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‘Close,’ ‘Pray for Our Sinners’ win top awards at 30th Hamptons International Film Festival

Erik Anderson October 15, 2022

The 30th anniversary edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival, presented by HamptonsFilm, today announced their award winners for this year’s feature and short film... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2022

Action films and Best Picture. Those have historically been the keys to the Film Editing Oscar, and in many ways, often the other way around.... Read More

‘Return to Seoul’ review: Park Ji-Min’s astonishing turn as a magnetic adoptee anchors Davy Chou’s compelling search for meaning | NYFF

Abe Friedtanzer October 14, 2022

Adoption, as a process, has many intricacies, and one of them is the loopholes it leaves open for someone who has been adopted to later... Read More

‘She Said’ review: Maria Schrader goes on the record with an empathetic story of womens’ courage | NYFF

Sophia Ciminello October 13, 2022

Picture it: it’s 1992 in Ireland, and a young woman in her early twenties walks along the beach only to stumble upon a group of... Read More

Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announces key 2023 awards dates, splits creative arts into separate event

Erik Anderson October 13, 2022

The Hollywood Critics Association has announced today that their inaugural HCA Creative Arts Awards will occur on Friday, February 17, 2023. Nominations are set to... Read More

‘Halloween Ends’ review: David Gordon Green kills, and takes risks in this soon-to-be-divisive Laurie Strode send-off

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‘Halloween Ends’ review: David Gordon Green kills, and takes risks in this soon-to-be-divisive Laurie Strode send-off

Kevin L. Lee October 13, 2022

Jamie Lee Curtis has been speaking a lot about what this new Halloween trilogy has meant to her, in the wake of Halloween Ends. It’s... Read More

‘Eternal Spring’ review: Daxiong’s stirring visual exploration of religious suppression and memory through comic book imagery

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‘Eternal Spring’ review: Daxiong’s stirring visual exploration of religious suppression and memory through comic book imagery

Abe Friedtanzer October 13, 2022

Animation can be a powerful tool for examining difficult topics. That’s especially true for an artist whose life has been so sharply influenced by a... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)

Erik Anderson October 13, 2022

Firstly, pour one out for anyone who isn’t Roger Deakins. The 15-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner in this category can pretty much be penciled... Read More

‘Nanny’ review: Predictability hobbles what could have been a fascinating take on the horror of trauma | LFF

Paddy Mulholland October 13, 2022

It is both the blessing and the burden of just about every modern horror movie that it must be about trauma. It’s not just an... Read More

‘The Stranger’ review: Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris face off in this taut, unnerving Australian detective drama [B+] | LFF

Ben Rolph October 12, 2022

Thomas Wright’s Australian detective drama stars Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, and it’s a gripping film that is unconventionally delicate. This delicacy in the storytelling... Read More

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