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‘Belfast,’ ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘The Underground Railroad’ among American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) nominees

Erik Anderson January 25, 2022

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced their nominees for their 36th annual awards for motion picture and television from the ASC Clubhouse where Belfast,... Read More

Music City Film Critics awards: ‘The Power of the Dog’ is Best Picture; Jessica Chastain and Nicolas Cage are lead acting winners

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Music City Film Critics awards: ‘The Power of the Dog’ is Best Picture; Jessica Chastain and Nicolas Cage are lead acting winners

Erik Anderson January 25, 2022

The Music City Film Critics Association (MCFCA) has announced its winners for the MCFCA 2022 Film Awards. The association is comprised of more than 30... Read More

Cinema Audio Society (CAS) nominees: ‘Dune,’ ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ ‘Succession,’ ‘The Underground Railroad’

Erik Anderson January 25, 2022

Today, the Cinema Audio Society announces its nominees for the 58th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2021 in seven categories,... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘Emily the Criminal’ is a lean, mean thriller with Aubrey Plaza’s most subversive performance ever [Grade: A]

Catherine Springer January 25, 2022

If a film’s logline refers to the protagonist as someone who “gets caught up in the criminal underworld in Los Angeles,” there’s a good chance... Read More

Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) winners: ‘The Power of the Dog’ makes a clean sweep

Erik Anderson January 25, 2022

The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) have revealed their winners for the best in film for 2021 and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog made... Read More

Sundance Review: Mind the age gap and narrative cohesion in ‘Palm Trees and Power Lines,’ stay for Lily McInerny’s bracing performance [Grade: C-]

Ryan McQuade January 24, 2022

Bored out of her mind, 17-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) is doing what a normal teenager has to do to fill in the time before her... Read More

Sundance Review: Jono McLeod’s doc ‘My Old School’ threads a fine line between humor and pain, truth and lies [Grade: B]

Catherine Springer January 24, 2022

Exactly a year removed from the premiere of the acclaimed documentary Flee at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, comes My Old School, another nonfiction film... Read More

Sundance Review: Julian Higgins’ ‘God’s Country’ is a showcase for a powder keg performance from Thandiwe Newton [Grade: B]

Ryan McQuade January 24, 2022

Ashes in the snow. That is what we see in the beginning of Julian Higgins’ slow-burn thriller, God’s Country, as Sandra Guidry (a dynamic Thandiwe... Read More

Sundance Review: Riley Stearns’ sci-fi satire ‘Dual’ gives us a killer double dose of Karen Gillan [Grade: B+]

Kevin L. Lee January 24, 2022

Riley Stearns was one of my favorite discoveries at SXSW 2019. Nearly every writing and directing decision in The Art of Self-Defense was on my... Read More