Monday

20-10-2025 Vol 19

Day: March 4, 2025

Intro to Women Writers Week

March is Women’s History Month—or is it? Has the current administration under President Donald Trump and Elon Musk cancelled Women’s…

He Never Made the Same Choice Twice: 10 of Our Favorite Gene Hackman Performances

The world lost one of the best actors of his or any generation in February when Gene Hackman left us.…

From Gena to Annette: Great Actresses with Oscar Nominations but No Wins

When the In Memoriam tribute unspools during the Oscars on March 2, Gena Rowlands‘s name will no doubt be there.…

Screwball in Vermont: “Baby Boom”

A 1980s screwball romantic comedy that’s retained some of the hallmarks of the genre’s heyday in the ’30s and ’40s,…

Pay Attention Now: Gretchen Mol and Juliana Margulies on “Millers in Marriage”

Ed Burns wrote and directed “Millers in Marriage,” the story of three middle-aged siblings and their complicated relationships. Burns plays…

Anora’s Real-Life Fairytale: Five-Oscar Victory for Indie Film

Fairytales do come true. For “Anora,” it came five times with wins for the film itself, Sean Baker (a record-breaking…

True/False 2025: The Track, Writing Hawa, Make It Look Real

This third and final dispatch from True/False is one of those where the theme among the three chosen titles is…

True/False 2025: WTO/99, Family Album, Land With No Rider

Yesterday was unseasonably warm at True/False. Today, with the temperature, I am reminded that it is only March and l…

True/False 2025: Seeds, River of Grass, How Deep Is Your Love

Here at True/False Film Festival, documentary as a form reigns supreme. Located in the Midwestern college town of Columbia, Missouri,…

I Think Of Them As The Work: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)

Don’t go to the masterpieces, the classics, the five-star pictures you have memorized from a hundred montages and telecasts. Pick…