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Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) Awards: ‘Barbie’ Named Best Picture

Erik Anderson January 12, 2024

The Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) has awarded Barbie the Best Picture of 2023, also giving the film its best supporting actor (Ryan Gosling), best... Read More

‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: Jaymes Samuel’s Personal Jesus Needs to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff

Film Reviews

‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: Jaymes Samuel’s Personal Jesus Needs to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff

Sarah Vincent January 12, 2024

The Book of Clarence is British writer and director Jaymes Samuel’s third feature film and first departure from Westerns after 2013’s They Die By Dawn... Read More

Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Poor Things’

Erik Anderson January 12, 2024

The Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) have bestowed their Best Film of 2023 to Oppenheimer, also giving Christopher Nolan’s biopic Best Director, Best Actor for... Read More

Casting Society (CSA) 39th Artios Awards Nominations: ‘Saltburn,’ ‘The Color Purple’ ‘May December’ and more

Erik Anderson January 12, 2024

Casting Society (CSA) announced today the film nominees for the 39th Artios Awards, which honor the contributions of casting professionals in film, television, theatre and commercials. Split... Read More

PGA Awards Nominations: ‘Anatomy of a Fall,’ ‘The Zone of Interest’ Make History; ‘Barbie,’ ‘Maestro,’ ‘Past Lives’ Among Nominees

Erik Anderson January 12, 2024

For the first time in the history of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) awards, two international titles have been nominated for the top PGA... Read More

Interview: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Collaborating with Ava DuVernay, Meeting the Moment, and Playing a Journalistic Indiana Jones

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Collaborating with Ava DuVernay, Meeting the Moment, and Playing a Journalistic Indiana Jones

Sophia Ciminello January 12, 2024

Early in Ava DuVernay’s remarkable new film Origin, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson (a transcendent Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) listens to a recording of the 911 call... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 27 – ‘The Boys in the Band’ (William Friedkin, 1970)

Ryan McQuade January 11, 2024

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

‘Mean Girls’ Review: Reneé Rapp Shines but this Plastic is not Fantastic

Film Reviews

‘Mean Girls’ Review: Reneé Rapp Shines but this Plastic is not Fantastic

Cody Dericks January 11, 2024

“What’s wrong with me?” sings Gretchen Wieners (Bebe Wood) about 30 minutes into Mean Girls, the new film adaptation of the stage musical, which is... Read More

‘Maestro,’ ‘El Conde’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Among American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Nominations

Erik Anderson January 11, 2024

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) revealed its 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award nominees in feature film, documentary, television and music video categories where El Conde, Maestro, Killers... Read More