This week's new releases also include a handful of older Spielberg films and a Collector's Edition of 'Mad Max'.

The awards nominations keep on coming.  Fresh off today’s batch of somewhat surprising WGA Awards nods, the American Society of Cinematographers have announced the nominees for their awards.  Emmanuel Lubezki unsurprisingly made the cut for his stunning work on Birdman, …

The unsung heroes of the filmmaking world are the cinematographers.  While the director sets the tone and certainly executes a very specific vision for a film, it’s the cinematographer who makes the visuals a reality.  Just as there are very …

[This is a re-post of my review from the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.  Mr. Turner opens today in limited release.] Painter J.M.W. Turner, the eponymous subject of Mike Leigh’s new biopic Mr. Turner, was renowned for painting shipwrecks. A …

Timothy Spall paints a fascinating portrait of J.M.W. Turner in the new biopic, Mr. Turner, written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh and beautifully lensed by cinematographer Dick Pope.  The actor fully immerses himself in the role of the …

As we head out of the Thanksgiving holiday, studios have been scrambling to get screeners out to critics and voters before early December deadlines, and some of the year’s later releases are finally starting to be seen, which means the …

Every year in the awards race, it seems like the Best Actor field is the most crowded category.  That is certainly the case with this current crop of contenders, as there is no shortage of formidable talents vying for one …

The first few days of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival are in the bag, but it’s an uncharacteristically slow start to what is usually a big awards season kickoff.  Due to a rule change this year, only films that …

Painter J.M.W. Turner, the eponymous subject of Mike Leigh’s new biopic Mr. Turner, was renowned for painting shipwrecks.  A lazier film would condense Turner’s life around that simulacrum.  Instead, Leigh chooses to look at the whole picture, and not just …

The Telluride Film Festival is over and done with and Venice is coming to a close, but we’ve got the Toronto International Film Festival on the way and the New York Film Festival coming up right after.  On top of …