Karen Benardello

Karen Benardello
648 POSTS 0 COMMENTS
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.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: Press Conference with Actors Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer and Josh Andrés Rivera

During times of extraordinary societal conflict, people’s personal morals are often put to the test. The screen adaptation of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the prequel to the dystopian action franchise The Hunger Games, explores how Panem’s past, including the rise of the titular games, impacts the conscious of young Coriolanus…

Frozen 4 Being Developed Alongside Frozen 3, Disney CEO Bob Iger Reveals

Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that a fourth feature installment in the “Frozen” franchise “might in the works” alongside “Frozen 3” at Walt Disney Animation Studios. The executive teased the news on Good Morning America this morning, following the opening ceremony for World of Frozen at Hong Kong Disneyland. “Frozen 3″ is in the…

Lakota Nation vs. United States: Q&A with Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli

Cultures being able to relate to and trusting each other is one of the most important aspects of societies being able to thrive alongside each other. But with the U.S. government long marginalizing Indigenous tribes, American society is now working to honor the tribes’ identities. The new documentary, Lakota Nation vs. United States, is an…

Denzel Washington Cast as Hannibal in Antoine Fuqua’s Netflix Movie

Denzel Washington has been cast the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in an upcoming untitled epic drama for Netflix, Deadline is reporting. The news comes as the SAG-AFTRA strike is ending, and the actor is able to begin working on films again. The film, which is the two-time Oscar-winning actor’s first casting announcement since SAG-AFTRA struck…

Jamie Lee Curtis-Executive Produced “Halloween” Writer Debra Hill Documentary Begins Production

Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story, a feature documentary about the titular producer and screenwriter, has begun production with Causeway Pictures, Deadline is reporting. Oscar winner and Halloween franchise star, Jamie Lee Curtis is serving as an executive producer on the movie about Hill. The late filmmaker died of cancer on March 7, 2005. She’s…

‘Fancy Dance’s Lily Gladstone Thrives in Socially Conscious Character-Driven Native American Crime Thriller – Philadelphia Film Festival Review

Communities often have a harrowing way of showing its concern and support for other drastically different cultures, no matter how much they claim to be humanitarians. The new Native-centric drama Fancy Dance powerfully highlights that moral injustice. The film focuses on a family in the Seneca-Cayuga tribe that’s devastated by the indifference towards their plight…

Elon Musk Biopic in Development by A24 with Director Darren Aronofsky

An Elon Musk biopic is in development at A24. Oscar-nominated Black Swan director, Darren Aronofsky has signed on to helm the upcoming biographical film, Variety is reporting. The movie’s screenplay will be based on Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of the controversial tech mogul, which was published in September. As preparation for the book, Isaacson shadowed…

Live-Action “Akira” Would be Difficult to Remake, Says Albert Hughes

Albert Hughes, who garnered worldwide attention with his feature film directorial debut, Menace II Society, has publicly spoken about the production struggles that have long plagued the proposed live-action Akira movie. The remake has been in development since as early as the 1990s, the decade when the filmmaker’s first project was released to critical acclaim….

Perfect Days’ Kōji Yakusho Offers an Ordinary Life in Tokyo – Philadelphia Film Festival Review

Illuminating the thoughts, feelings and self-awareness of protagonists from diverse backgrounds is one of the most realistic ways for character-driven movies to reflect on the magnificence of ordinary, day-to-day life. Actor Kōji Yakusho’s main character of Hirayama shares his opinions and emotions in an unassuming, sincere way as he indulges in life’s simple pleasures in…

Marvel Studios Considers Replacing Star Jonathan Majors Amid Actor’s Legal Struggles and MCU’s Box Office Disappointments

Amid his recent controversial legal struggles, actor Jonathan Majors’ future with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) remains unclear. However, according to a new report from Variety, Marvel Studios may have already begun the process of replacing his role of Kang the Conqueror, which he debuted in last year’s sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, with…