Film
Awardswatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2014 
30th Independent Spirit Award WINNERS: Man Beats Boy
Birdman won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, besting favorite Boyhood, which managed wins for director Richard Linklater and Supporting Female for Patricia Arquette.... Read More
2014 César Award Winners: ‘Timbuktu,’ Kristen Stewart Win French Film’s Top Prizes
The Césars, the French version of the Oscars gave their prizes out today and the Oscar-nominated Timbuktu was the big winner, grabbing seven awards including Best... Read More
International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards: ‘Stranger by the Lake’ is Top Film of 2014
The International Cinephile Society (ICS) has chimed in with their awards for 2014 films and have chosen Stranger by the Lake, from director Alain Guiraudie... Read More
68th Cannes Film Festival News
PRESIDENT(S) Oscar-winning writers/producers/directors Joel and Ethan Coen will be presidents of the 68th edition of the festival. It’s the first time two people will head... Read More
Awardswatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2014: The Shortlist
The shortlist for Awardswatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2014 is here! Short being a relative term as a total of 107 performances made the list.... Read More
AwardsWatch’s International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) Nominations: Grand Budapest Hotel, Under the Skin, Gone Girl Score
Just when you thought there weren’t any more film nominations… AwardsWatch’s International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) nominations are in there will be equal parts joy, confusion... Read More
Motion Picture Sound Editors Winners: Birdman, American Sniper, Unbroken
The winners of the 62nd annual Golden Reels, the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) awards, honored the year’s best work in the various areas of sound editing:... Read More
Makeup & Hairstylists Guild Winners: ‘Guardians,’ ‘Budapest,’ ‘Birdman’ Share Top Awards
Guardians of the Galaxy and The Grand Budapest Hotel won two awards from the Makeup and Hairstylists guild and Birdman continued its guild streak... Read More
Birdman chalked up yet another guild win, this time from the Cinema Audio Society which recognizes achievement in Sound Mixing. It bested American Sniper, which... Read More
2026 Tonys: Laurie Metcalf (‘Little Bear Ridge Road,’ ‘Death of a Salesman’) May Join Elite Group of Double-Nominated Performers 
2026 Tribeca Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary with World Premieres of ‘Hadestown: The Musical,’ ‘Earth, Wind & Fire’ Doc 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 149 – ‘Killer of Sheep’ (Charles Burnett, 1978) 
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review: Careful the Spell You Cast, Children Will Listen (and Sometimes Kill) [C]