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Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence returns to her indie roots with PTSD drama ‘Causeway’ for Apple and A24

Trailers

Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence returns to her indie roots with PTSD drama ‘Causeway’ for Apple and A24

Erik Anderson October 6, 2022

In Causeway, the new drama directed by Lila Neugebauer (Broadway’s The Waverly Gallery, Maid, The Last Thing He Told Me), Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)... Read More

African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) reveal timeline for 14th awards

Erik Anderson October 6, 2022

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) announced today that winners of the 14th Annual AAFCA Awards honoring outstanding achievement in film will be announced... Read More

‘Hellraiser’ review: A chilling franchise reinvigoration with eerie visual flair that will have you on pins and needles [B]

Film Reviews

‘Hellraiser’ review: A chilling franchise reinvigoration with eerie visual flair that will have you on pins and needles [B]

Matt St. Clair October 5, 2022

The new Hellraiser reboot is a textbook example on how to remake or reboot a classic. Keep the same scenario as the original while putting... Read More

‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ at 10: How Stephen Chbosky turned “We accept the love we think we deserve” into a teenage celebration of self [Retrospective]

Retrospective

‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ at 10: How Stephen Chbosky turned “We accept the love we think we deserve” into a teenage celebration of self [Retrospective]

Billie Melissa October 5, 2022

If you were a certain kind of teenager in 2012, The Perks of Being a Wallflower would’ve been your Bible. It defined how it felt... Read More

‘TÁR’ review: Portrait of the Artist on Fire | NYFF [A]

Sophia Ciminello October 3, 2022

Opening with a “special thanks” immediately preceding a reverse order roll of the end credits may seem like a peculiar choice for any film, let... Read More

2022 AFI FEST full lineup announced: ‘Bones and All,’ ‘Women Talking’ and ‘SR.’ added

Erik Anderson October 3, 2022

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the full lineup for this year’s AFI FEST Film Festival including BONES AND ALL, directed by Academy Award-nominee... Read More

The AwardsWatch Podcast #154: Summer Box Office draft results and a deep dive on the Best Actor and Best Actress races

Ryan McQuade October 3, 2022

On episode 154 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch contributors Nicole Ackman, Dan Bayer,... Read More

Trailer: Will Smith’s slave drama ‘Emancipation’ gets trailer and December release, enters awards season

Trailers

Trailer: Will Smith’s slave drama ‘Emancipation’ gets trailer and December release, enters awards season

Erik Anderson October 3, 2022

After a lot of back and forth on when Apple would release the Antoine Fuqua-directed slave drama Emancipation, starring last season’s Best Actor Oscar winner... Read More

SCAD Savannah Film Festival lineup; Eddie Redmayne, Janelle Monáe, Sadie Sink among honorees

Erik Anderson October 3, 2022

2022 honorees also include Kerry Condon, JD Dillard, Nicholas Hoult, Jonathan Majors, Jeremy Pope, Sandy Powell, and Henry Selick The Savannah College of Art and Design... Read More

‘Till’ review: Danielle Deadwyler is astounding in Chinonye Chukwu’s tribute to a mother’s courage and love [B+] | NYFF

Kathia Woods October 1, 2022

The brutal murder of Emmett Louis Till made headlines around the world 1950s America. People were aware that Black people in the U.S. were being... Read More

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