28th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Lineup Featuring New Films Starring Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lynn Whitfield and Jason Mitchell
The 28th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) today announced its lineup of the narrative and documentary features. This year’s festival, which takes place live... Read More
Year: 2024
Interview: With the Tennis Romance ‘Challengers,’ Writer Justin Kuritzkes Serves Up the Hottest Film of the Year
Justin Kuritzkes is a bit a renaissance man. He’s a songwriter, a novelist, a playwright and now, a screenwriter of the year’s hottest and horniest... Read More
84th Peabody Awards Nominations for Documentary, News, Public Service, Radio/Podcast Announced
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced the 41 nominees for the Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast categories selected to represent the most compelling and empowering... Read More
2024 Cannes Film Festival: Immersive Program Features Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and More
The 77th Festival de Cannes has announced eight projects as a part of the Immersive Competition including collective location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences,... Read More
‘Boy Kills World’ Review: An Often Hilarious, Weirdly Heartwarming, Violent Dystopia Void of Ideology
Boy Kills World (2024) occurs in an authoritarian dystopian region that the Van Der Koy family rules with an iron fist. The Boy (Bill Skarsgård... Read More
2025 Oscars: Original Score Shortlist Increased, Drive-Ins Removed from Theatrical Eligibility, New Screenplay Submission Requirement and More
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced today updated rules for the 2025 Oscars, including the Original Score shortlist increasing from 15... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 228: 2024 Summer Box Office Draft
On episode 228 of the AwardsWatch podcast, it’s a full house as Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello are joined by AwardsWatch contributors... Read More
2024 Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards: ‘Lies We Tell’ Leads; Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal Among Acting Wins
The 21st Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards, which highlight Irish filmmakers, television creators and performers, were held tonight where Pat Collins’ That They... Read More
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap S16E16: The Final Hoedown Throwdown
After a season of sisterhood and shadiness, RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to a close on its sixteenth season of the flagship iteration of the international... Read More
Interview: ‘Food Inc. 2’ Author/Producer Eric Schlosser, Directors Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo Discuss Income Disparity and Social Impact [VIDEO]
Fifteen years ago, the world underwent a seismic shift with the release of Food Inc., the Oscar-nominated documentary that fundamentally altered the discourse surrounding our... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW