Located on the Ohio River just across from West Virginia, the village of Pomeroy (pop. 1,673) was a prosperous industrial town in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By 1870, Pomeroy had 5,000 residents who worked in a wide variety of industries including coal mines. steel mills, machine shops, a brewery, an organ factory, a…
After a hiatus of eight years, Derek Cianfrance is finally ready to direct a new film, declares Jeff Sneider in his insneider newsletter. Titled Roofman, it’s based on the true but quirky story of Jeffrey Manchester, an oddball serial robber who broke into more than 60 McDonald’s outlets around the country. The brazen franchise-filcher carried…
©Amazon, Foe, Paul Mescal Irish-born actor Paul Mescal will play the role of William Shakespeare in Chlóe Zhao’s upcoming film adaptation of Hamnet, the 2020 novel by Maggie O’Farrell. The yet-unnamed film will also star Jessie Buckley in the role of Agnes Shakespeare (aka Ann Hathaway), the wife of the celebrated dramatist. Buckley is noted…
Photo Credit Lionsgate Matthew Vaughn has revealed that his new Kick-Ass film, already in production, is going to be the third installment in a new trilogy. The first move in the threesome, which has already been completed, is titled School Fight. It was produced by Vaughn and directed by Damien Walter. As Vaughn explained to…
Tran Anh Hung’s The Taste of Things has failed to secure an Oscar nomination, provoking some in the French film community who have their culottes all in a twist over their country’s selection process for the competition. The French nominating committee snubbed Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, which went on to secure nominations for…
© 2023 Rubber Ring Films LLC While looking into a yellowing book owned by his great-grandfather, the Jewish American poet Hyam Plutzik wrote what is perhaps the best summary of Matthew Mishory’s touching film, Fioretta. After perusing the faded pages of the century-old book, Plutzik wrote: “I am troubled by the blank fields, the speechless graves./Since…
Nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards were announced today, led by Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie. Oppenheimer snagged 13 nominations, Poor Things got 11, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon with 10, and Barbie with eight. These four films are contending for the Best Picture Oscar, along with six…
The Golden Raspberry Awards (the “Razzies”) for the worst films and performances of 2023 have just been revealed, marking the 44th year of the competition. Each year, the Razzies are announced just before the Oscar nominee list, which is slated for release on Tuesday. According to the Golden Raspberry folks, the nominations are made by “1,179…
@Photo by Philippe Bossé/Philippe Bossé – © 2022 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fallout from the Israeli-Hamas conflict over Gaza has left its mark in the entertainment industry, with Melissa Barrera being one of the prime casualties. Barrera, one of the stars of Scream 7, was fired from her role in November over pro-Palestinian comments…
© 2008 – Focus Features, “Burn After Reading” Though the Coen Brothers(Joel and Ethan) decided to go their separate ways five years ago, the duo are reportedly about to collaborate on a new project. According to an article in Empire, Ethan confirmed that he and Joel are “working on writing something” new. The two brothers…
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