2018 Cannes Awards: Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Palme d’Or; Spike Lee Takes Grand Prix for ‘BlacKkKlansman’
Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the highest honor from the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters. He previously won the Jury Prize for... Read More
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Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Burning’ Tops ICS Cannes Awards
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The International Cinephile Society (of which I am a member) has chosen its own Cannes winner just ahead of the festival’s... Read More
2018 Cannes: ‘Border,’ ‘Girl,’ win top Un Certain Regard awards
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Un Certain Regard section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival has given the troll romance film Border (Gräns) its top... Read More
Cannes: Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Wins Top Director’s Fortnight Prize
No one was more surprised than director Gaspar Noé himself when his new film, Climax, was met was near universal raves when it debuted in... Read More
‘Black Panther,’ ‘Stranger Things’ Lead MTV Movie and TV Awards Nominations
The 2018 MTV Movie and TV Award nominations have been announced and Black Panther leads the movie side with seven, including Best Movie, while Stranger... Read More
‘Mean Girls,’ ‘SpongeBob,’ ‘Angels in America,’ ‘Harry Potter’ Lead 2018 Tony Nominations
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Broadway adaptations of a popular teen movie (Mean Girls) and a smash kids TV cartoon (SpongeBob SquarePants) were the top... Read More
Drama Desk Nominations: Carousel, SpongeBob lead musicals; Harry Potter, Angels in America lead plays
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Nominations for the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning by Jane Krakowski (She Loves Me, Nine, TV’s Unbreakable... Read More
SpongeBob SquarePants Leads Outer Critics Circle Nominations; Harry Potter, Mean Girls, My Fair Lady Score
The nominees for the 68th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, which recognize excellence on and Off-Broadway from the 2017–2018 season, have been announced. Leading the... Read More
‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Crown’ Top BAFTA TV Craft Awards
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] HBO’s Game of Thrones won its first BAFTA awards at this weekend’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Craft Awards,... Read More
SFFILM Awards: ‘Eighth Grade’ Wins Audience Award, New Directors Prize Goes to Ana Urushadze
The 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival (April 4-17) announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Award (GGA) competitions and the two Audience Awards (for Documentary... Read More
African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees: ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘The Piano Lesson’ Filmmakers and Casts and More 
36th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Announces Full Lineup, Opening with ‘Better Man’ and Closing with ‘The Penguin Lessons’ 
‘Kneecap’ Leads 2024 British Independent Film Craft Awards Winners (BIFA) 
‘Moana 2’ Review: Rough Seas and a Waterlogged Narrative Sink Choppy Sequel