Olivia Coleman already has one Oscar (and two nominations) to her name. There’s a good reason for that. Coleman is one of our greatest actors. Even in an imperfect movie such as “Jimpa” (Kino Lorber), her radiance illuminates the screen.
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On the day that this review is being written, Paris-based filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu received thrilling news. His movie, “Arco” (Neon), was nominated in the best Animated Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards, to be broadcast on March 15. Not a bad achievement for Bienvenu’s debut feature-length film.
There were probably some people watching the 83rd Golden Globes on Jan. 11, who found themselves stunned when Leonardo DiCaprio’s name was not called out as the envelope was opened for the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
As OutSFL’s film critic, I watch a lot of movies. These are the ones that made 2025 memorable.
A directorial and writing debut every bit as potent as Eva Victor’s “Sorry, Baby,” writer/director Charlie Polinger’s “The Plague” (IFC) is also just as hard to shake. Which makes it required viewing.
On our screens in 2025, there was no shortage of women overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds. Linda (Rose Byrne) in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” Agnes (Jessie Buckley) in “Hamnet,” and Willa (Chase Infiniti) in “One Battle After Another,” are just a few examples. Agnes (non-binary Eva Victor) in “Sorry, Baby” (A24), is another.
Since its world premiere in 1891, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s tragedy “Hedda Gabler” has been adapted for the big screen more than a dozen times in multiple languages. In the extremely queer “Hedda” (MGM/Amazon), filmmaker Nia DaCosta (2021’s “Candyman” and the forthcoming “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”) transplants the action from Norway to England, and from the late-19th century to the mid-20th century with riveting results.
It’s fitting, isn’t it, that Osgood Perkins, son of the late bisexual actor Anthony Perkins, should make a name for himself in the realm of cinematic horror.
For the past few years, South Florida has been in the news, and often not for good reasons, such as the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. However, as anyone who lives in or visits the Broward County region, which includes Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors, can tell you, there’s more to it than the occasional Florida Man story that crosses the wires.
Gay filmmaker Ira Sachs never ceases to surprise us. With movies such as the period infidelity drama “Married Life” to his New York real estate trilogy – “Keep The Lights On,” “Love Is Strange,” and “Little Men” – to his bisexuality exploration “Passages,” Sachs has kept viewers engaged since the late 1990s.
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