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AWFJ 2023 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 04, 2024
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The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie are the big winners.

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AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced

Mon, Jan 13, 2020
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And we have winners!

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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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And we have winners!

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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again, Saturday, January 4th

Wed, Jan 01, 2020
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I’m back for my 11th appearance and the start of my fourth year as a regular recurring guest commentator on this always-fun culture-chat program…

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OFCS 2015 awards winners announced

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
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Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…

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Paper Towns and Mistress America movies review: girls’ stories are their own (and not yours, boys)

Mon, Aug 17, 2015
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Want to debunk the myth and the mystery of the manic pixie dream girl? There’s a wrong way to do that… and an oh-so marvelously right way.

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While We’re Young movie review: 40 is the new 14

Thu, Apr 02, 2015
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This stinging GenX midlife meltdown is a bit strained in its plot, but that’s balanced out by lots of melancholy wisdom and bittersweet wit.

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Frances Ha review: girl uninterrupted

Thu, Jul 25, 2013
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Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig have carved out, with effortless elegance and ease, a cinematic space for a woman to be, unapologetically, herself.

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Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (review)

Wed, Oct 24, 2012
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This is sheer manic animated anarchy, endlessly frenzied and funny; tickles and surprises both visually and intellectually…

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Online Film Critics Society 2010 Award nominees

Tue, Dec 28, 2010
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The OFCS is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…

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