Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
From ‘The Lion in Winter’ to ‘Eyes Wide Shut,’ the Top 10 anti-Christmas movies to watch if you’re a holiday Grinch
According to the endless holiday tunes, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. The songs, the lights, and the gifts are enough to... Read More
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‘Gangs of New York’ at 20: All the beauty and the bloodshed of Martin Scorsese’s 1860s New York City immigrant mobster tale still holds [Retrospective]
I can still remember walking out of the AMC theater in Framingham, Massachusetts after hearing U2’s powerful song The Hands That Built America and marveling... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (December)
With the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations revealed we have our first taste of screenplay precursors for both adapted and original (as well as... Read More
6th Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Film Awards nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All At One,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ lead
The Hollywood Critics Association have announced the nominees for their 2023 Film Awards, where A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once, written and directed by Daniel... Read More
Chicago Film Critics winners include ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ ‘Decision to Leave’
The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) has announced its awards with The Banshees of Inisherin taking the Best Picture prize, as well as awarding the film... Read More
2022 Florida Film Critics Circle nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ leads with 11
Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the Florida Film Critics Circle nominations announced today, with 11. The Fabelmans and TÁR were next with 8 and... Read More
Interview: Kevin LaRosa II, aerial coordinator and lead camera pilot for ‘Devotion,’ on those high-flying sequences
While Top Gun: Maverick might be the highest-profile plane movie of the year, it’s certainly not the only one. Devotion is based on the true... Read More
Cinematographer Roger Deakins (‘Empire of Light’) on his latest collaboration with Sam Mendes, being his own camera operator, and the movie that makes him cry
Empire of Light may be the title of Roger Deakins’ latest collaboration with Sam Mendes, but it’s also a fitting descriptor for his dazzling body... Read More
Interview: Baz Luhrmann on finding his ‘Elvis’ in Austin Butler and merging the man and the myth his way
Baz Luhrmann is a sharp dressed man. We’re sitting down at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco on the Monday morning after the Golden Globe... Read More
Interview: ‘Wildcat’ directors Trevor Frost and Melissa Lesh on their mission of hope [VIDEO]
Wildcat details the story of Harry Turner, a young British soldier coming back from the war in Afghanistan with PTSD, guilt and an overwhelming sense... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners