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2022 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN (February)

Erik Anderson February 14, 2022

Costume Design and Production often have a lot of crossover nominations and this year is no different as we have 3/5 with Dune, Nightmare Alley... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT, LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM (February)

Erik Anderson February 14, 2022

Here are my ranked 2022 Oscar winner predictions in Animated Short, Documentary Short Subject and Live-Action Short for February. ANIMATED SHORT FILM 1. Robin Robin (Netflix) –... Read More

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman to host 2022 Spirit Awards

Erik Anderson February 11, 2022

This year’s Spirit Awards promises plenty of laughs as Film Independent announced today that comedy power couple Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman will host the 2022... Read More

Interview: The joys of Viet representation in Starz’s biggest show with Paulina Nguyen of ‘Power Book IV: Force’

Nguyên Lê February 11, 2022

Power stays on, and respect continues to be the only currency here. “Here” is a reference to the city of Chicago in Power Book IV:... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The ‘Power’ Surge

Erik Anderson February 11, 2022

The Oscar nominations are here, leaving behind critics’ awards season (mostly) and on we press with BAFTA and the guilds to really start shaping the... Read More

Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Lin-Manuel Miranda earn Guild of Music Supervisors nominations

Erik Anderson February 11, 2022

The Guild of Music Supervisors have revealed the nominees for its 12th annual awards, celebrating outstanding achievement in the craft of Music Supervision for film,... Read More

Kodi Smit-McPhee on his co-stars, respecting where he started and his favorite scene in ‘The Power of the Dog’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Erik Anderson February 10, 2022

Don’t call it a breakthrough, Kodi Smit-McPhee’s been here for years. Kodi Smit-McPhee may have just earned his first Oscar nomination at the young age... Read More

Berlinale 2022 review: François Ozon’s ‘Peter von Kant’ plays out as an ambitious but flat homage to Fassbinder [Grade C-]

Savina Petkova February 10, 2022

It’s been 50 years since Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant premiered at Berlinale and to mark this anniversary, prolific French... Read More

Film Independent announces Spirit Awards $25,000 grant winners: Alex Camilleri, Lizzie Shapiro and Jessica Beshir

Erik Anderson February 10, 2022

Film Independent has named the winners of three unrestricted $25,000 Spirit Awards cash grants – $75,000 total. The three Grant recipients from 2021, Ekwa Msangi,... Read More

37th Santa Barbara Film Festival lineup announced: ‘The Phantom of the Open’ to kick off fest, close with ‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’

Erik Anderson February 10, 2022

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), presented by UGG, announced today the highly anticipated lineup for the 37th edition, which will run March 2 to... Read More

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