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‘Ella McCay’ Review: James L. Brooks Aims to Mine a Nostalgic Relic but Comes Up With Something Mildly Dated [B-]

Film Reviews

‘Ella McCay’ Review: James L. Brooks Aims to Mine a Nostalgic Relic but Comes Up With Something Mildly Dated [B-]

Cody Dericks December 10, 2025

Very quickly into its runtime, Ella McCay establishes itself as a fantasy. After the narrator (Julie Kavner) introduces herself with “I’m the narrator” (there’s no... Read More

2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 10, 2025

The first week of December brought us a deluge of industry and critics winners and nominations, including the AFI Top 10 list, National Board of... Read More

SFFILM Awards Honor Scott Cooper, Wunmi Mosaku, Kristen Stewart and Benicio Del Toro [VIDEO]

Damian Danemann December 10, 2025

SFFILM celebrated four honorees for their achievements in contemporary cinema during the 2025 SFFILM Awards Night on Monday, December 8 in what has become one... Read More

Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead

Critics Awards (Film)

Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead

Erik Anderson December 10, 2025

The Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2025. Not to be confused with the Phoenix Film Critics... Read More

Benicio Del Toro (‘One Battle After Another’) Receives the SFFILM Award for Acting from Regina Hall [VIDEO]

Erik Anderson December 9, 2025

At the SFFILM Awards, held on December 8 at The Gateway Pavilion at Pier 2— Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, Benicio Del Toro receives... Read More

2026 Producers Guild of America (PGA) Award Documentary Nominees: ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ and More

Producers Guild of America (Film)

2026 Producers Guild of America (PGA) Award Documentary Nominees: ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ and More

Erik Anderson December 9, 2025

Today, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominees for Documentary Motion Pictures and finalists for the PGA Innovation Award. As part of the 37th Annual... Read More

Kate Hudson to Receive Icon Award, Actress for ‘Song Sung Blue’ from Palm Springs International Film Awards

Erik Anderson December 9, 2025

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Kate Hudson is the recipient of the Icon Award, Actress for her performance in Focus Features’... Read More

2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Checks In After Week One of Precursors

2026 Oscar Predictions

2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Checks In After Week One of Precursors

Mark Johnson December 9, 2025

In the past week, a slew of major awards bodies handed out prizes or announced nominations. That includes the Gothams, the National Board of Review... Read More

Bearing Witness to a Vanished Lake and the People Who Still Row: First Time Directors Talk ‘Qotzuñi’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Interviews (Film)

Bearing Witness to a Vanished Lake and the People Who Still Row: First Time Directors Talk ‘Qotzuñi’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Landon Johnson December 9, 2025

When filmmakers Michael Salama and Gaston Zilberman traveled to Bolivia, they thought they were documenting the disappearance of Lake Poopó. “We even came to the story... Read More

How ‘Marty Supreme’ Composer Daniel Lopatin Created a 1950s Landscape with a 1980s Vibe [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Interviews (Film)

How ‘Marty Supreme’ Composer Daniel Lopatin Created a 1950s Landscape with a 1980s Vibe [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Erik Anderson December 9, 2025

Anachronisms are a funny thing. Sometimes it’s jarring and the clash isn’t playfully incongruent but distractingly bizarre. Sometimes it just makes sense in a ‘you... Read More

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