Pieces of a Woman. The Naturalism Paradox in Awards Filmmaking

The typical definition of “Oscar Bait” refers to those films that have particular themes and narrative arcs that will make whatever production it is get seen more favourably by awards voters. In the past several years there is an alternative but similar form of awards pandering has become prevalent. this critic will call it “the

Cleaning Out My Film Rentals. #2 Lucy In The Sky (2019.)

Do you ever get that feeling of disappointment when someone you admire makes it makes a universally paned piece of media but realistically as a follow-up of their previous work you should have seen it coming. That is how I felt about   Noah Hawley’s Natalie Portman starring feature directorial debut Lucy In the Sky. On