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Following the immensely crowd-pleasing Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde returns to Sundance Film Festival with Jimpa, an ambitious, deeply personal... Read More
Every single screening of By Design at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is sold out. The logline – “A woman swaps bodies with a chair,... Read More
2025 Oscar nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been revealed and on episode 271 of the AwardsWatch podcast Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson is joined by... Read More
The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced this morning and nominees in front of the camera and behind have reacted to the news including the casts... Read More
The 2025 Oscar nominations are here and with them come the shocking snubs, the big surprises and history made with record-breaking stats, trivia and more.... Read More
Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, the audacious trans musical extravaganza about a drug lord boss who changes their sex to escape the cartel and protect her family,... Read More
The initial lineup for the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival has been revealed, including Ben Affleck returning for The Accountant 2, Nicole Kidman in... Read More
For those who eagerly forecast the Oscar race, this is the most thrilling time of the year. Predicting the winners is enjoyable in its own... Read More
It’s probably fair to say that after all of the nominations and precursors we have that we all likely have the same top seven films... Read More

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