‘Government Cheese’ TV Review: David Oyelowo (Barely) Rises Above in 1960s American Dream Comedy That Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be [C-]

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‘Government Cheese’ TV Review: David Oyelowo (Barely) Rises Above in 1960s American Dream Comedy That Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be [C-]

Tyler Doster March 9, 2025

Have you ever almost drowned, then subsequently been released from prison only to start looking towards the life you lost while in there? It might... Read More

‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick’ Review: Maybe the Real Treasure Was the Parasites We Made Along the Way [B+] | SXSW

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‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick’ Review: Maybe the Real Treasure Was the Parasites We Made Along the Way [B+] | SXSW

Tyler Doster March 8, 2025

The blinding darkness of a forest hides the blood-suckers. Trees shoot from the ground and extend themselves towards the sky, the tops a canopy for... Read More

‘Novocaine’ Review: A Winning Jack Quaid is Comfortably Numb in Painless Action-Comedy [C+]

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‘Novocaine’ Review: A Winning Jack Quaid is Comfortably Numb in Painless Action-Comedy [C+]

Cody Dericks March 8, 2025

It’s a pretty sad commentary on the state of Hollywood filmmaking that the only types of comedies being produced with consistency are hyphenated. Comedy-dramas, horror-comedies,... Read More

‘The Studio’ TV Review: Seth Rogen’s Scathing and Hilarious Look at Hollywood From the Inside Gets the Green Light [B+]

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‘The Studio’ TV Review: Seth Rogen’s Scathing and Hilarious Look at Hollywood From the Inside Gets the Green Light [B+]

Tyler Doster March 7, 2025

“Is it weird that all of the live-action characters are white and all of the non-white actors are CG?” Crafting a Kool-Aid adaptation should feel... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 88 – ‘Primary Colors’ (Mike Nichols, 1998) with Special Guest Ben Miller

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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 88 – ‘Primary Colors’ (Mike Nichols, 1998) with Special Guest Ben Miller

Ryan McQuade March 7, 2025

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More

The 2024/2025 Oscar Season: What Have We Learned and What Does the Future Hold?

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The 2024/2025 Oscar Season: What Have We Learned and What Does the Future Hold?

Erik Anderson March 7, 2025

I have a confession to make. I don’t really like predicting that much anymore. Don’t get me wrong, it’s probably why most of you are... Read More

TCM to Honor Michelle Pfeiffer with Hand and Footprint Ceremony and Screening of ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys’ at 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival

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TCM to Honor Michelle Pfeiffer with Hand and Footprint Ceremony and Screening of ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys’ at 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival

Erik Anderson March 6, 2025

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has revealed that three-time Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Pfeiffer will be celebrated with a hand and footprint ceremony at the renowned TCL... Read More

Director Petra Volpe and Actress Leonie Benesch on Maintaining Tension in Their Night Nurse Drama ‘Late Shift’

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Director Petra Volpe and Actress Leonie Benesch on Maintaining Tension in Their Night Nurse Drama ‘Late Shift’

Connor Lightbody March 6, 2025

Petra Volpe’s third feature film Late Shift – after The Divine Order and Dreamland – covers a crisis. There is a shortage of nurses across... Read More

42nd Miami Film Festival to Open with Julie Delpy’s ‘Meet the Barbarians,’ with Tributes to Melanie Lynskey, Paul Feig and More

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42nd Miami Film Festival to Open with Julie Delpy’s ‘Meet the Barbarians,’ with Tributes to Melanie Lynskey, Paul Feig and More

Erik Anderson March 6, 2025

Festival will honor Mark Duplass, Paul Feig, Melanie Lynskey, Roger Ross Williams, and Billy Zane Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Film Festival announced its lineup for its... Read More

‘Black Bag’ Review: Sex, Spies, and Videotape [B+]

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‘Black Bag’ Review: Sex, Spies, and Videotape [B+]

Sophia Ciminello March 6, 2025

Early in Black Bag, Steven Soderbergh’s taut new espionage thriller doubling as a domestic and workplace romance, intelligence officer George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) finds a... Read More