Posted on December 30, 2015 at 8:00 am
A living legend. A lonely shopgirl. A scientist. A spy. Several assassins. The best performances of 2015 came from various corners of the world, from actors who we expect to see in features like this to ones we had never heard of before 2015. Watching a new crop of young actors rise in some of …
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Posted on December 29, 2015 at 11:21 am
Jen Yamato writes on The Daily Beast about the infuriating and inexplicable omission of Rey toys from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” sets. The #WheresRey hashtag first trended over a month ago when Star Wars fans noticed a shocking lack of Daisy Ridley in Disney’s onslaught of The Force Awakens merchandising. The hashtag took aim …
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Posted on December 29, 2015 at 8:00 am
Chaz Ebert of rogerebert.com writes in The Daily Beast about the importance of more diverse voices in movie criticism — and in those who make movies, too. Meryl Streep’s use of the word “infuriating” to describe the disproportionate ratio of male to female reviewers on the Rotten Tomatoes is apt. But the need for diverse …
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Posted on December 28, 2015 at 5:54 pm
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced its nominations for the best (and some of the worst) in film for 2015. I have already voted my ballot for the final awards and look forward to the winners. Best Film Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Room Spotlight Best Director Lenny Abramson – Room …
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Posted on December 28, 2015 at 3:58 pm
Washington Post critic Ann Hornaday has a thoughtful piece about the violence in two end-of-the-year western-style frontier stories, “The Revenant,” from the director of last year’s Best Picture “Birdman,” Alejandro González Iñárritu and Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight.” Both “The Hateful Eight” and “The Revenant,” which arrive in theaters over the next two weeks, make …
