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Nov 27, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
Spellbound (2024)Director: Vicky JensonScreenwriters: Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin, Julia MirandaStarring: Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, John Lithgow, Susan Fitzer, Olga Merediz, Tituss Burgess, Nathan LaneEvery good animated film should offer visuals that couldn’t possibly be replicated in live-action and are the work of artistic geniuses with seemingly limitless imaginations. 2024’s Spellbound, made by Skydance Animation and distributed by Netflix, is one such example.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
The Wild Robot (2024)Director: Chris SandersScreenplay: Chris SandersStarring: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Matt Berry, Catherine O’Hara, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, Bill Nighy, Stephanie HsuRemember the best years of animation? The Disney Renaissance, the rise of Dreamworks? The period in which even the financial failures were noble and the seemingly unimaginative held charm?
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)Director: Todd PhillipsScreenwriters: Scott Silver, Todd PhillipsStarring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Lawtey, Bill Smitrovich, Catherine KeenerThe Cult of Joker was one of 2019’s most significant developments both within the art of cinema and the industry of theatrical exhibition.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
Sing Sing (2024)Director: Greg KwedarScreenwriters: Clint Bentley, Greg KwedarStarring: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose, Paul Raci, David Giraudy, Patrick Griffin, Mosi Eagle, James Williams, Sean Dino JohnsonWe’ve seen a lot of art about art recently.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
In the 21st century, few filmmakers have been an emblem for the traditional New York independent film style popularised in the late 1960s and 1970s quite like Noah Baumbach. Over 14 feature films, 8 have been set in New York state, with a further three either partially set in the state or following characters that have commuted from there.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
Imagine what it’s like to be unable to read or write. To not be able to communicate or even find your way home. To not be able to use a smart phone, a PC, thus order things, research things, even find entertainment that you enjoy. Imagine what it’s like to be unable to count, thus use money, or to perceive things beyond your immediate environment – to imagine, to envision, to anticipate. For millions of severely learning disabled people, this (to varying degrees) is an every day reality.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
Watch the Lights (2024)Director: Alex AyreEveryone can relate to the journey of the dreamer, the conqueror, and the artist – to those with an extraordinary dedication to expression, both of the self and towards others. We can all see ourselves in the heroes that fall and get back up again, and we are each given license to dream by the dreamers that have come before.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
Proud Texan filmmaker Richard Linklater has established a diverse range of directorial features over the course of the thirty-plus years since his debut film Slacker (1990), contributing to the broad canon of American cinema with some of the nation’s biggest low-budget cult hits and a host of beloved crowd-pleasers.
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Mar 10, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
The winners of the 96th Academy Awards have been revealed, with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leading a strongly contested group of nominees to earn Oscars for Best Picture, Direction, Achievement in Cinematography, Editing, Music (Original Score), Actor In a Leading Role, and Actor In a Supporting Role. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the earlier than usual live broadcast of the 2024 Oscars from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
thefilmagazine.com | Joseph Wade
Knight of Fortune (2022)Director: Lasse Lyskjær NoerScreenwriter: Lasse Lyskjær NoerStarring: Leif Andrée, Jens Jørn Spottag, Jesper LohmannDanish short film Knight of Fortune (aka Ridder Lykke) is 2024’s most off-kilter Live Action Short nominee at the Oscars, Lasse Lyskjær Noer’s project confronting grief with a darkly humorous perspective and thus gifting us 26 minutes of smirk-worthy fun that stands out from the rest of the pack.
