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.

Film Review – ‘Sing 2’ is a Fun and Endearing Celebration of Music and Friendship

Everyone wants to achieve some degree of success. Whether that translates to a desire for fame and renown or merely the amassing of assets to live comfortably and happily depends on a person’s specific interests and the type of personality they have. What might be enough for one individual may not be for another, and…

Film Review – ‘Parallel Mothers’ is a Dependably Involving and Resonant Story from Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar is a filmmaker who has been regaling audiences with his fantastical and deeply engrossing stories for decades. Among his most celebrated works are Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, and Volver. His ability to flesh out the inner thoughts and characteristics of seemingly ordinary…

Paul Feig Angry About Ghostbusters Collection Snubbing His 2016 Film

The planned February 1st release of the Ghostbusters Ultimate Collection may be exciting for some fans, but they may be disappointed to learn that one well-known installment from the franchise won’t be included. Screen Rant reports that the eight-disc set from Sony Pictures does not have the 2016 all-female reboot Ghostbusters: Answer the Call. Director…

Film Review – ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ is a Self-Referential, Decent Return Trip

In 1999, The Matrix was released, pulling audiences deep into a rabbit hole of questioned existence and disturbingly powerful artificial intelligence. Though its sequels, released back-to-back four years later, were tepidly received, the concept still set the standard for a generation of science fiction and action, with its premise reworked in a number of projects…

Oscar Shortlists Announced in Ten Categories

This afternoon, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the films that have been shortlisted in ten categories for the 94th Academy Awards. The official announcement includes ten films in the Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, and Visual Effects races and fifteen for Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Music (Original Score),…

Film Review – ‘Swan Song’ Tackles Ethical Questions in a Powerful Story of Connection

It’s never easy to say goodbye. Many people are not afforded the opportunity to know when the end is coming, and those who are often are less than eager to speak about it for fear of making it more difficult. Advances in medicine and technology have meant that life can be prolonged, even in the…

Movie about Tetris Creator Starring Taron Egerton Coming from Matthew Vaughn

One of the world’s most popular games is getting a feature film adaptation, but it’s not a live-action version of Tetris. Instead, it’s a story of the Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers, the person responsible for landing the rights to put Tetris on consoles, according to Collider. The focus on the film will be…

Denis Villeneuve Has a New Sci-Fi Project: A ‘Rendezvous With Rama’ Movie

Now that he has officially endeared himself to many diehard science fiction fans with his well-received take on Dune, director Denis Villeneuve has lined up another adaptation of a beloved novel from the same genre. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Villeneuve has been hired for a big-screen version of Rendezvous With Rama, Arthur C. Clarke’s…

Film Review – ‘Don’t Look Up’ Casts a Wide Net in Its Skewering of Societal Stupidity

Much has been written in recent years about how reality has become so absurd that parody no longer has the same effect it once did since it can’t possibly top it. That’s not to say that exaggeration of moments that weren’t perhaps meant to be humorous can’t be funny, but that inventing storylines and characters…

Exclusive Video Interview: Costume Designer Janty Yates on ‘The Last Duel,’ ‘House of Gucci,’ and Working with Director Ridley Scott

Janty Yates has been working as a costume designer for more than three decades, following an early career in the fashion industry. In 2000, she won an Oscar for her work on Gladiator, her first in a series of collaborations with filmmaker Ridley Scott. This year, Yates and Scott have not one but two high-profile…