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The Key West Film Festival announced today that Academy Award-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran will be the recipient of its 8th annual Golden Key for... Read More
Even with what feels like a pretty solid frontrunner in The Zone of Interest from the UK, the International Feature Film category is chock full... Read More
In what feels like a two-horse race, and has for a while, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures) and The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)... Read More
The specter of The Exorcist looms large over modern horror filmmakers. William Friedkin’s tale of demonic possession wasn’t so much released in 1973 as it... Read More
On Tuesday morning, one day after SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP returned to the table for contract negotiations, the Screen Actors Guild Awards shared details on... Read More
The California Film Institute (CAFILM) has announced the ¡Viva el cine! lineup, a sidebar section of the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF). The 46th edition... Read More
Today, Prime Video announced that Expats, the six-part limited series directed by Lulu Wang and based on the internationally best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee,... Read More
With the onslaught of comic-book adaptations and cinematic visions based on characters from superhero stories, it’s become easy to feel a bit of fatigue when... Read More
Tales of expeditions to explore previously unincorporated lands are all too often whitewashed in history as positive roots of a bright young nation, offering an... Read More

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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 332 – Oscars Retrospective of the 74th Academy Awards
“Wuthering Heights” Review: Emerald Fennell’s Stylish Spin on the Classic Novel is More Bodice Ripper Than Brontë Gripper [C+]
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 331 – The State of the Oscar Race Post-DGA
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Film Awards: ‘Sinners’ Wins 6, Including Best Picture