‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+] 
‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Review: Cherish is the Word I Use to Describe Lisa Kudrow [A-] 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
Make it a Double Feature: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Thunderbolts*’
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12th Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards: ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘1923,’ ‘The Studio’ and More
A Complete Unknown, 1923 and The Studio were among the winners of the 12th Annual Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards for film and television announced... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (August)
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 304 – Oscar Talk: Best Actor, Best Actress, Supporting Actor
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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 113 – ‘Benedetta’ (Paul Verhoeven, 2021)
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Interview: Deirdre O’Connell (‘The Penguin’) on Working with Colin Farrell in the Land of Oz
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Interview: Shawn Hatosy Breaks Down Jumping into ‘The Pitt,’ Learning Medical Jargon and his TikTok
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Cooper Koch on the Honor of Playing Erik Menendez in ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
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Interview: Jeff Hiller on Living, Laughing and Loving Joel’s Emotional Growth on ‘Somebody Somewhere’
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‘The Pitt’ Sweeps 2025 Television Critics Association Awards with Four; Bridget Everett Wins for Individual Comedy
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‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More