Daniel Bayer

New York

Performer since birth, tap dancer since the age of 10. 🍅-meter approved. Writing/podcasting @ AwardsWatch, Next Best Picture. Proud member, @DorianAwards

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‘Warfare’ Review: Alex Garland’s Band of Brothers is a Brutal Tale of Innocence Lost [B+]

Mar 28, 2025 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

It’s been said that war does not determine who is right, only who is left. Those with the moral high ground do not always win, nor do those with the best fighters. War only determines who is around to tell the story after the dust has settled and the victor emerges. Usually, this means that one should be wary of stories told about war, as they’re often clouded by received wisdom that isn’t necessarily accurate to what actually happened.
‘Snow White’ Review: Rachel Zegler IS the Fairest of Them All in Marc Webb’s Fairytale Remake [C+]

Mar 19, 2025 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

For the past decade, the Walt Disney Company has been pillaging its back catalog of animated films, turning them into gaudy, garish live-action spectacles that mostly lack the heart and soul of the originals.
Interview: Director Michael Gracey (‘Better Man’) on Taking Big Swings and Turning Robbie Williams Into a Monkey

Dec 16, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

If it wasn’t for Robbie Williams, “there may not be any Greatest Showman,” says director Michael Gracey. The world-famous British pop star who got his start with a tumultuous time in the boy band Take That was constantly on Showman star Hugh Jackman’s mind and eventually he sent Jackman a video message about the film’s music that helped Gracey through a key moment in that film’s production.
Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler

Nov 22, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

“Some of my absolute favorite songs that I’ve ever written sit in a drawer somewhere. Because I just don’t have a context that was appropriate for that, or things changed…” Any musical lover’s ear would perk up at this statement from the legendary Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, but don’t get your hopes up that you’ll ever hear them. “I never go to the trunk.
AwardsWatch - Interview: ‘The Substance’ Special Makeup Effects Designer Pierre-Olivier Persin on Transforming Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley into a Funhouse of Horror and Using 4,000 Gallons of Blood

Nov 20, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

I joke at the start of my interview with special makeup effects designer Pierre-Olivier Persin that he is, in a way, the true star of The Substance, given how large a role the makeup and prosthetics play in bringing the audience into the world of Coralie Fargeat’s masterpiece of body horror. Persin replied that he wasn’t sure about that, but the more he spoke, it became clear that he was being modest.
‘The Deb’ Review: Not Quite a Rebel Yell But Wilson’s Dynamic Directorial Debut Delights | TIFF

Sep 14, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

The most successful actor-turn-directors tend to be those who have a clearly-defined voice that they are able to transfer from in front of the camera to behind it. A strong knowledge of craft will only get you so far; having something to say and saying it in a way that only you can is the mark of a true auteur.
‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant is a Creep and a Weirdo in Deviously Devilish Debate About Religion | TIFF

Sep 10, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton are doing missionary work for the Mormon Church. Paxton (Chloe East from The Fabelmans) is a sweet, bubbly chatterbox, while Barnes (Sophie Thatcher from Yellowjackets) is a little more reserved, and perhaps a little less sure of her faith. She’s the more experienced of the two, though, with “eight or nine” conversions under her belt.
‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daniel Minahan’s Unsexy Adaptation Rides On Svelte Torsos and Not Much Else | TIFF

Sep 8, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

While revisionist westerns aren’t exactly popular, they do important work in dispelling the myth of the Great American West. On Swift Horses, Daniel Minahan’s adaptation of Shannon Pufahl’s novel, may not appear to be a Western based on its surface plot, but it takes a lot of the genre’s staple elements – a mysterious lone ranger, a robbery gone awry, a new community just being built, and its seedy underbelly – and looks at them through the lens of the queer America of the 1950-60s.
‘William Tell’ Review: A Rousing, Old School Hollywood Epic of a Well-Told Story | TIFF

Sep 7, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

In case you don’t remember the story of William Tell from your school days, Nick Hamm’s new film about the Swiss folk hero opens with a helpful reminder: As a whole town watches, Wilhelm Tell (Claes Bang) is forced to shoot an apple placed on his son’s head from a great distance. The scene positively sweats with tension, immediately hooking the audience into the story, liberally adapted from the 1804 play by Friedrich Schiller.
How ‘Sing Sing’ and ‘Ghostlight’ Highlight the Power of Theater as Venues of Survival

Aug 2, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Daniel Bayer

Theater and cinema have always had a strange symbiotic relationship. While cinema has, over the decades, become more accessible to view than theater, theater is more accessible to make. With its roots in the most basic form of storytelling, all you need to stage a theatrical production is a space and a script. At its heart, theater is about making a connection with the audience as they watch you.

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Articles

‘Warfare’ Review: Alex Garland’s Band of Brothers is a Brutal Tale of Innocence Lost [B+]

‘Snow White’ Review: Rachel Zegler IS the Fairest of Them All in Marc Webb’s Fairytale Remake [C+]

Interview: Director Michael Gracey (‘Better Man’) on Taking Big Swings and Turning Robbie Williams Into a Monkey

Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler

AwardsWatch - Interview: ‘The Substance’ Special Makeup Effects Designer Pierre-Olivier Persin on Transforming Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley into a Funhouse of Horror and Using 4,000 Gallons of Blood

‘The Deb’ Review: Not Quite a Rebel Yell But Wilson’s Dynamic Directorial Debut Delights | TIFF

‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant is a Creep and a Weirdo in Deviously Devilish Debate About Religion | TIFF

‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daniel Minahan’s Unsexy Adaptation Rides On Svelte Torsos and Not Much Else | TIFF

‘William Tell’ Review: A Rousing, Old School Hollywood Epic of a Well-Told Story | TIFF

How ‘Sing Sing’ and ‘Ghostlight’ Highlight the Power of Theater as Venues of Survival

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