AFI Fest adds world premiere of Sandra Bullock-Sarah Paulson s ‘Bird Box’ to Gala lineup
Netflix is making sure they’re dominating the festival season ahead of awards season and that now includes the world premiere of Susanne Bier’s dystopian thriller... Read More
Film Festivals
AFI Fest Sets Nicole Kidman Tribute with ‘Destroyer’ Gala
The 2018 AFI Fest will host An Evening With Nicole Kidman. The event will include a conversation with the Academy Award-winning actress (The Hours) in a... Read More
Interview: Maggie Gyllenhaal on ‘The Kindergarten Teacher,’ complex women and taking what she wants
Maggie Gyllenhaal is no stranger to playing complex women on the verge of a personal awakening or exerting strength and confidence in a male-dominated world.... Read More
Alexander Valley Film Festival: The Little Festival That Could
Fall brings us three things every year like clockwork; Daylight Savings Time, pumpkin spice lattes and film festivals. It seems that new festivals pop up... Read More
8th Napa Valley Film Fest Lineup: ‘Green Book,’ ‘Vox Lux;’ Tributes to Laurence Fishburne, Geena Davis
Rising Star honorees include Taissa Farmiga, Billy Magnussen, Camila Mendes, Rosa Salazar, Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp Festival to Close with Robin Williams: Come Inside My... Read More
‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, to close AFI Fest
Hot off the news that On the Basis of Sex would open AFI Fest as its world premiere, another Focus Features film that’s been absent... Read More
Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic ‘On the Basis of Sex’ to open AFI Fest
AFI Fest has landed the world premiere of Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex, starring Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (The... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘Boy Erased’ (★★★½)
Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard... Read More
2018 TIFF: What Did We Like and What Did We Learn
As awards watchers, the Toronto International Film Festival is the biggest jumping off point for Oscar season. Venice and Telluride come first (just by a... Read More
Toronto Film Festival Winners: ‘Green Book’ drives into the Oscar race
The Peter Farrelly race relations road comedy Green Book, starring Academy Award winner Mashershala Ali (Moonlight) and Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, Captain... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 342: Reviewing ‘Mother Mary’ 
On the Shelf: ‘Send Help,’ ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ ‘Die My Love,’ “Sleepers,’ and ‘Point Blank’ Highlight the 4K Physical Media releases for the Week of April 20 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 341 – Diving into Emmy Season with First Predictions 
2026 Tonys: Laurie Metcalf (‘Little Bear Ridge Road,’ ‘Death of a Salesman’) May Join Elite Group of Double-Nominated Performers