Abe Friedtanzer

Abe Friedtanzer
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Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up late enough to watch them. He has attended numerous film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW, and is a contributing writer for The Film Experience, Awards Radar, and AwardsWatch.
Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up late enough to watch them. He has attended numerous film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW, and is a contributing writer for The Film Experience, Awards Radar, and AwardsWatch.

TV Review – ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 3 is More Light Escapism Fun

There are many reasons people watch television. Airtight, believable storytelling may not be at the top of the list for many, especially for a half-hour comedy series. Those who have made it through the first two seasons of Netflix’s Emily in Paris are well aware of what to expect from this flighty show about an…

Oscar Shortlists: Snubs and Surprises

Shortlists were announced yesterday in ten categories for the 95th Oscars. The three films that picked up the most mentions all have powerful legacies behind them. All Quiet on the Western Front, which appears on five shortlists and serves as Germany’s official Oscar entry for Best International Feature, is a new version of the 1930…

Film Review – ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ is an Entertaining Final Showcase for its Incomparable Protagonist

Every great character’s arc must come to an end, or at least that’s how it used to be. Now, franchises are being constantly rebooted and reimagined, and even a supposed swan song may just be the last time audiences see someone until the next time they do. In the almost two decades since Puss in…

Exclusive Interview: Samuel D. Hunter on Adapting His Play ‘The Whale’ for the Screen

Playwright Samuel D. Hunter has an impressive resumé. He was a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant Fellowship, among many other awards, and he has written over a dozen plays. Among the most successful was The Whale, which also turned into the first play he rewrote as a screenplay, for a film directed by…

Exclusive Video Interview: Andrea Riseborough and Michael Morris on ‘To Leslie’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. In Michael Morris’ feature directorial debut, To Leslie, Andrea Riseborough stars as a woman living in West Texas who wins the lottery but quickly spirals into a pattern of addiction. While most in her hometown shun her, Sweeney (Marc Maron), a hotel clerk, gives…

TV Review – ‘1923’ Brings Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren to the World of ‘Yellowstone’

The Yellowstone franchise has proved to be a tremendous success, debuting just four years ago on the Paramount Network and quickly becoming its flagship show. Season five is currently in full swing, and its first prequel series, 1883, debuted at this time last year on sister streaming service Paramount+. Now, the Dutton family is once…

Film Review – Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood Epic ‘Babylon’ is Pure Chaos

The golden age of Hollywood was a time of tremendous output and transformation which has now given way to a film industry that looks very different and which creates content in an entirely new and unimaginable way. online pharmacy ocuflox over the counter with best prices today in the USA Yet so much of cinema’s…

Film Review – ‘Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ is a Wild Cinematic Rollercoaster from Alejandro G. Iñárritu 

To think that we all experience the world the same way is foolish, since every person brings a slightly different perspective to all that they see and do. Yet there are some with highly divergent visions that don’t track with how many of their peers operate, and getting a window into that kind of worldview…

Film Review – Sweden’s Oscar Submission ‘Cairo Conspiracy’ is a Complex and Compelling Thriller about Religion and Power

There is a rationale behind the idea of separation and church that, to many who live in a nation based on such principles, feels distinctly important. Religion is often experienced uniquely, and those in power can claim divine inspiration or a lifelong right to rule, subverting any need for free elections or for any checks…

Exclusive Video Interview: Nathalie Issa on Playing Olympian Yusra Mardini in ‘The Swimmers’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini endured a harrowing and incredible journey across sea and land from their war-torn home of Syria to Berlin before Yusra eventually utilized her years of training as a swimmer to compete in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. online…