AwardsWatch

‘All We Imagine as Light’ Review: Payal Kapadia’s Powerful Look at Women’s Lives in an Ever-Changing India | TIFF

Akash Singh September 8, 2024

The first lighthouse in recorded history was the Pharos of Alexandria, built in 280 BC. It towered upon the shore of Ancient Egypt, the vast... Read More

‘Nightbitch’ Review: Amy Adams Goes Feral in Marielle Heller’s Neutered Adaptation of Stressed-Out Mom Novel | TIFF

J Don Birnam September 7, 2024

‘Motherhood is a Bitch.’ So says the tagline of the new Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) film starring Amy Adams as the titular... Read More

2024 Creative Arts Emmys (Night One): ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hits 100, Angela Bassett Wins First Emmy

Erik Anderson September 7, 2024

Night One of the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Non-fiction, Reality, and Variety categories covering writers, directors, cinematographers, editors were held tonight, where the... Read More

‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: Yeo Siew Hua Rivets with Voyeuristic Missing Child Drama | Venice

Ben Rolph September 7, 2024

Singapore is among the most densely populated cities in the world with almost every street under surveillance by CCTV cameras. This is the setting for... Read More

‘Dahomey’ Review: Mati Diop Creates a Mesmerizing Artifact of Time Itself | TIFF

Alejandra Martinez September 7, 2024

How do you tell a story about the return of something precious? About a homecoming? In Dahomey, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin... Read More

81st Venice Film Festival Winners: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Wins Golden Lion, Nicole Kidman Named Best Actress

Erik Anderson September 7, 2024

The 81st Venice Film Festival jury, led by legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert, has awarded Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door the Golden Lion, naming... Read More

‘William Tell’ Review: A Rousing, Old School Hollywood Epic of a Well-Told Story | TIFF

Daniel Bayer September 7, 2024

In case you don’t remember the story of William Tell from your school days, Nick Hamm’s new film about the Swiss folk hero opens with... Read More

‘Dead Talents Society’ (鬼才之道) Review: John Hsu Crafts a Hilarious and Deeply Referential Ghost Story with a Big Heart | TIFF

Kevin L. Lee September 7, 2024

After the critical and commercial success of Detention, it was only a matter of time before Taiwanese filmmaker John Hsu would visit ghosts again. But... Read More

‘No Other Land’ Review: Basel Adra’s Palestinian Doc is a Story of Survival and Resilience and Demands Your Attention | TIFF

Reuben Baron September 7, 2024

I have to imagine that one of the most difficult parts of making a documentary is that when real life writes the plot, you really... Read More

‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’ Review: I Think We’ve Seen This Film Before and We Still Don’t Have an Ending | Venice

Martin Tsai September 7, 2024

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 made only $36 million at the box office, prompting Warner Bros. to yank Chapter 2 from its original... Read More