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FILM #8 OF 39 95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE“WOMEN TALKING”FEBRUARY 8, 2023SCREENER DAY 16 OF 48 Best MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEARProduced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)Screenplay by Sarah Polley “Women Talking” is the most remarkable film about Mennonite women debating in a barn ever made. That sounds like a joke, but Sarah Polley truly … Read More 2023 Oscars Challenge: [8] “Women Talking” (Two Nominations)

December 21, 2022 + Critics Awards, Oscars Watch

Oscars Watch: 2022 Women Film Critics Circle Awards

by Christopher Haskell

Taking a female-centric position on awards, the Women Film Critics Circle gave their top honors to “She Said” and “Women Talking.” Michelle Yeon would still win Best Actress for her role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and she would share the Best Screen Couple award with Ke Huy Quan. WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE SPECIAL PAULINE KAEL JURY AWARDS 2022 BEST FEMALE ACTION HEROKeke … Read More Oscars Watch: 2022 Women Film Critics Circle Awards

November 13, 2013 + For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration 2013: Stories We Tell

by Christopher Haskell

For a documentary that I had absolutely no interest in seeing back in May, I’ve heard enough about it and seen it pop up in enough places to where my interest is peaked. Sarah Polley investigating her family to find truth to their stories, the film is a personal look into a creative woman’s family. Polley is also no stranger to the Oscars, having … Read More For Your Consideration 2013: Stories We Tell

December 13, 2010 + 3 Star Reviews, Reviews

Movie Review: Splice (2010)

by Christopher Haskell

One look at “Splice” and you realize it bears a striking resemblance to the 1995 science fiction horror film “Species”. From the trailers, I anticipated a “Species” remake without actually being a remake and replacing the alien with a genetically engineered “species”. What I got was exactly that, almost to the “T” (or “S” since there really is no “T” in the word “species”).