Archive for the ‘Film Projections’ Category
Film Projections: 2012 Oscar Predictions
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: February 24, 2012
To prepare for the upcoming Academy Awards, Franklin Laviola, director of the acclaimed short Happy Face, gives us his Academy Award predictions. Read what he thinks and watch the Oscars on Sunday night! Picture The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse Will Win: On [...]
Film Projections: The Best Films of 2011
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: February 22, 2012
In anticipation of next week’s Academy Awards, FP film critic Franklin Laviola shares his final thoughts on film in 2011 over the next few days. Today, he gives us his favorite films of 2011. (Read the rest of Laviola’s work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) 10. Essential Killing, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski & Aurora, directed by Cristi Puiu (tie) [...]
Film Projections: The Worst Films of 2011
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: February 17, 2012
In anticipation of next week’s Academy Awards, FP film critic Franklin Laviola shares his final thoughts on film in 2011 over the next few days. Today, he begins with his least favorite films of 2011. Come back Monday for his best films of 2011. (Read the rest of Laviola’s work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) 10. Bridesmaids, [...]
Film Projections: Reactions to the 84th Academy Award Nominations
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 27, 2012
On Monday, our film expert Franklin Laviola shared his predictions for the approaching Academy Awards nominations. Not surprisingly, he did quite well: 71 out of 104 nominations correct, perfect performances in the Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film Categories, and a spot-on prediction that Hugo and The Artist would lead all films with 11 and 10 nominations, [...]
Film Projections: Our 2012 Oscar Predictions
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 23, 2012
(Tomorrow at 8:30 AM on the East Coast, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce its nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards. The annoucements will be made by the moderately attractive Jennifer Lawrence. Sadly we did not have the opportunity to speak with Ms. Lawrence, so we asked our resident film expert [...]
The Best Films of the New York Film Festival 2011
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: December 26, 2011
Here are the top films of the New York Film Festival from FP film critic Franklin Laviola. (Read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) Forget about the Oscar-baiting The Artist and The Descendants, or the over-hyped and vacuous Shame. The following films were the real gems of this fall’s New York Film Festival: [...]
New York Film Festival Report #1 — Confronting Good Intentions
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: October 3, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola reports from the New York Film Festival. You can read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) The 49th New York Film Festival, which runs through October 16th, launched Friday night on a positive note with the North American premiere of Roman Polanski’s deft ensemble comedy [...]
Mid-Year Report: The Very Best Film of the Year, So Far …
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: August 3, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola gives us his pick for best film of 2011 to date. He previously gave us his worst films of the year and his best films and performances of the year. You can read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) The Very Best … “Where were you [...]
Mid-Year Report: The Best Films and Performances of the Year, So Far …
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: August 1, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola gives us his best films of the first half of 2011. On Friday, he gave us the worst films of the year to date. Check back tomorrow for his pick for THE VERY BEST FILM OF THE YEAR (so far). You can read the rest of his work for Frontier [...]
Mid-Year Report: The Worst Films of the Year, So Far …
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: July 29, 2011
(Today, FP film critic Franklin Laviola begins his mid-year recap with the worst films of 2011 to date. Check back on Monday for Mr. Laviola’s best films of 2011 thus far. You can read the rest of his work for Frontier Psychiatrist here.) Severely Overrated … * Midnight In Paris, directed by Woody Allen Woody [...]
