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‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Sets World Premiere at 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Sets World Premiere at 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 8, 2025

The highly anticipated eighth chapter of the Mission: Impossible is officially headed to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival next month and will be presented Out... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 282 – Oscars Retrospective of the 88th Academy Awards

Ryan McQuade April 7, 2025

On episode 282 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello as well as AwardsWatch contributors Dan... Read More

Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 7, 2025

Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, during... Read More

British Film Academy Sets Dates for 2026 BAFTA Awards

BAFTA

British Film Academy Sets Dates for 2026 BAFTA Awards

Erik Anderson April 7, 2025

BAFTA today confirmed that the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2026. The announcement marks the first of the major... Read More

9th DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces Lineup

Film Festivals

9th DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces Lineup

Erik Anderson April 4, 2025

Mark Fishkin, Executive Director/Founder of the California Film Institute (CAFILM), and Joni Cooper, Director of Programming for the DocLands Documentary Film Festival (DocLands), have announced... Read More

Trailer Watch: ‘Superman,’ ‘M3GAN 2.0,’ ‘The Naked Gun,’ ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ ‘Fountain of Youth,’ ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’

Trailers

Trailer Watch: ‘Superman,’ ‘M3GAN 2.0,’ ‘The Naked Gun,’ ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ ‘Fountain of Youth,’ ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’

Erik Anderson April 4, 2025

Another big week of trailer and teasers, largely thanks to CinemaCon 2025, which gave tons of exclusive sneak peeks to the Las Vegas attendees (like... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 93 – ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ (Elaine May, 1972) with Special Guest Jake Tropila

Ryan McQuade April 3, 2025

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More

Academy Announces Janet Yang Endowment for Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Filmmaking

Erik Anderson April 3, 2025

Endowment provides essential funding and resources to support Asian and AAPI programming at the Academy Museum and acquisitions into the Academy Collection Academy President Janet... Read More

‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]

TV Reviews

‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]

Tyler Doster April 3, 2025

A good rivalry features two opponents so intent on causing damage to the others’ life that the only reasonable outcome would be for one of... Read More

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Review: The Revolutionary and Prescient Series Comes to a Thrilling Close [A]

TV Reviews

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Review: The Revolutionary and Prescient Series Comes to a Thrilling Close [A]

Karen Peterson April 3, 2025

It’s been three years since the fifth season finale of The Handmaid’s Tale in which June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) and her baby daughter Nicole boarded... Read More

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