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More Movies to Watch in February 2017: On Demand With ScreenCrush
More Movies to Watch in February 2017: On Demand With ScreenCrush
More Movies to Watch in February 2017: On Demand With ScreenCrush
Did you miss any of the highlights of the 2016 award season when they were still in theaters? That’s where our series, On Demand With ScreenCrush, comes in. Every two weeks, ScreenCrush Editor-in-Chief Matt Singer joins you to recommend three handpicked new titles you can watch at home right now from Movies on Demand. These are big new releases you won’t find streaming on Netflix, and the choices run the gamut from indie favorites, to major blockbusters, to insightful documentaries, and everything in between — all available with your remote.
Michael Shannon Reflects on ‘Frank and Lola’ and His Busy 2016
Michael Shannon Reflects on ‘Frank and Lola’ and His Busy 2016
Michael Shannon Reflects on ‘Frank and Lola’ and His Busy 2016
Michael Shannon might be the busiest actor of our time. In 2016 alone he starred in 10 films, including his Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice corpse cameo and two unreleased films from the Tribeca Film Festival. Shannon continued his collaboration with Jeff Nichols with Midnight Special and Loving, he played Elvis Presley opposite Kevin Spacey’s President Nixon, he played a hilarious Texas sheriff in Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, and reunited with Werner Herzog for Salt and Fire. And after all that, he even found time to put together the best red carpet outfit of all time.
The Oscars Race Just Changed with A Category Shake-Up for ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Loving’
The Oscars Race Just Changed with A Category Shake-Up for ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Loving’
The Oscars Race Just Changed with A Category Shake-Up for ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Loving’
In these weeks before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences convenes to slaughter their sacrificial calf and read the blood spatter patterns to determine this year’s nominees, there’s been quite a bit of category rejiggering. Everyone wants some gold, and because some races are more easily won, crafty studios have been determining the most advantageous way to shape their For Your Consideration campaigns. Viola Davis, for instance, probably could have competed in the Best Actress category for her titanic performance as the long-suffering wife in Denzel Washington’s adaptation of Fences. But with the 2016 Best Actress scramble already approaching a de facto showdown between La La Land‘s Emma Stone and Jackie‘s Natalie Portman, Davis smartly ended up in consideration for Best Supporting Actress.
Jeff Nichols on the Message ‘Loving’ Leaves Us With in Wake of the 2016 Election
Jeff Nichols on the Message ‘Loving’ Leaves Us With in Wake of the 2016 Election
Jeff Nichols on the Message ‘Loving’ Leaves Us With in Wake of the 2016 Election
Biopics about historical figures have a tendency to feel too pedagogic or overly political. No one wants to go to the movies for a history lesson – that’s what substitute teachers in high school are for. The strength of Loving, a new biopic about Richard and Mildred Loving, is that filmmaker Jeff Nichols puts the political talk in the background, focusing instead on the in intimate relationship at the center of a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court case.
‘Loving’ Review: Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton Give Their Best Performances Yet
‘Loving’ Review: Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton Give Their Best Performances Yet
‘Loving’ Review: Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton Give Their Best Performances Yet
Richard and Mildred Loving couldn’t have had a more perfect last name. The real-life interracial couple, whose 1958 marriage violated Virginia’s anti-miscegenation laws and led to a landmark laws civil rights case, weren’t just incredible for how much they changed history, but for how deeply they loved one another despite all opposite. In the aptly titled historical drama ‘Loving,’ Jeff Nichols makes the couple’s warm devotion to one another the focal point of his quiet, intimate film.
The Best Movies and Performances From TIFF 2016
The Best Movies and Performances From TIFF 2016
The Best Movies and Performances From TIFF 2016
ScreenCrush’s Matt Singer and Erin Whitney are back from the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. You can read all of their coverage so far here, but if you want the digest version, they compiled this list of some of the fest’s highlights: the best performances, the biggest surprises, and the worst disappointments. What are the movies people are going to be talking about this fall? These. (Except the ones they didn’t like, of course.)
ScreenCrush’s 2016 Fall Movie Preview
ScreenCrush’s 2016 Fall Movie Preview
ScreenCrush’s 2016 Fall Movie Preview
Y’know those back to school ads for Staples? The ones that repurpose the Christmas standard “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” to celebrate children going back class? I always hated those ads as a kid. Going back to school was not a time to celebrate. It was a time for grief and mourning.
TIFF 2016 Will Open with ‘The Maginificent Seven’
TIFF 2016 Will Open with ‘The Maginificent Seven’
TIFF 2016 Will Open with ‘The Maginificent Seven’
With a summer movie season as bad as this one, the closer we get to fall festivals, the better. In a little over a month we’ll get our first look at the the fall movie season when the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival kicks off on September 8. TIFF is the major fall festival, following Venice and Telluride, that gives us our first glimpse at major awards season players.
Cannes Film Festival Preps with Official Poster, First Selections
Cannes Film Festival Preps with Official Poster, First Selections
Cannes Film Festival Preps with Official Poster, First Selections
The biggest event on the global cinematic calendar is nearly upon us, with the 69th Cannes Film Festival set for May 11-22. The selection committee won’t release their picks for the titles screening In Competition and the festival’s many sidebar programs until mid-April, but to stoke the fires of anticipation just a little, they’ve gone and revealed the official poster for this year’s proceedings