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I fell once when I was younger, playing baseball in a local youth league. I was running to catch a ball that popped into foul... Read More
Like many categories above and below the line this season it looks like three films–One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Sinners–are set to dominate and... Read More
Emotionally resonant story aside, you can’t talk about KPop Demon Hunters without talking about the soundtrack. Songs like “Golden,” “Takedown,” “Your Idol,” “Soda Pop,” and... Read More
There is no denying that KPop Demon Hunters is the global phenomenon of the year. Full of dazzling animation, a rich sense of culture and... Read More
Casting Society (CSA) today announced the television, theater, commercials, short film and short form series nominations for the 41st Artios Awards, which honor the contribution... Read More
As the world marches ever forward into an AI and virtual reality-driven era—one tech moguls and corporations desperately seek to define on their own terms... Read More
On episode 309 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello to give brief... Read More
“There is only one Martin Scorsese,” an evergreen statement made by the famed director’s longtime friend and legendary filmmaker in his own rights, Steven Spielberg,... Read More
The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 28th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival will take place October 25–November 1. The largest university-run film festival in... Read More

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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 138 – ‘Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’ (Chantal Akerman, 1975) with special guest Morgan Roberts