loaded question: what great comic actors have turned out to be even better dramatic actors?
Who are your favorite comics turned serious actors? Who has most memorably made such a transition?
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
my picks for tonight’s 92nd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2019’s films) (winners indicated)
I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 31
Melina Matsoukas directs and Jodie Turner-Smith costars in Queen & Slim; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
what do women want? ‘Little Women’ and ‘Hustlers’ have some answers
Women want to be able to tell our own stories, and we want to be heard. Hustlers and Little Women are so much about this (and other important things of female concern) that they’re practically the same movie.
AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced
And we have winners!
OFCS 2019 awards winners announced
And we have winners!
UK online critics pick ‘The Irishman’ as best film of 2019 in HeyUGuys poll
I participated in this poll, but haven’t even had a chance to see The Irishman yet, so I don’t know if I agree with this choice…
movies by or about women opening US/Can Nov 22
Jennifer Lee codirects and cowrites Frozen II, starring Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood movie review: the importance of radical kindness (LFF 2019)
This wonder of a film wrecked me. In the best possible way. It directly confronts cynicism and misanthropy, and asks us to let them go if we can. I really needed its message. The whole world does now.
