AwardsWatch

IDA Announces DocuDay LA on February 8

Erik Anderson January 27, 2020

Full-Day Marathon Screenings of all Oscar®-Nominated Feature & Short Documentaries The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the line-up for DocuDay LA, its annual full-day... Read More

Sundance Review: Benh Zeitlin’s ‘Wendy’ finds a director unable to grow up

Donny Sheldon January 27, 2020

Eight years ago, writer/director Benh Zeitlin’s first feature film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival like lighting in a bottle. Beats of the Southern Wild... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘Downhill’ – Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell soar in high altitude comedy

Joshua Encinias January 27, 2020

Searchlight Pictures is lucky the first movie released under their new name exceeds expectations because a title like Downhill is ripe for puns. Directors Nat... Read More

62nd Grammy Awards: Billie Eilish makes history as youngest top 4 winner ever

Erik Anderson January 26, 2020

The 62nd annual Grammy Awards were held tonight and breakthrough artist Billie Eilish was the night’s biggest winner, taking Album of the Year, Record of... Read More

35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival closes with Women’s Panel, Local Doc Shorts, Awards

Erik Anderson January 26, 2020

The 35th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) officially closed out by putting the spotlight on Santa Barbara to highlight a series of short documentaries... Read More

Box Office Analysis (Jan. 24-26): [Gentle]Men no match for [Bad] Boys

Jonathan Boehle January 26, 2020

PGA and DGA winner ‘1917’ breaks $100M; ‘Parasite’ crosses $30M; the ‘Knives’ are still out Bad Boys for Life followed up its incredible record-breaking opening weekend... Read More

Sundance Review: Miranda July’s ‘Kajillionaire’ exists between the mundane and the profound

Joshua Encinias January 26, 2020

If you want to understand Theresa (Debra Winger) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) in Miranda July’s new film Kajillionaire, you have to know that July’s parents... Read More

Cinema Audio Society (CAS): ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Chernobyl’ top winners

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

The 56th annual Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards, which honor the outstanding achievements in sound mixing for 2019 were handed out tonight and Ford v Ferrari,... Read More

2020 USC Scripter Award winners: ‘Little Women’ and ‘Fleabag’

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

Greta Gerwig’s script for Little Women has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best film adaptation and Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the television award for... Read More

2020 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC): Roger Deakins wins for ‘1917’

Erik Anderson January 25, 2020

Roger Deakins has won his third American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) award of the decade (and 5th overall) tonight, this time for the ‘continuous shot’... Read More

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