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BAFTA makes sweeping overhaul; expanding membership, increasing nominees and bringing back longlists

Erik Anderson September 24, 2020

Significant changes in acting, directing & Outstanding British Film categories to be introduced from Film Awards 2021 BAFTA announced wide-ranging changes to its voting, membership and... Read More

NYFF Review: ‘Isabella’ doesn’t sink or swim—it just floats

Amelia Merrill September 23, 2020

Filmmaker Matías Piñeiro has added to his Shakespearean-inspired filmography with Isabella, which is as much a meditation on Measure for Measure as it as an... Read More

Sony Classics acquires Eva Husson’s ‘Mothering Sunday’ with Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth

Erik Anderson September 23, 2020

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern... Read More

‘The Suicide Squad’ spinoff ‘Peacemaker’ series with John Cena set for HBO Max

Erik Anderson September 23, 2020

HBO Max is set to explore the origins of the Peacemaker character, the master of weapons from the highly anticipated upcoming The Suicide Squad film, in the new Max... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (September)

Erik Anderson September 23, 2020

When you look at even just the recent history of the Film Editing Oscar you’ll generally find two things; winners come from Best Picture nominees... Read More

32nd NewFest announces full lineup for New York LGBTQ Film Festival

Erik Anderson September 23, 2020

The festival will showcase New York, US and World Premieres of more than 120 films and episodic series from 29 countries from October 16-27 Opening... Read More

Film Review: Tell me, tell me, how to be, how to be a ‘Kajillionaire’

Jason Adams September 23, 2020

Certain movies make you think a new way. Something like Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth aggressively owns that idea outright — it turns language itself against its viewers, reorganizing... Read More

Focus Features and Magnolia Pictures to re-release ‘On the Basis of Sex’ and ‘RBG’ in tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Erik Anderson September 22, 2020

The Films both will be widely available this Friday with the distributors’ net proceeds going toward the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, co-founded in 1972 by... Read More

TIFF Review: ‘Beginning’ knows where to start but no idea how to end

Mina Takla September 22, 2020

Plot: When a mysterious attack takes place on a church in one of Georgia’s remote villages, a game of power ensues between a woman and... Read More

HBO Max’s ‘West Wing’ special to benefit When We All Vote set for October 15 premiere

Erik Anderson September 22, 2020

Original Cast Will Come Together for First Time in 17 Years for a Special Staged Theatrical Presentation of “Hartsfield’s Landing” Episode Act Breaks to Feature Commentary... Read More

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