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.

Sundance Review / Love Lies Bleeding: An Extreme Yet Romantic Horror Film Noir

Compulsive love and the intense crimes that accompany it are two of the leading signs that a relationship is toxic in real life. But in a film noir piece like the new romantic drama, Love Lies Bleeding, those characteristics make such a connection titillating and exciting. The action-adventure movie is an intense, unconventional queer love…

Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino to Reunite on ‘The Movie Critic’

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Brad Pitt is set to reunite with Quentin Tarantino on the latter’s upcoming feature, The Movie Critic, Deadline is reporting. The actor and writer-director previously collaborated on 2009’s Inglourious Basterds and 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The performer went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor…

Sundance Review / A Different Man: A Surreal Tale About the Desire to Self-Actualize

©Photo by Matt Infante/Matt Infante-Sundance Institute The most intriguing characters are often those who are bound by the empathic limits of their own lived experiences. That’s certainly true for Sebastian Stan’s protagonist of Edward in the new psychological sci-fi thriller, A Different Man, as societal expectations fuel his internal turmoil and sense of truth. The…

Sundance Review / Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Flies High with Emotion

Just like Superman, the most indelible superheros are those who repeatedly defy self-pity, even in the most difficult circumstances. They instead rise up to become a passionate advocate to improve not their own lives, but also others who find themselves in the same situation. Christopher Reeve is one such superhero, whose successful career was marred…

The Seeding : Exclusive Video Interview with Actor Scott Haze

Director/Writer Barnaby Clay: “TheSeeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children’s story or fable – something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if its a side…

Jake Johnson’s Directorial Debut Film ‘Self Reliance’ Inspired by Japanese Reality Show

Jake Johnson was inspired to make his feature film directorial debut on the new comedic thriller, Self Reliance, by the Japanese reality show Susunu! Denpa Shönen. The Minx star shared the news during a recent interview with Collider. In addition to helming the movie, the filmmaker also wrote the script and plays the project’s protagonist….

Sundance Film Festival : In the Land of Brothers: Exclusive Interview with Directors

The most striking political stories are often those that infuse their its characters with a sense of heartfelt authenticity. Up-and-coming filmmakers Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi did just that with their new drama, In the Land of Brothers. To create the sense of universality, the filmmaking duo looked to the real-life Afghan community in Iran….

Richard Simmons to Denounce Pauly Shore-Starring Biopic

@Richard Simmons -Genius Album Richard Simmons has made a rare public statement to denounce the short film The Court Jester, in which Pauly Shore plays him, EW is reporting. The fitness personality shared his discontent about the project after the digital magazine revealed footage of the star playing him in the biopic. When Simmons saw…

Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ Seeking New Distributor

Jonathan Majors’ body-building drama Magazine Dreams is seeking a new distributor, nearly a year after Searchlight Pictures acquired the rights to the feature. The specialty arm of Walt Disney Studios has returned the project’s rights to the filmmakers, who will now shop it to other buyers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The decision comes several…

Sundance’s Top 10 Feature Films List of Past 40 Years

@Sundance Institute Whiplash has topped the list of the top 10 feature films that have screened during the Sundance Film Festival over the past four decades, Variety is reporting. The psychological drama, which premiered in competition at the festival in 2014, was written and directed by Damien Chazelle. After the movie’s premiere, the filmmaker was nominated…