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Costume Designers Guild (CDG) set 2021 awards dates and timeline

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

The awards timeline was announced today for the 23rd CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards). Produced by JumpLine, the 23rd CDGA celebrates excellence in film, television, and short-form... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

Another Academy branch that makes strange and sometimes sketchy choices with their nominations is the documentary branch. They’ve changed their rules and voting procedures over... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

Always one of the weirdest categories, as the music branch often reaches into the abyss to find an obscure nominee (Alone Yet Not Alone, anyone?),... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

While Disney/Pixar’s Soul is the sure-fire frontrunner, Apple is going to give serious chase with Wolfwalkers (with GKIDS) and Netflix, who came close to winning... Read More

Trailer: Glenn Close and Amy Adams go head to head in Appalachian drama ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

7-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close and 6-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams star in Hillbilly Elegy, based on the #1 New York Times bestseller... Read More

Film Review: Even with a unique twist on the classic body swap premise, ‘Freaky’ fails to outrun its clunky and dated shortcomings

Daniel Trainor October 13, 2020

The body swap genre has been through the modern-day movie meat grinder. There have been highs (Lindsay and Jamie Lee!), there have been lows (Rob... Read More

Film Review: Pietro Marcello’s brilliant ‘Martin Eden’ features a breathtaking performance from Luca Marinelli

Meghan White October 13, 2020

As we teeter toward the death throes of a civilization choked with the excess of industry, bending beneath the rule of technocrats and oligarchs, relocating... Read More

LFF Review: Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci give career-best turns in a champagne ‘Supernova’ in the sky

Jack King October 13, 2020

The most delicate moments of Supernova, the sublime sophomore feature from British director Harry Macqueen, don’t actually happen on screen; they’re seldom, even, explicitly textual.... Read More

Trailer: Julia Hart’s action drama ‘I’m Your Woman’ starring Rachel Brosnahan and Arinzé Kene

Erik Anderson October 13, 2020

Suburban housewife Jean (Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) lives a seemingly easy life, supported by husband Eddie’s (Bill Heck) career as a... Read More

Indie Memphis Film Festival: ‘Minari,’ ‘One Night in Miami’ are Centerpiece and Closing Night films

Erik Anderson October 13, 2020

Screenings of David Cronenberg’s CRASH (1996) and Ephraim Asili’s THE INHERITANCE Also Added to the Festival Roster Indie Memphis Film Festival, presented by Duncan-Williams, Inc.,... Read More

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