Article by: Josh Bradley Most of the nominees for Best Picture are fairly easy to sell. A lot of them have well-known directors and stars (Bridge of Spies, The Revenant, The Martian); they're sequels to well-known movies or based on well-known news stories (Spotlight, The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road); even the small indie drama

Article by: Josh Bradley Before this year, writer/director Tom McCarthy had been something of a well-kept secret. His first three films all premiered at Sundance and were quietly well-received. His debut, The Station Agent (2003), and his follow-up, The Visitor (2007), both got some love from the Independent Spirit Awards, the

Article By: Alice-Ginevra Micheli   From the bookshelves to the big screen, Room is a film that brought its cast and crew into the spotlight and touched hearts with its story of survival and love in its purest form. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Frank (2014)), the film follows Jack (Jacob Tremblay), as he

Article by: Alice-Ginevra Micheli   Quentin Tarantino returns this year with, potentially, his most tense and violent film to date, and I loved every minute of it. The film follows bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) as they become trapped with six others during a

By Alice-Ginevra Micheli   That’s right guys, it’s once again Oscar Season, and no one is more excited than me right now! To begin my foray into this magnanimous time, I'll be reviewing a selection of nominated films over the next six weeks, to gauge how worthy they are, the overall quality of