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Friday, February 9, 2018 at 1:43PM 
by Nathaniel R
Have you ever heard of the IFMCA? I hadn't but that stands for the International Film Music Critics Association and they're now in their 14th year. They've got 65 members (mostly from Europe, the UK and USA) and they've just announced their nominations for the film year.
Their top nominees are...
Friday, February 9, 2018 at 8:00AM by Chris Feil
Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele’s romantic tale of trust and submission comes to a close with Fifty Shades Freed. Opening on their wedding ceremony, the couple still has quite a bit to reconcile before they truly land the fairy tale ending the genre promises. As Anastasia’s career flourishes, her stalker and former boss reemerges to threaten their relationship and the Grey family as well.
Things remain silly. There’s more sex this time around but its handily the least titillating of the three films by good margin. There are car chases, sudden violent attacks, a kidnapping plot, and of course lots of pseudo-kinky coitus to be seen, because the series is nothing if not delightfully ludicrous. This time however is a more snoozy bit of outlandish.
Friday, February 9, 2018 at 12:25AM by Nathaniel R
photo via Rebecca Keegan
The Oscar Nominee Luncheon -- which we must belatedly now obsess over -- is one of the greatest Oscar traditions, for a variety of reasons which have nothing to do with lunching. One of the secrets to its wonderfulness is possibly that it's not telecast so it still maintains some kind of insider cachet. Nevertheless the media are invited so it's not "private" per se. And even if it were, in our social media age the stars serve as their own kind of media outlet, too, with their selfie madness...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 8:35PM Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 1:24PM In the latest installment of our screenplay column, Jorge takes a look at the tricky task of making a phone screen visually engaging.
As technology becomes more efficient and finds new ways to make our lives easier, it’s making the job of screenwriting more difficult. It’s now nearly impossible to not be able to reach a person in some way (once a common source of screen conflict) and, worse for the visual montony, most of our day-to-day activities include staring at some kind of screen.
Ingrid Goes West didn't just incorporate how we relate to technology today, but made it its central theme. Let’s look at the underrated gem to see how the use of technology is captured in its pages, and how the writers made it as emotionally thrilling as any action movie car chase...
