Karen Benardello

Karen Benardello
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As a life-long fan of films and television shows, and an endless passion for writing, Karen Benardello decided to combine the two for a career. She graduated from New York's LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic in 2008. Karen has since been working in the press in New York City, including interviewing film and television casts and crews, writing movie and television news articles and reviewing films and televisions series. Some of her highlights include attending such local events as the Tribeca Film Festival, the New York Film Festival and New York Comic-Con, as well as traveling across North America to attend such festivals as the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW and the Toronto International Film Festival. She has been a member of the Women Film Critics Circle since 2012, and the New York Film Critics Online since 2019.
As a life-long fan of films and television shows, and an endless passion for writing, Karen Benardello decided to combine the two for a career. She graduated from New York's LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic in 2008. Karen has since been working in the press in New York City, including interviewing film and television casts and crews, writing movie and television news articles and reviewing films and televisions series. Some of her highlights include attending such local events as the Tribeca Film Festival, the New York Film Festival and New York Comic-Con, as well as traveling across North America to attend such festivals as the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW and the Toronto International Film Festival. She has been a member of the Women Film Critics Circle since 2012, and the New York Film Critics Online since 2019.

NYCC: The Fall of the House of Usher / Q&A with Actresses Carla Gugino and Kate Siegel, Actor Rahul Kohli and Director Mike Flanagan

©Courtesy of Netflix Contemplating with the fact that their choices and actions eventually incur life-altering consequences is a crippling realization for many people. That awareness is even more devastating for the wealthy, who don’t abide by the same rules as the lower classes until drastic repercussions start to catch up with them. That’s certainly the…

NYCC: Sweetpea Interview with Actress/Executive Producer Ella Purnell

©Courtesy of Starz Humanizing a sinister anti-hero who’s pushed to the edge after being ignored and dismissed throughout their lives can be an emotional journey for both a performer and their audience. That’s certainly the case for actress Ella Purnell‘s protagonist of Rhiannon Lewis in the new dark dramedy television show, Sweetpea. The series is…

Japan Studio Toho Acquires Animation Distributor GKIDS

Japanese media giant Toho Co. has secured a deal to acquire celebrated North American indie producer and distributor GKIDS, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. As part of the deal, Toho is picking up a 100 percent equity share in GKIDS. But the latter will still…

Connie Nielsen Confused That Wonder Woman 3 Was Cancelled

Connie Nielsen, who played Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe, has admitted she doesn’t understand why Wonder Woman 3 was cancelled. While recently promoting Gladiator II, she told Den of Geek that she’s confused that DC Studio decided not to make the second Wonder Woman sequel. Before the release of the series’ first follow-up,…

Henry Cavill Cast in Amazon MGM Studio’s Voltron

©Courtesy of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Henry Cavill has been cast as the titular character in Amazon MGM Studios’ film adaptation of Voltron. The Superman actor will be directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber in the live-action feature that’s based on the mecha anime, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cavill will be joining up-and-coming…

Variety Shares Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time

With the Halloween season now in full swing, movie fans are relishing the opportunity to confront their unconscious fears directly through the horror that unfolds on screen in genre films. To celebrate on-screen frights taking every form imaginable, from iconic boogeymen to real-world threats, Variety has shared their top 100 best horror movies of all…

Gladiator II: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette: Starring Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington

Paramount Pictures has unveiled a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel to the  classic, Oscar-winning 2000 film, Gladiator. The promo video, which runs for two minutes and 15 seconds, contains a significant amount new footage from the drama. The featurette, which is subtitled Making an Epic, also contains behind-the-scenes glimpses into the…

‘Princess Diaries 3’ to be Directed by ‘Joy Ride’s Adele Lim

Adele Lim has signed on to direct the anticipated third installment of the celebrated Princess Diaries franchise, Deadline is reporting. She will adapt a script that’s being written by The High Note scribe, Flora Greeson. The filmmaker is reuniting with Disney on the comedy after she previously wrote the screenplay for its 2021 Oscar-nominated animated…

Briarcliff Acquires Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams

Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired the American domestic distribution rights to Magazine Dreams, Deadline is reporting. The company plans to release the drama during the first quarter of 2025, but an exact date has yet to be announced. The news comes after the project received critical acclaim following its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film…

James Dean Biopic to Focus on Reported Gay Romance

Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis – © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. A feature film that will explore the personal life of James Dean is currently being developed by writer-director Guy Guido. The filmmaker has acquired the rights to late author William Bast’s 2006 memoir, Surviving James Dean, and plans to adapt it into a biopic of the…