimately domestic portrait of a family in crisis after an unspeakable tragedy, Pieces of a Woman has long, show-stopping monologues and unceasing conflict for actors to play against a backdrop of bleak cityscapes, all things By Sarah • Sep 15, 2020 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jonathan Majors conquers the MCU Jonathan Majors is crushing it. From his breakout role in last year’s Last Black Man in San Francisco to Da 5 Bloods to Lovecraft Country, the dude is on a roll. And now he is doing the thing it seems every breakout star does: he is joining the Marvel By Sarah • Sep 15, 2020 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Get the Hell Out Gonzo zombie action movies aren’t for everyone, but in the vein of South Korea’s Train to Busan and Japan’s One Cut of the Dead comes Taiwan’s Get the Hell Out, a bonkers zombie action comedy/political satire that uses basically every trick in the book. Written By Sarah • Sep 14, 2020 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The pointed shot selection of The Way I See It The Way I See It, Dawn Porter’s documentary about former White House photographer Pete Souza and his somewhat surprising Instagram crusade against Donald Trump, was basically a two-hour tear-fest for me. That’s why Joanna wrote the more critical, objective review. Part of my brain kind of By Sarah • Sep 14, 2020 01:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Way I See It: When “a thousand words” is great, but is it enough? Hot off her Marriage Story Oscar win, Laura Dern “returns” to TIFF – virtually – as a producer of the documentary The Way I See It. The film spins the camera back around at former Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza, and marks Laura’s first producer credit on a feature By Joanna • Sep 14, 2020 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Berry gets a deal As expected when she was photographed in LA a few weeks ago, Halle Berry was the Variety cover story last week ahead of TIFF and the premiere of her directorial debut Bruised. The piece is a profile of Halle’s ambition as a director and her passion for the film, By Lainey • Sep 14, 2020 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nomadland wins Venice… TIFF next? Chloe Zhao’s third feature film, Nomadland, is a contemplative, quietly assertive film about a little-seen segment of the American population: a transient working class of American laborers who are largely older, casualties of the Great Recession and the true economic anxiety of spending a lifetime at work only By Sarah • Sep 14, 2020 10:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: One Night in Miami Adapted by Kemp Powers from his own play and directed by Regina King, One Night in Miami is a fictionalization of a night in February 1964 when Cassius Clay (Eli Goree, Riverdale and Ballers) becomes the heavyweight champion of the world after a surprise victory over Sonny Liston. After the By Sarah • Sep 11, 2020 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rom-com Alert! Geraldine Viswanathan in The Broken Hearts Gallery Geraldine Viswanathan, the breakout star of Blockers and Miracle Workers, fulfills her destiny as a romantic heroine in The Broken Hearts Gallery. A classic rom-com with judicious, 21st century updates, The Broken Hearts Gallery is about the irrepressibly cute Lucy (Viswanathan), a kleptomaniac who hoards trinkets from past relationships By Sarah • Sep 10, 2020 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dune looks expensive and boring Dune is a series of sci-fi novels many people care deeply about, I am not one of those people. The trailer for a new adaptation of Dune—a book that has thus far completely resisted any all attempts to successfully adapt it—arrived yesterday and it looks like a By Sarah • Sep 10, 2020 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rebecca returned Everyone loves a remake of an already perfect film, so get ready to welcome Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca with open arms when it premieres in October. No matter how much Wheatley or anyone else insists this is not a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Best Picture-winning psychological thriller, it By Sarah • Sep 09, 2020 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Get sad with Nomadland One of the early Oscar tips for 2020 is Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland starring Frances McDormand. The film is about a transient worker in America, driving from job site to job site in a van in which she also lives. I would describe Zhao’s two previous feature films, Songs By Sarah • Sep 09, 2020 10:59 am
Music BLACKPINK in your… Algorithm BLACKPINK x Selena Gomez’s “Ice Cream” landed on the Billboard Hot 100 at #13, the highest position BLACKPINK has achieved to date. And remember, they’ve yet to release a proper full-length album. The Album drops on October 2 and we already know that two of the songs By Lainey • Sep 09, 2020 10:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Bradley & Irina’s handoff hug Bradley Cooper’s been seen in LA recently working on Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film. He was photographed this week in New York though and with Irina Shayk. As you can see, their daughter, Lea, is with them and they exchanged a warm hug before heading off in separate By Lainey • Sep 08, 2020 02:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews RBattz tests positive? In March, production on The Batman shut down along with every other ongoing production as part of a worldwide coronavirus lockdown. They got back to work at the beginning of September, only to shut down again just days later after someone on set tested positive for COVID-19. Warner Brothers’ By Sarah • Sep 08, 2020 12:06 pm
Weddings Jennifer Lawrence’s Extra-Long Lockdown Jennifer Lawrence and husband Cooke Maroney stepped out in New York the other day for lunch. They’re about a month away from celebrating their first wedding anniversary after a short engagement. The two have been rarely, if ever, seen since the pandemic started earlier this year… but that’s By Lainey • Sep 08, 2020 11:44 am
