This season’s box office for traditional awards films is bad, but does it matter?
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans – this year’s prospective Best Picture frontrunner, the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award winner, and the latest film... Read More
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From Jennifer Hudson to Dwight Yoakam to Björk, the Top 10 acting performances by musicians in the last quarter century
This year, we’ve seen a handful of musical sensations dabble into the acting scene. Former One Direction frontman Harry Styles has appeared in both My... Read More
Learning to be Asian American and how ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ gave me everything I ever needed
In the last two years, I have written scripts for five short films, along with a full-length feature screenplay and a pilot episode for a... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (November)
The Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards were handed out this weekend, where Ryan White’s Good Night Oppy was the dominating winner, taking Best Documentary Feature and... Read More
2023 Oscars: EGOT winner Mel Brooks (‘At the Automat’) back in the awards hunt with Best Original Song bid
With an Oscar, four Emmys, three Grammys and three Tonys under his belt, not to mention a Kennedy Center Honor, Hollywood Walk of Fame star... Read More
‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Malcolm X’ and Pixar lead a packed field of additions to the Criterion Collection for November
As the year is winding down, the second yearly Barnes & Noble Criterion Collection 50% off sale is going on all November long, and just... Read More
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ trailer brings us a new Pandora, a new war and a new Sigourney Weaver
It’s been a longer time in real years since the first Avatar (2009) than the 10-year time jump between the events of the first film... Read More
2023 Oscars: Austin Butler (‘Elvis’) and Naomi Ackie (‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’) may be latest stars honored for turns as real-life musicians
Among this year’s Oscar contenders in the crowded Best Actress and Best Actor fields are Naomi Ackie and Austin Butler, contending for their portrayals of... Read More
GALECA and Rotten Tomatoes partner for “Crimson Honors” scholarship, awarding financial support to underrepresented LGBTQ women and nonbinary college students of color in Southern California
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and Rotten Tomatoes, entertainment fans’ go-to resource for movie and TV recommendations, today announced the launch of The... Read More
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) nixes press conferences for 2023 Golden Globes
There will be no HFPA exclusive press conferences this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced today that the organization will not hold any... Read More
‘Mouse’ Review: Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Mallen Kupferer Shine in Tender Portrait of Grief and Growing Up [B+] Berlinale 
UK Casting Directors’ Guild Awards: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Adolescence’ Take Top Wins 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 139 – ‘Les Rendez-vous d’Anna’ (Chantal Akerman, 1978) 
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