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Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce to Receive Cinema Vanguard Award from Santa Barbara International Film Festival for ‘The Brutalist’
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce will receive the Cinema Vanguard Award for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist at the 40th annual Santa... Read More
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As we get further and further away from the technology of the past, filmmakers who interacted with it in their childhood are placing it central... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 260: Reviewing ‘Blitz’ and ‘Heretic’
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Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Paul Thomas Anderson Wins for ‘One Battle After Another’ 
British Society of Cinematographers (BSC): ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Top Award 
Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Train Dreams’ and More 
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