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NEON Snaps Up U.S. Rights to Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk’s Horror Comedy ‘Hell of a Summer’

Erik Anderson August 20, 2024

Award-winning studio NEON announced today that it has picked up the U.S. rights to Hell of a Summer from Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, It, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) and Billy Bryk... Read More

2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)

Erik Anderson August 20, 2024

Daniel Craig remains a top contender for Queer despite still having no distributor announcement for the Luca Guadagnino film just a week ahead of the... Read More

Focus Features Nabs U.S. Rights to Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley

Erik Anderson August 20, 2024

Focus Features has won the domestic distribution rights to Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao’s next film, Hamnet, based on the best-selling historical novel by Maggie... Read More

2024 TIFF: Jharrel Jerome and Zhao Tao to Receive Tribute Awards at Toronto International Film Festival

Erik Anderson August 20, 2024

TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey announced today additional honorees who will be receiving TIFF Tribute Awards at this year’s Festival: American award-winning actor and rapper Jharrel Jerome will... Read More

Interview: Jon Hamm on What it Means to Be “Minnesota Nice” and Dismantling the American Western in ‘Fargo’

Interviews (TV)

Interview: Jon Hamm on What it Means to Be “Minnesota Nice” and Dismantling the American Western in ‘Fargo’

Sophia Ciminello August 20, 2024

It’s difficult to think of American iconography without recalling one of Jon Hamm’s signature projects, Mad Men. Over seven seasons, Hamm portrayed Don Draper, one... Read More

2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (August)

Erik Anderson August 19, 2024

Reiterating my Best Actress predictions, with Venice, TIFF and NYFF lineups revealed, save a few titles over the next couple of weeks, and Telluride just around the corner, who’s showing... Read More

Interview: Liza Colón-Zayas on Her Emmy Nod, Tina’s Evolution in ‘The Bear,’ and Stepping Out of Her Comfort Zone

Interviews (TV)

Interview: Liza Colón-Zayas on Her Emmy Nod, Tina’s Evolution in ‘The Bear,’ and Stepping Out of Her Comfort Zone

Landon Johnson August 19, 2024

Liza Colón-Zayas has captivated audiences with her portrayal of Tina, the resilient and complex kitchen veteran in FX’s critically lauded series The Bear. This gritty,... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 248: ‘Alien: Romulus’ Review and the Future of the Franchise

Podcasts

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 248: ‘Alien: Romulus’ Review and the Future of the Franchise

Ryan McQuade August 19, 2024

On episode 248 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Josh Parham to breakdown the various films in the... Read More

‘Black Dog’ Review: Poetic Rehabilitation Drama Has Compassion For Man and Man’s Best Friend Led By an Extraordinary Eddie Peng

Connor Lightbody August 16, 2024

Major controversies surrounded the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games while they occurred, but it was only after they came to a close that the organisers were... Read More

Interview: Jonathan Bailey Opens Up About ‘Fellow Travelers,’ Resilience and Having ‘Angels’ of Gay Culture [VIDEO]

Interviews (TV)

Interview: Jonathan Bailey Opens Up About ‘Fellow Travelers,’ Resilience and Having ‘Angels’ of Gay Culture [VIDEO]

Erik Anderson August 16, 2024

There aren’t many actors that are having, and about to have, a year like Jonathan Bailey. For Showtime’s Fellow Travelers, a sprawling look at the... Read More

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