Focus Features Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sean Wang’s Sundance Winner ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’
Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to Dìdi (弟弟), written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sean Wang, following its premiere in competition at... Read More
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Annette Bening to Receive Inaugural Arlington Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Five-time Academy Award-nominated actress Annette Bening will be honored with the inaugural Arlington Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Bening will... Read More
Colman Domingo Joins Gotham Film & Media Institute Board of Directors
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced that Academy Award-nominated actor, producer, and director Colman Domingo will join the organization’s Board of Directors. As the... Read More
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance (MNFCA) Nominations: ‘Oppenheimer’ Leads with 13
The Minnesota Film Critics Alliance (MNFCA) nominations for the best in film for 2023 where Oppenheimer leads the way with 13, the most ever for... Read More
Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 6
The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC), one of the oldest critics groups in the U.S., revealed the winners of its 58th awards where Oppenheimer... Read More
2024 Sundance Film Festival Awards: ‘In the Summers, ‘Didi,’ ‘Daughters’ Top Winners
The Sundance Film Festival handed out its 2024 laurels for the best of the fest across U.S., World Cinema, Documentary and Audience Awards today where... Read More
55th NAACP Image Awards Nominations: ‘The Color Purple’ Leads Film with 16, ‘Abbott Elementary’ Tops TV with 9
Colman Domingo, Fantasia Barrino, Halle Bailey, Keke Palmer and Usher are Entertainer of the Year nominees Today, NAACP unveiled the nominees for its 55th NAACP Image Awards nominees... Read More
49th César Awards Nominations: Thomas Cailley’s ‘The Animal Kingdom’ and Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Lead
The nominations for the 49th César Awards were announced today where Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom, which opened Un Certain Regard at the 2023 Cannes Film... Read More
First Criterion Collection Selections for 2024: Chantal Akerman Box Set, ‘Lone Star,’ ‘Mudbound,’ ‘Trainspotting,’ Apu Trilogy and ‘Blood Simple’ on 4K
Bringing in the new year means one thing: new additions to the Criterion Collection. With an absolute stacked gathering of titles, there is something here... Read More
From Kim Hye-ja to Sakura Andō, 12 of the Best Non-English Language Performances From the Last 15 Years Overlooked by the Oscars
In a previous listicle I wrote up, the Oscars have gotten better at embracing non-English language films in Best Picture. However, they’re still quite behind... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes