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Interview: Director Alex Pritz on indigenous voices, environmental destruction, and exploring ‘The Territory’

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Director Alex Pritz on indigenous voices, environmental destruction, and exploring ‘The Territory’

Abe Friedtanzer December 7, 2022

The Uru-eu-wau-wau, an indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, take center stage in director Alex Pritz’s The Territory, an involving documentary that... Read More

‘Elvis’ is the king of the 2022 Australian Academy Awards (AACTA) with 11 wins

Erik Anderson December 7, 2022

The Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA), the Australian Academy Awards, has announced the full list of AACTA Award winners, highlighting Australian-based film and... Read More

AMPAS announces eligible films for 2023 Animated, Documentary and International Feature Oscar races

Erik Anderson December 6, 2022

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced the list of eligible films for the animated, documentary and international feature categories for... Read More

‘Abbott Elementary’ leads 28th Critics Choice Awards TV nominations

Erik Anderson December 6, 2022

The Emmy-winning ABC comedy Abbott Elementary led the nominations for the 28th Critics Choice Awards, earning six overall, for best comedy series as well as... Read More

Angela Bassett, Rian Johnson, ‘RRR’ to be honored at 6th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards

Erik Anderson December 5, 2022

The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announced today that Angela Bassett will receive the HCA Acting Achievement Award, Rian Johnson will receive the HCA Filmmaking Achievement Award, and the cast and crew of RRR will... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast #160: ‘Cocaine Bear,’ and Critics’ Awards season begins

Ryan McQuade December 5, 2022

On episode 160 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Sophia Ciminello and Dan Bayer to talk about... Read More

‘Aftersun’ tops British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) with seven; ‘Blue Jean’ wins four prizes

Erik Anderson December 5, 2022

Aftersun, the debut feature from Charlotte Wells, which premiered at Cannes and swept through the fall festivals to end up the best-reviewed film of the... Read More

‘The Star’ retrospective: Bette Davis put the camp in Oscar campaign in the zenith of meta awards movies

Retrospective

‘The Star’ retrospective: Bette Davis put the camp in Oscar campaign in the zenith of meta awards movies

Brian Lindsay December 5, 2022

“C’mon, Oscar,” says Bette Davis in The Star (1952), clutching one of her own golden statuettes from the 1930s. “Let’s you and me get drunk!”... Read More

Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ wins Best Picture

Erik Anderson December 5, 2022

The Atlanta Film Critics Circle has chosen The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once as the best film of 2022, also awarding the pair Best... Read More

This season’s box office for traditional awards films is bad, but does it matter?

Zoë Rose Bryant December 2, 2022

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans – this year’s prospective Best Picture frontrunner, the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award winner, and the latest film... Read More

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