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Trailer: Killer robots and the screen age in Sony Animation’s tech-obsessed ‘Connected’

Erik Anderson February 26, 2020

Sony Pictures Animation’s Connected is an original animated comedy from director Mike Rianda (Gravity Falls) and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, the Oscar-winning... Read More

Trailer: Václav Marhoul’s controversial Holocaust drama ‘The Painted Bird’

Erik Anderson February 26, 2020

One of the most controversial films to come out the 2019 Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird, has an official... Read More

Director Cary Joji Fukunaga talks ‘No Time to Die’ in new featurette

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

“We aimed to do something extraordinary with this one” In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in... Read More

2021 Oscars: The Screenplay Contenders (February)

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

Check out a full list below of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay contenders and my current top 10 (in alphabetical order) for February.... Read More

NEON nabs ‘Gunda,’ farm doc from exec producer Joaquin Phoenix, out of Berlinale

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

NEON announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Gunda, directed by Victor Kossakovsky, which made its World Premiere in the new competitive section... Read More

Trailer: Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer as haircare millionaire Madam C.J. Walker in ‘Self Made’

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

“I didn’t come here to make sandwiches, I came here to do business.” Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer stars as Madam C.J. Walker, the trailblazing... Read More

Interview: Oscar winner Alicia Vikander on ‘The Glorias’ and finding her voice

Christina Birro February 25, 2020

After more than a decade in the industry, and post-Oscar win, Alicia Vikander speaks to new AwardsWatch correspondent Christina Birro of Pop Culture Confidential about... Read More

Cannes 2020: ‘3 Days in Cannes’ youth pass returns

Erik Anderson February 25, 2020

After the hugely successful second edition of the “3 Days in Cannes” initiative last year of which the period was doubled, the Festival de Cannes... Read More

Best Picture Oscar winner ‘Parasite’ to debut exclusively on Hulu in April

Erik Anderson February 24, 2020

After its historic Best Picture Oscar win, Bong Joon Ho’s masterpiece Parasite will begin airing exclusively on Hulu April 8. Parasite stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi... Read More

NEON nabs worldwide rights to Sundance-winning doc ‘The Painter and the Thief’

Erik Anderson February 24, 2020

NEON announced today that it has acquired worldwide rights to The Painter and the Thief, directed by Benjamin Ree, which made its World Premiere at Sundance where it... Read More

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