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Tag: Independent Film Critics of America

Breaking Norms with The Bride!

The Blues Brothers once sang, “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,” and that is one of the themes of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride. Frankenstein, Christian Bale, is lonely. After being alive for almost a hundred years, he wants to experience something he has never had: Companionship. On the flip side, Ida/The Bride, Jessie Buckley, is a…
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March 6, 2026
Learning the Importance of Nature with Hoppers

You often hear the phrase ‘Go outside and touch grass,” said online. With many of the happenings going on in our world, doing that is a way to recenter yourself or step away from the screen for a while. What many feel is that by getting back to nature, you realize that you can enjoy…
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March 4, 2026
Independent Film Critics of America (IFCA) Announces Nominees for 2026 Awards

The Fandads are part of the Independent Film Critics of America (IFCA) and here are the nominees for our 2026 awards. The Independent Film Critics of America (IFCA) has officially unveiled its nominations for the 2026 film season, celebrating a year of cinematic excellence across studio and independent filmmaking. Leading the field is Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” which…
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March 1, 2026
ACE Eddie Winners Announced at the 76th Annual Eddie Awards

February 27, 2026 – The 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards presented by American Cinema Editors (ACE) today announced winners LIVE at UCLA’s Royce Hall recognizing outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television, documentaries, and for the first time in ACE Eddies history, shorts and digital content. The ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year…
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March 1, 2026
Revisiting the Bride in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

A little backstory on my relationship with the Kill Bill series. I used to study Gung-Fu in my younger days. My interest in the martial arts was pretty high. When The Matrix came out, I felt like this was the movie that I had been waiting for my entire life. While watching Jackie Chan, Jet…
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February 25, 2026
Seeing Elvis on Stage again is EPiC

There is a moment during his rehearsal when Elvis Presley goes into singing “Something” by The Beatles. It is interesting to see because many people think the two acts come from different eras. Seeing Elvis sing this song and talk about his respect for the group is great. In Baz Luhrmann’s documentary/concert film EPiC (Elvis…
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February 22, 2026
A Bizarre Love Story is Wuthering Heights

In a recent interview with Fandango, director Emerald Fennell was asked about the quotation marks on the title of her latest movie, “Wuthering Heights”. She answered, “There’s a version that I remembered reading that isn’t quite real. And there’s a version where I wanted stuff to happen that never happened. And so it is Wuthering…
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February 12, 2026
Stopping AI in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a crazy ride to save the future with some fun acting by the cast.
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February 11, 2026
Staying After School with Teacher’s Pet

From the second Teacher’s Pet begins, you know that Luke Barnett’s Mr. Heller is not a good guy. The opening scene attacks you with a startling image and continues to show you images of the horror that has just transpired. If you thought from the title that Teacher’s Pet was going to be a student/teacher…
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February 6, 2026
Being in The Moment with Charli XCX

In a recent Q&A after a screening of The Moment, Charli XCX stated that one takeaway she wants people to get is “the creative process, and how you can really sometimes feel like you’re being like, pulled apart in and pulled between two sorts of inner demons within yourself.” As you watch The Moment, you…
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February 6, 2026