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2023 Sundance Film Festival awards winners: ‘A Thousand and One’ takes home top U.S. Dramatic Prize

Ryan McQuade January 27, 2023

The 2023 Sundances Film Festival winners were announced this afternoon in Park City, Utah at an in-person presentation. This year brought the return of the... Read More

‘Passages’ review: Passion and toxicity collide in latest complex romantic drama from Ira Sachs | Sundance

Ryan McQuade January 26, 2023

From the moment we meet Tomas (Franz Rogowski), he is in full control. He is shooting his latest film, directing his lead actor to walk... Read More

‘Cat Person’ review: Susanna Fogel pushes the anxieties of modern dating to a new level with Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun | Sundance

Kevin L. Lee January 25, 2023

Dating can be really awkward, especially when both sides are not experienced and are doing the best they can to not hurt each other’s feelings.... Read More

2022 Writers Guild of America (WGA) awards: ‘Nope,’ ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ topline WGA screenplay nominees

Erik Anderson January 25, 2023

Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have revealed their nominations for original and adapted film screenplays where several... Read More

‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’ review: Raven Jackson’s debut is a remarkable, profound achievement in visual, emotional storytelling | Sundance

Ryan McQuade January 25, 2023

From the moment Raven Jackson’s transcendent feature debut, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, begins, its character’s legacy is sketched in the familiar. A young... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast #167: Oscar nomination reactions for the 95^th Academy Awards

Ryan McQuade January 25, 2023

On episode 167 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and special guest Mark Johnson (Editor, film... Read More

‘Poker Face’ review: Rian Johnson’s beguiling new mystery series has an ace up its sleeve and it’s Natasha Lyonne

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‘Poker Face’ review: Rian Johnson’s beguiling new mystery series has an ace up its sleeve and it’s Natasha Lyonne

Lauren Coates January 25, 2023

Between the runaway success of the Academy Award-nominated Knives Out and its recent sequel Glass Onion, there’s no doubt about it: Rian Johnson knows how... Read More

‘You Hurt My Feelings’ review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is perfect in Nicole Holofcener’s sincere but slightly overwrought comedy | Sundance

Catherine Springer January 25, 2023

Writer/director Nicole Holofcener seems to have filled the void left in 2012 when Nora Ephron, the unofficial queen of adult sophisticated comedy, passed away. It’s... Read More

‘Landscape with Invisible Hand’ review: Cory Finley’s creative near-future alien invasion comedy has plenty to say about humanity | Sundance

Abe Friedtanzer January 24, 2023

What if aliens invaded and weren’t exactly hostile, but just condescending? The unique vision of Landscape with Invisible Hand imagines a world in which the... Read More