Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
2025 BAFTA TV Nominations: ‘Baby Reindeer’ Leads, Followed by ‘Slow Horses’
Baby Reindeer led the nominations for the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards announced today with eight. The Emmy Award-winning limited series snagged nods for limited series,... Read More
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Sundance Film Festival Announces Move to Boulder, Colorado Beginning in 2027
After a thoughtful and thorough process to identify the future location of the Sundance Film Festival, today the nonprofit Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees is... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 92 – ‘A New Leaf’ (Elaine May, 1971)
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
‘Dying for Sex’ TV Review: Michelle Williams Comes Into Her Own in Devastating, and Devastatingly Funny Rumination on Death and Desire [A]
Orgasms are crucial. In a contemporary world where its inhabitants are easily disengaged from their lives with the screens they stare at daily that create... Read More
Pedro Almodóvar to be Honored by Film at Lincoln Center’s 50th Chaplin Award Gala by John Waters, Dua Lipa, Rossy de Palma and More
Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) have announced the stars who will pay tribute to Pedro Almodóvar at the 50th Chaplin Award Gala, presented in partnership... Read More
‘Mid-Century Modern’ TV Review: Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer and Nathan Lee Graham are a Golden Team of Spiritual Sisters [B]
Funerals are great fodder for comedies. From Curb Your Enthusiasm to The Wonder Years to, of course, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, death on a... Read More
‘Hot Milk’ Review: Emma Mackey Blazes Through Choppy Mother-Daughter Portrait [C] | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
There’s a moment in Hot Milk that looks like a dream: a young woman is floating in the cyan-blue sea under the Spanish sun. It’s... Read More
68th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) Lineup: Josh O’Connor in ‘Rebuilding,’ Tributes to André Holland, Chris Columbus
Today, SFFILM announced the full lineup for the 68th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival), the longest-running film festival in the Americas. Taking place April 17-27, the... Read More
The Academy Partners with Global Screenwriting Programs for Nicholl Fellowships, The Black List to Serve as Submission Portal
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, an international program that identifies and nurtures talented new screenwriters, will now exclusively... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 91 – ‘Angels in America’ (Mike Nichols, 2003)
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
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners