How Much Say Should Families Have in Biopics? Posted by By Julia Jacobs March 6, 2024Posted inAcademy Awards (Oscars), Bening, Annette, Bernstein, Leonard, Cooper, Bradley, Domingo, Colman, Film, Foster, Jodie, Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie), Movies, Nyad (Movie), Nyad, Diana, Oppenheimer, J Robert, Rustin (Movie), Rustin, Bayard, Scorsese, Martin, Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai The Oscars slate this year is packed with films rooted in historical events and biographies. How much influence should the subjects have?
‘Nyad’ Review: Neptune’s (Estranged) Daughter Posted by By Amy Nicholson November 2, 2023Posted inBening, Annette, Chin, Jimmy (1973- ), Film, Foster, Jodie, Movies, Nyad (Movie), Nyad, Diana, Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai Annette Bening plays the long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad as a woman who doesn’t pity herself. Neither does the film.
‘Wild Life’ Review: Their Land Is Our Land Posted by By Amy Nicholson April 13, 2023Posted inArgentina, Chile, Chin, Jimmy (1973- ), Content Type: Personal Profile, Documentary Films and Programs, Esprit Holdings Ltd, Fashion and Apparel, Film, National Parks, Monuments and Seashores, Patagonia (Argentina), Patagonia (Chile), Philanthropy, Tompkins, Douglas (1943- ), Tompkins, Kristine, Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai, Wild Life (Movie) This documentary looks at the efforts of Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and Douglas Tompkins to preserve stretches of land in Argentina and Chile.
‘Return to Space’ Review: Eyes on the Skies Posted by By Jeannette Catsoulis April 7, 2022Posted inChin, Jimmy (1973- ), Film, Movies, Musk, Elon, Return to Space (Movie), Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai Platitudes prevail in this overlong documentary about the partnership between NASA and SpaceX.