Kinophilia: Cinema, Curated

22/04/2025

Not All That Glitters...

by Jack Hanley of Kinophilia and HanleyOnFilm.com

19/04/2025

This this edition of The Filmic 5, we geek out to a class on aspect ratio from Professor Ryan Coogler; we check out the trailer for GRAND TOUR, the latest by Portuguese director Miguel Gomes; we examine the link between modern horror films and the trenches of WWI; revisit Godzilla's oft-neglected Heisei era; and make sure you haven't forgotten about THE BREAKFAST CLUB.

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Your Weekly Film Superlatives By Critic and Film Scholar Jack Hanley I. Film Moment Making Me Happy This Week I've adored director Ryan Coogler since my early film festival programming days where I first encountered his masterful debut, FRUITVALE STATION. And while I MAY be still be a bit vexed

14/04/2025

In this weeks edition of The Filmic 5, we celebrate movie stunt-people; watch Pingu play Kurt Russell; appreciate the Art of the movie trailer; take on a new Classic Film challenge; and spend time in the Criterion closet with the great BOWEN YANG!

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Your Weekly Film Superlatives By Critic and Film Scholar Jack Hanley I. Film News I Am THRILLED About This Week Something amazing happened this week...the Academy FINALLY listened. ;) This Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the LONG OVERDUE creation of a competitive...

02/03/2025

In this special Awards Edition of the Filmic 5, we cheer on Sean Baker's MONUMENTAL Film Independent Spirit Awards speech; we cheer on former Coloradoan director Brady Corbet with a marvelous piece by John Wenzel; watch your favorite comedic actors flesh out that CONCLAVE script in my favorite live read of the year; turn to the Sight and Sound Poll for what to watch NEXT; and help you DOMINATE your Oscar Ballot as special guest Scott Aigner of Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast joins Jack Hanley in an Oscars prediction showdown for the ages!

Your Weekly Film Superlatives By Critic and Film Scholar Jack Hanley I. Award Moment That Made Me Cheer This Week It is well known that I have ALWAYS fostered a love/hate relationship with Award Shows in general- and the Oscars IN PARTICULAR. Indeed, I used to author a yearly

01/03/2025

Film Nerds- Scott Aigner and Jack Hanley Face Off To Help YOU Dominate Your Academy Awards Ballot!

In a Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast showdown for the ages, find out who WILL WIN, who SHOULD WIN, and our choices for the ACTUAL BEST films and performances of 2024.

In this very special edition of our annual Academy Awards feature, special guest Scott Aigner of Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast joins his co-host Jack Hanley in a Oscar Ballot Prediction grudge-match for the ages…or at least until next year. Actress In A Supporting Role Who Will Win: (Sco...

28/02/2025

DOMINATE your Academy Award's Ballot!
In this very special edition of our annual Academy Awards feature, special guest Scott Aigner of Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast joins his co-host Jack Hanley in a Oscar Ballot Prediction grudge-match for the ages…or at least until next year.

In this very special edition of our annual Academy Awards feature, special guest Scott Aigner of Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast…

22/01/2025

It's been lovely, 2024...
Hope you get a chance to catch these amazing films.
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07/01/2025

The unsolicited rants, reviews, and ravings of an unapologetic cinephile. Film critic and writer at Kinophilia. Festival Programmer. One-Half of Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast.

05/01/2025

In this edition of The Filmic 5 by Hanley On Film we honor the film Iran doesn't want you to see; we examine a "REC meets Euphoria zombie one-shot wonder" from France; we come not to praise the Dylan biopic but to look at Bob at the movies; we read about the films we love to hate; and we gift you the 30 Best Films of the 2010's.

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Your Weekly Film Superlatives By Critic and Film Scholar Jack Hanley I. Film I Am Loving This Week THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Iran) Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof One of my proudest moments during my tenure with the Crested Butte Film Festival was the programming push made by myself and

03/01/2025