AwardsWatch

TIFF Review: Despite strong performances from its leads, ‘Wildfire’ is doused by lackluster storytelling

Mina Takla September 17, 2020

Plot: After having suddenly and mysteriously disappeared for almost a year, a women returns to her hometown in Ireland and tries to blend in despite... Read More

TIFF Review: ‘The Truffle Hunters’ digs up one of the year’s most moving films

Mina Takla September 17, 2020

Plot: In Italy, where truffle hunting is a culinary obsession, a number of elderly hunters continue to practice what they believe is a true passion... Read More

28th Hamptons International Film Festival announces full lineup: ‘Minari,’ ‘Sound of Metal,’ Wander Darkly’ join ‘Ammonite,’ ‘Nomadland’

Erik Anderson September 17, 2020

Festival Announces Academy Award–winner Kate Winslet and Steven Yeun to Participate in “A Conversation With…” Series 28th Annual Festival to Run October 8 – 14,... Read More

TIFF Review: Rosamund Pike is a standout in J Blakeson’s sharp and clever ‘I Care A Lot’

Diego Andaluz September 16, 2020

After the disappointment that was The 5th Wave, director J Blakeson makes his return to a smaller budget film that must rely more on its... Read More

Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Night Three – ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘Watchmen’ lead Scripted programming Part 1

Erik Anderson September 16, 2020

The Mandalorian was the big winner of night three of the Creative Arts Emmys Awards, taking home five trophies in the scripted categories for cinematography,... Read More

32nd NewFest, the New York LGBTQ Film Festival, to open with ‘Ammonite;’ director Francis Lee to receive inaugural World Queer Visionary Award

Erik Anderson September 16, 2020

Academy Award Winner Kate Winslet will present Lee with the inaugural World Queer Visionary Award at NewFest’s Opening Night Drive-In Screening Event NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ... Read More

‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘X2,’ ‘Ever After,’ more heading to Disney+ this Fall

Erik Anderson September 16, 2020

‘The Mandalorian’ returns in October with Disney+ Originals like ‘Secret Society of Second Born Royals,’ ‘The Right Stuff’ and ‘Clouds,’ and movie favorites like ‘Hidden... Read More

Lionsgate acquires Tara Miele’s ‘Wander Darkly,’ with Sienna Miller and Diego Luna

Erik Anderson September 16, 2020

The Sundance Film Festival hit will be released this Fall and was produced by Oscar-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor’s 51 Entertainment and Shivani Rawat’s ShivHans... Read More

TIFF Review: The deeply earnest ‘Good Joe Bell’ is a story of self-redemption

Mina Takla September 16, 2020

Plot: The true story of an Oregon father, Joe Bell, who sets out on a walk across America in honor of his son. Review: Reinaldo... Read More

Cannes Film Festival teams up with San Sebastián for multi-film event

Erik Anderson September 16, 2020

Seventeen films from the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes 2020 will be presented After joining Deauville, the Festival de Cannes is continuing to... Read More

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