Blood is a Chord in First Trailer for Malcom Washington’s ‘The Piano Lesson’
Netflix today released the first trailer for Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson, the latest of August Wilson’s award-winning plays to be brought to the screen... Read More
Year: 2024
Interview: With ‘Fallout,’ Walton Goggins is Getting a Well-Earned, Long Overdue Moment and Having a Ghoulishly Good Time With It [VIDEO]
Goggins has been electrifying the big and small screen alike for three decades, particularly in his deeply committed inhabitations of complicated, conflicted, and occasionally tragic... Read More
Interview: ‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar Talks About the Power of Colman Domingo and Protecting His Formerly Incarcerated Cast
There are not many films this year that have been as critically acclaimed as the Greg Kwedar-directed Sing Sing. The film premiered to rapturous acclaim... Read More
NEON Snaps Up U.S. Rights to Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk’s Horror Comedy ‘Hell of a Summer’
Award-winning studio NEON announced today that it has picked up the U.S. rights to Hell of a Summer from Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, It, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) and Billy Bryk... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)
Daniel Craig remains a top contender for Queer despite still having no distributor announcement for the Luca Guadagnino film just a week ahead of the... Read More
Focus Features Nabs U.S. Rights to Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley
Focus Features has won the domestic distribution rights to Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao’s next film, Hamnet, based on the best-selling historical novel by Maggie... Read More
2024 TIFF: Jharrel Jerome and Zhao Tao to Receive Tribute Awards at Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey announced today additional honorees who will be receiving TIFF Tribute Awards at this year’s Festival: American award-winning actor and rapper Jharrel Jerome will... Read More
Interview: Jon Hamm on What it Means to Be “Minnesota Nice” and Dismantling the American Western in ‘Fargo’
It’s difficult to think of American iconography without recalling one of Jon Hamm’s signature projects, Mad Men. Over seven seasons, Hamm portrayed Don Draper, one... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (August)
Reiterating my Best Actress predictions, with Venice, TIFF and NYFF lineups revealed, save a few titles over the next couple of weeks, and Telluride just around the corner, who’s showing... Read More
Interview: Liza Colón-Zayas on Her Emmy Nod, Tina’s Evolution in ‘The Bear,’ and Stepping Out of Her Comfort Zone
Liza Colón-Zayas has captivated audiences with her portrayal of Tina, the resilient and complex kitchen veteran in FX’s critically lauded series The Bear. This gritty,... Read More
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12 
Delroy Lindo, Michelle Satter, Sony Pictures Among African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees 
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Park Chan-wook, Josh O’Connor and More 
Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘Sinners,’ Eva Victor Triumph