Olly Dyche looks at the Best Picture nominees for this year’s Academy Awards and their prospects for winning the Oscar… 2022 saw a splattering of phenomenal movies, and the run up to the 95th Academy Awards was beyond exciting. With many unforgettable performances and fantastic scores (among many other highly acclaimed categories), 2023’s Oscar celebration […]
Movie Review – Women Talking (2022)
Women Talking, 2022. Written and Directed by Sarah Polley. Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Kate Hallett, August Winter, Frances McDormand, Kira Guloien, Shayla Brown, Emily Mitchell, Eli Ham Lochlan, Ray Miller, Vivien Endicott Douglas, Nathaniel McParland, and Marcus Craig. SYNOPSIS: A group of […]
2023 Oscar Nominations: Reasons to Cheer and Reasons to Jeer
We look at the Oscar nominations. The surprises, the nods to celebrate and some glaring omissions… The Oscar nominations for the 2023 ceremony were announced this week. It’s time to warm up your slapping hands, sorry, clapping hands and ready yourself for the main event. As with every year, there are predictable choices, and pleasing […]
New trailer for Women Talking starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Frances McDormand
MGM has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Sarah Polley’s critically-acclaimed drama Women Talking. Based on Miriam Toews’ book of the same name, the film centres on a group of women from a remote Mennonite community as they struggle to reconcile with the brutal reality of their faith, and grapple with the decision of […]
2022 BFI London Film Festival Review – Women Talking
Women Talking, 2022. Written & Directed by Sarah Polley Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Based on the novel by Miriam Toews. Sarah Polley has had a long […]
Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Frances McDormand star in trailer for Sarah Polley’s critically-acclaimed Women Talking
When Sarah Polley directs, you sit up and take notice, so following her acclaimed and deeply personal documentary Stories We Tell, the Take This Waltz filmmaker has put together an incredible ensemble for Women Talking. Based on Miriam Toews’ best-selling novel, and starring Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Rooney Mara (Carol), Claire Foy (The Crown), Jessie Buckley (Men), Judith Ivey (Flags of Our Fathers), Michelle McLeod (Don’t […]
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans takes home the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award
Could we be heading into an awards season dominated by Steven Spielberg? The legendary filmmaker is looking to recover from his West Side Story letdown at the Oscars with his first awards win of the 2022/2023 season. Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. This marks Spielberg’s first […]
Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand set for Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
Women Talking, Sarah Polley’s first feature-film since 2011’s superb Take This Waltz has filled out its impressive cast with Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand. An adaptation of Miriam Toews’ bestselling novel, Women Talking follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith […]
