‘The Traitors’ Leads 8th Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 152 – ‘Following’ (Christopher Nolan, 1998) 
Ben Schnetzer on Starring in ‘The Madison’ and Working with Michelle Pfeiffer [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Review: The Long-Awaited Sequel Proves That Fashion is Always in Vogue [B+] 
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Announces Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Pride Kickoff Films 
‘Death by Lightning,’ ‘Big Mistakes,’ Rachel Sennott Lead 2026 Gotham Television Awards Nominations 
On the Shelf: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy,’ a Nancy Meyers Double Feature and Action-Packed Spectacles Highlight the Physical Media releases for the Week of April 27 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 151 – ‘The Annihilation of Fish’ (Burnett, 1999) 
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Announces Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Pride Kickoff Films 
‘Death by Lightning,’ ‘Big Mistakes,’ Rachel Sennott Lead 2026 Gotham Television Awards Nominations 
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)
As bleak as last month was for this category, it’s actually even more so now. With Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals wrapped and very... Read More
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‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: Kogonada’s Grounded Perspective Is at Odds with Flighty and Sentimental Metaphysical Romance [C]
The only thing more ridiculous than the title A Big Bold Beautiful Journey may be the fact that the title is said out loud in... Read More
‘Normal’ Review: Bob Odenkirk is a Nobody Sheriff Pushed Too Far in Ben Wheatley’s Sisyphean, Odyssean Modern Western [B-] TIFF
No city is too small to hide a secret too large. The latest rendition of this popular trope takes a jab at small town America... Read More
‘Motor City’ Review: The Best Possible Case for a Dialogue-Free Action Flick [B] TIFF
Do movies need dialogue? It’s not a silly question. After all, film is a visual medium. And the visual existed quite a while before synchronized... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 307 – Oscar Predictions in a post-Venice/Telluride/Toronto World and ‘One Battle After Another’
Living in a post-Venice/Telluride/Toronto world means it’s time get serious about our Oscar predictions and that’s just what we’re doing this week. On episode 307... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (September)
With the trifecta of major fall festivals behind us, the time for play is over. Wistful predictions are no more and there’s nothing to hide... Read More
77th Primetime Emmy Awards: ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Studio,’ ‘Adolescence’ Take Top Wins
Freshman shows made a big splash at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards where HBO Max’s The Pitt and AppleTV+’s The Studio took the top wins... Read More
‘Poetic License’ Review: Maude Apatow’s Delightful Directorial Debut is a New Coming-of-Age Classic [B+] TIFF
Maude Apatow is no stranger to cross-generational coming-of-age stories. Growing up, she had minor roles in her father Judd Apatow’s comedic films (The 40-Year-Old Virgin,... Read More
‘Hamnet’ Wins 50th Toronto Film Festival Audience Award; ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ are Runners-Up
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet has won the TIFF People’s Choice Award of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, making her the first director to win the... Read More
‘Sk+te’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts)’ Review: A Narratively Ambitious Genre-Bending Tale of Familial Trauma [B] TIFF
After their extraordinary sophomore feature Wildhood, Bretten Hannem crafts another demonstration of being in touch with one’s own Indigenous heritage. One that is even more... Read More
‘The Traitors’ Leads 8th Annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 152 – ‘Following’ (Christopher Nolan, 1998) 
Ben Schnetzer on Starring in ‘The Madison’ and Working with Michelle Pfeiffer [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Review: The Long-Awaited Sequel Proves That Fashion is Always in Vogue [B+]