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Commentary: Oscar or not, Paul Mescal makes screen acting look natural again

Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve been missing until you experience it again. I felt that way watching Paul Mescal’s performance in “Aftersun,” the stunning debut film by writer-director Charlotte Wells.

Los Angeles Times

Envelopes, please! Our film critics reveal their personal Oscars shortlists

Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer critics and film writers pick their standout movies, performances, directors and more

The Guardian - UK

Oscars nominations 2023: Final predictions for all 23 categories

LOS ANGELES — Oscar nominations arrive bright and early Tuesday morning and, judging from the conversations I've had with film academy members, there are going to be a lot of surprises when the slate is revealed. There's no best picture front-runner and loyalties are splintered in a dozen different directions.…

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Chicago filmmaker Jennifer Reeder looks at the awards season nominees so far — where did all the women go?

CHICAGO — Filmmaker and University of Illinois Chicago film professor Jennifer Reeder’s fourth feature, “Perpetrator,” is described this way in the program of the Berlin International Film Festival, where the thriller makes its world premiere:

Chicago Tribune

From idea to ‘Action!’: Jordan Peele, Rian Johnson, others reveal personal visions

LOS ANGELES — Nothing gets a group of directors energized quite like talking about a fruitful collaboration, whether with a stunt coordinator or an actor or cinematographer — even if it means making them fearful.

Los Angeles Times

2022 at the movies: A year that’s uplifting and unsettling, all at once

12 months ago, who would have dreamed we’d have a slap at the Oscars, not one but two Margot Robbie flameouts, and awards talk for ‘Top Gun 2’?

Chicago Sun-Times

Best films of 2022 in the UK: No 1 – Aftersun

This extraordinary debut by director Charlotte Wells tells the poignant story of a father-daughter relationship. Understated, deceptively simple, it shimmers with mystery and tragedy

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Oscars 2023: 10 women directors deserving attention

Shortly after the Golden Globes nominations were announced earlier this month, the advocacy group Women in Film took to social media, decrying the "shocking" omission of critically acclaimed female directors, citing Sarah Polley ("Women Talking"), Gina Prince-Bythewood ("The Woman King"), Chinonye Chukwu ("Till") and Maria Schrader ("She Said").

Los Angeles Times

The best movies of 2022 — and where to find them

The movies returned at something close to full force this year. COVID masks all but vanished from multiplex crowds, and from the audiences at the press screenings I attended (though I kept mine handy). Sundance did cancel its in-person screenings for the second January in a row, thanks to the…

Los Angeles Times

What to stream: Fresh movie and TV options to spruce up the holidays

It’s the end of the year, the holidays are here and that means you may need some options for streaming movies and TV to watch with or without family and friends. If you’ve already exhausted all the Lifetime, Hallmark and other seasonal movies, here are some other options to queue…

Tribune News Service

'Aftersun,' 'Banshees' lead AP's best films of 2022

Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr have made their picks for the best films of the year

The Independent UK

Aftersun basks in glory at the British Independent Film Awards

Charlotte Wells’ debut feature, starring Paul Mescal, wins seven prizes, while Section 28 drama Blue Jean takes best lead and best supporting performance

The Guardian - UK

Aftersun director Charlotte Wells on being shaped by the Edinburgh Filmhouse

AFTERSUN is one of the most acclaimed British films of the year.

The National (Scotland)

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Leads Spirit Award Noms

The multiverse-hopping adventure film "Everything Everywhere All At Once" had a leading eight nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with nods for best feature, best director, best lead actor for Michelle Yeoh, supporting actors Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis and breakthrough for Stephanie Hsu. The organization announced…

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The Guardian - UK

Aftersun review – luminous father-daughter drama starring Paul Mescal

Charlotte Wells’s debut feature is a stylistically daring, emotionally piercing and beautifully understated tale of love and loss

Evening Standard

Aftersun movie review: Paul Mescal’s turn as a struggling parent is astonishingly beautiful

The Normal People star reaches new heights in this stunning debut by Charlotte Wells

The Independent UK

Aftersun review: An astounding first feature that captures Paul Mescal at his most heart-wrenching

Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells has made a movie that feels as if it’s teetering on the edge of a cliff

Irish Mirror

Paul Mescal gifted famous Normal People chain to famous friend

The Kildare native and his chain rose to fame on the hit series

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In 'Aftersun,' memories help paint a picture of loss, love

A daughter fondly recalls her father in the sincere, emotionally resonant "Aftersun," a hypnotic drama that quietly places viewers under its spell.

Chicago Tribune

‘Aftersun’ review: A daughter is drawn back to a vacation she once took with her father in this lovely debut film

Time and memories flow like water in “Aftersun,” the Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells’ singular feature debut. It is not a generalized sort of tear-jerker about parents and children. It is a film, rather, about one child, as seen from the perspective of the child’s adult self, and one parent, the…

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Aftersun’: Father, daughter make memories in a beautiful, true-to-life masterpiece

Every moment, every snippet of dialogue, every detail down to the smallest role or the tiniest detail in the background feels like a vibrant slice of real life.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish director Charlotte Wells leads nominations at prestigious film awards

SCOTTISH director Charlotte Wells's debut feature film is leading this year's British Independent Film Awards nominations with a stunning 16 nods.

The Guardian - UK

Aftersun and Blue Jean lead British independent film awards nominations

Sebastián Lelio’s drama The Wonder also scores a host of nods, with Paul Mescal and Florence Pugh both up for acting awards

Boston Herald

Movie review: ‘Aftersun’ an uneasy coming of age tale

A Cannes award winner for Edinburgh, Scotland-born writer-director Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun” is the story of a young woman remembering a trip she took as a preteen with her troubled, but loving father. When the film begins, we see some video images captured on a late 1980s-early 1990s digital camera. The…

Los Angeles Times

How a painful chapter from his own youth revived James Gray's passion for filmmaking

"Armageddon Time," written and directed by James Gray, is one of a number of films this season drawn from the filmmakers' own personal experience: Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans," Sam Mendes' "Empire of Light," Charlotte Wells' "Aftersun," Elegance Bratton's "The Inspection."

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