‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10 
41st Spirit Awards Nominations: ‘Peter Hujar’s Day,’ ‘Lurker,’ ‘Train Dreams’ Lead 
Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC): ‘One Battle After Another’ Dominates With 7 Wins 
Ethan Hawke on How It Was the Right Time To Make ‘Blue Moon’ with Director Richard Linklater [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
37th Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Full Lineup 
37th Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Full Lineup 
On the Shelf: ‘Wild Style,’ ‘The House with Laughing Windows,’ ‘Paul,’ ‘The Ninja Trilogy’ and New Criterions Land on Physical Media for Week of December 1 
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2026 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (November) 
Record 76 Countries Officially Submitted for Foreign Language Film Oscar
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Review: Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
From the first notes of slow burning opener “Adore You,” we can hear that it’s happened: Miley Cyrus has been reborn. “Well duh,” you say?... Read More
Review: Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals
In late 2009 a new sound was released unto the world in the form of Sleigh Bells, a two person noise pop band from Brooklyn.... Read More
Review: Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013)
2013 seems to be the year of survival stories. From Gravity to All is Lost and here with Captain Phillips the one man (or woman)... Read More
Review: Panic! At the Disco – Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
I’m going to start this review by flat-out admitting that I don’t think Panic! At The Disco will ever be able to top Pretty. Odd. again. A... Read More
Oscar at 2013’s Box Office
Since the Best Picture lineup was expanded to include more than 5 films four years ago, we have seen a couple of different scenarios: in... Read More
Review: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)
Since Alfonso Cuarón’s audacious dystopian sci-fi film, Children of Men, was released in 2006, cinephiles everywhere have been wondering how, and later as the years ticked... Read More
Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine
Pop music is built on extremes so it’s only fitting that in the year of Miley Cyrus, of twerking, foam finger excess, hanging naked on... Read More
Breaking Bad and the increasing tyranny of the drama pantheon
On Sunday, the Breaking Bad finale aired. I mostly liked it a hell of a lot, though I thought Walt’s revenge gambit was too heavily weighted in... Read More
Best Supporting Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Track Record in the Best Supporting Actor Category
Over the last ten years, there have been a number of surprising nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category at the Oscars. They have ranged... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10