2019 Oscars: The State of the Foreign Language Film Oscar Race – Part 2
Venice and Telluride have just begun. Toronto has announced its lineup and starts in less than a week. That means another installment of AwardsWatch’s The... Read More
Film Festivals
‘The Favourite’ offers a royal romp for Venice
One the fall’s major Oscar hopefuls, and featuring a wealth of juicy actress performances, The Favourite is appeasing critics left and right. Lauded performances from... Read More
Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘ROMA’ takes Venice by storm
In his first film since the Oscar-winning space drama Gravity, Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón’s comes down to Earth for his most personal film yet,... Read More
Hugh Jackman is Gary Hart in ‘The Front Runner’
A political scandal that changed the way we see and report American politics forever. Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman stars as the charismatic politician Gary Hart for... Read More
Telluride Film Festival to world premiere ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?,’ ‘The Front Runner’ and more
The Telluride Film Festival may only reveal its lineup the day before it begins but intrepid festival watchers can largely figure out what’s going to... Read More
‘Destroyer,’ ‘Widows’ highlight 62nd BFI London Film Festival
Widows, the new film from Academy Award winner Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), will open the 62nd BFI London Film Festival, and the official... Read More
‘First Man’ soars as the Venice International Film Festival opens
The 75th Venice International Film Festival kicked off with the world premiere of First Man from Academy Award winner Damien Chazelle. The film is his... Read More
‘The Other Side of the Wind,’ the final film from Orson Welles, is finally here. Watch the trailer now.
In 1970, legendary director Orson Welles (CITIZEN KANE) began filming what would ultimately be his final cinematic opus with a cast of Hollywood luminaries including... Read More
First look: Trailer Nadine Labaki’s Cannes-winning ‘Capharnaüm’
The trailer for Nadine Labaki’s Jury Prize winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is here and we have your first look. Capharnaüm tells the... Read More
Natalie Portman takes the stage in first clip of ‘Vox Lux’
In this very brief first look, Academy Award winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) takes the stage (we only see her from the back) in Vox... Read More
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