Daniel Green
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#LFF 2023: Hit Man review
★★★★☆ Tales of lone assassins and guns for hire are all based on urban myths. That’s the fact gleefully revealed in Richard Linklater’s latest crime comedy Hit Man, premiering at Venice this week. “Think about it,” asks the film’s protagonist Gary Johnson (Glen Powell), “is someone really going to risk the death penalty for a…
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#LFF 2023: Monster review
★★★★☆ Having won the Jury Prize in 2013 for Like Father, Like Son and the Palme d’Or in 2018 with Shoplifters, Cannes favourite and Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with Monster, a masterful work of intricate storytelling, complemented by a lovely score by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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Oscars 2024: could these films snag a nomination?
As the anticipation for the summer movie season grows, alongside it, the whispers are starting about the possible contenders for the 2024 awards season, notably the Oscars. Among the contenders, several films have emerged as strong contenders despite not being released yet.
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Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere wins Best Picture, Best Director
The winners of this year’s 95th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh.
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Oscars 2023: Our final predictions
More than twelve months after “the slap”, the 95th Academy Awards are almost upon us. The recent success of Parasite and Drive My Car appears to have opened the door for more international features to break through into the main categories, with Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front up for Best Picture, Best Director…
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Baftas 2023: All Quiet on the Western Front wins Best Film, Best Director
The winners of this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards were announced yesterday at the ceremony’s new home, London’s Royal Festival Hall. Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front, which went into the awards with the most nominations, won both Best Film and Best Director for Netflix.
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Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All At Once leads nominations
The nominations for this year’s 95th Academy Awards were announced earlier today by Oscar winner Riz Ahmed and Get Out star Alison Williams. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once led the pack with 11 nods, followed by Netflix war epic All Quiet On the Western Front on nine.
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2023 Oscar hopefuls from this year’s TIFF
TIFF has been a viable indicator as to which movies may be selected for Oscar nominations – or at the very least, a preview of the prospects. The last ten winners of the TIFF People’s Choice Award have all gone on to be Best Picture nominees, so Ontario Sportsbooks should be fielding many bets ahead…
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Tallinn 2022: Our festival highlights
Returning for its 26th edition and with 2021’s Covid restrictions largely a thing of the past, Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) this year crowned Hilmar Oddsson’s Icelandic dark comedy Driving Mum as the 2022 Grand Prix winner, with the Best Director award going to Ahmad Bahrami for thriller The Wastetown.
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Oscars 2022: CODA wins Best Picture, Jane Campion Best Director
The winners of this year’s 94th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. Jane Campion’s Netflix western The Power of the Dog was pipped to the Best Picture pots by CODA, but the Kiwi filmmaker did pick up the award for Best Director.
