Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Announce Dates for 2027 and 2028 Awards 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 148 – ‘Peeping Tom’ (Powell, 1960) 
2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival top Open with Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite,’ Announces Special Guests and Recipients of 2026 Emerging Critics Grant 
The 79th Cannes Film Festival Lineup is Here, With A Strong Global Slate of Films from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Cristian Mungiu, Jane Schoenbrun, and More 
Laura Dern, Carol Burnett, Cameron Crowe Added to TCM Classic Film Festival; Rare ‘Letty Lynton’ Restoration Set 
Academy Award-winning Filmmaker Steven Bognar Boards Yael Bridge’s ‘Who Moves America’ Doc as Executive Producer [EXCLUSIVE] 
‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Review: What’s Left to Do for the Teens of East Highland High but to Rue the Day [C+] 
Alana Haim and Mamoudou Athie on Supporting Each Other Through ‘The Drama’ 
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Announce Dates for 2027 and 2028 Awards 
2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival top Open with Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite,’ Announces Special Guests and Recipients of 2026 Emerging Critics Grant 
Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Named Best Picture, Director; ‘Sinners’ Wins 10
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another has won Best Picture and Best Director at this year’s Online Film Critics Society, also winning Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting... Read More
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‘The Gallerist’ Review: Art Imitates Death in Cathy Yan’s Stylized and Funny Sendup on Navel Gazing Art World [B+] | Sundance
The world of modern art is enigmatic and inaccessible to some, a way of life for others. Rotating exhibitions at museums of modern art may... Read More
‘Saccharine’ Review: Stop Relying on That Body-ody-ody Horror [C] | Sundance
What do you get when you mix generational trauma and health wellness and sexual identity and ghosts and cadavers and diet culture and binge eating... Read More
DiscussingFilm Creative Association Global Film Critics Awards (DFCA): ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture
The winners of DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards have been announced and One Battle After Another has been named Best Picture among its total of four awards from its... Read More
‘One Battle After Another’ Wins USC Scripter Award for Adapted Screenplay
One Battle After Another, written by Paul Thomas Anderson and inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland,” has won the 38th annual USC Libraries Scripter... Read More
‘I Want Your Sex’ Review: Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde Get Natural and Habitual in Gregg Araki’s Surprisingly Insightful Dom-Com [B+] | Sundance
The moment Cooper Hoffman’s Elliot awakens with a bloody lip and wearing only a pink lacy bra and panties, it’s clear Gregg Araki’s new film... Read More
Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Tops Wins with Film and Director
Sinners has won seven awards from the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS), including Best Film, Best Director, Original Screenplay and Best Ensemble. One Battle After... Read More
‘The Moment’ Review: Charli xcx is brat+ in Trappings of Fame Mock Doc [B] | Sundance
On Friday night at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah, Sundance attendees found themselves in the midst of an unplanned Charli xcx double feature.... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: First Take on 2026 Oscar Winner Predictions
No rest for the wicked (sorry, that’s my last one of those), it’s time for first Oscar winner predictions of the season. The Oscar nominations... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 136 – ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ (Warren Beatty, 2016)
On episode 136 of the Director Watch Podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter are joined by AwardsWatch contributor Trace Sauveur to discuss the final... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 148 – ‘Peeping Tom’ (Powell, 1960) 
The 79th Cannes Film Festival Lineup is Here, With A Strong Global Slate of Films from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Cristian Mungiu, Jane Schoenbrun, and More