‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+] 
‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Review: Cherish is the Word I Use to Describe Lisa Kudrow [A-] 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
Interview: How Zoey Deutch Built Her Singular Version of Jean Seberg for Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’
A lot has changed for actress Zoey Deutch since the last time she starred in a Richard Linklater film. Since 2016’s Everybody Wants Some!, Deutch... Read More
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Interview: Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton on Creating a Portrait of a Life Full of Humanity with ‘Train Dreams’
From the moment it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Train Dreams has been the little engine that blossoms into something unique and universal once... Read More
2025 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Nominations: Akinola Davies Jr.’s ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Leads with 12; ‘Urchin,’ ‘Pillion,’ ‘Die My Love’ Follow
The nominations for the 2025 British Independent Film Awards have been announced and Akinola Davies Jr.’s debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, leads with 12 nods, including... Read More
Mutant and Arrow Video Launch Mutant Mediabook 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Line with Theatrical and Director’s Cuts of Richard Kelly’s ‘Donnie Darko’
Mutant has announced a new collaboration with acclaimed genre distributor Arrow Video to launch an exclusive line of ultra high-definition Blu-ray releases under the banner Mutant Mediabook. Kicking off... Read More
Interview: Kate Hawley on Crafting the Meticulous Costume Design in ‘Frankenstein’ and the Joy of Collaborating with Guillermo del Toro
There was nothing but pure joy when talking to costume designer Kate Hawley about her latest work on Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. When you see... Read More
‘Song Sung Blue’ Review: Kate Hudson Rises From the Ashes of Overcooked Trauma Biopic to Make Neil Diamond Cool Again [B-]
Growing up in a world before Kidz Bop and Ms. Rachel, we had no say in the radio stations that accompanied our daily commutes or... Read More
Interview: Nina Hoss on Reshaping Ibsen’s Play With a Female, Queer Perspective Inside Nia DaCosta’s Reinterpretation ‘Hedda’
There is no better introduction to a character in film this year than when we are first introduced to Eileen Lovborg in Nia DaCosta’s latest... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 124 – ‘From Hell’ (The Hughes Brothers, 2001)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Amy Pascal to Receive David O. Selznick Achievement Award at 2026 Producers Guild Awards
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that Academy Award nominated Amy Pascal will be honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award. She... Read More
Jacob Elordi, Chase Infiniti, Amy Madigan Among 2026 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuosos Award Recipients
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced the recipients of the 2026 Virtuosos Award, an honor established to recognize a select group of talent... Read More
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More