AwardsWatch

Toronto Review: Coming-of-age during wartime love story ‘1982’ is well-intentioned but doesn’t quite gel

Mina Takla September 13, 2019

Oualid Mouaness’ debut feature is an uneven story about love in the middle of war Making his feature debut after a successful career in directing... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘The Cave,’ a chilling but hopeful tale of female resilience

Mina Takla September 13, 2019

Feras Fayyad’s new doc is a heartbreaking but hopeful story of how resilience can overcome suffering In his much-anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-nominated LAST MEN... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘The Aeronauts’ is well-crafted with a winning performance by Felicity Jones

Mina Takla September 12, 2019

Tom Harper’s epic film is a mixed bag of elegance and emptiness Following his well-received Wild Rose, Tom Harper goes for a more epic adventure... Read More

Toronto Review: Not even Cynthia Erivo’s performance can save the deeply formulaic ‘Harriet’

Mina Takla September 12, 2019

Kasi Lemmons’ latest is a disappointing, uninspired biopic that fails to engage and whose subject deserves better Just because a film is about one of... Read More

Academy reveals 2019 Student Academy Award winners

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

ALL WINNING FILMS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR OSCARS The Academy has voted 16 students as winners of the 46th Student Academy Awards competition. This year, the Student... Read More

2019 TIFF: ‘Martin Eden’ wins Platform Prize; ‘Murmur,’ ‘How to Build a Girl’ win FIPRESCI

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 ft and Alice Winocour’s Proxima receive honorable mentions Today the Toronto International Film Festival announced the winner of the 2019... Read More

Box Office Preview and Predictions: ‘Hustlers’ aims for record opening for JLo, STX

Jonathan Boehle September 12, 2019

Early September weekends are traditionally a no-man’s-land for breakout openers, unless you’re delivering relatively cheap thrills (the IT and Resident Evil movies, Screen Gems thrillers like The Perfect Guy and No Good... Read More

2019 Hamptons Film Festival to close with Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves,’ Spotlight on Lulu Wang, Conversation with Alfre Woodard

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

Breakthrough Artists: Camila Morrone, Aldis Hodge, Lulu Wang Conflict & Resolution Section and 17th Anniversary of NYWIFT Shorts Announced 27th Annual Festival to Run October 10 –... Read More

2019 Emmys: Creative Arts Emmy winner predictions in Guest Acting, Casting, Music categories and more

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

If you listened to this week’s Emmy podcast about the Creative Arts Emmy Awards this weekend you’ll have a good idea where Emmy beat writer... Read More

Toronto Review: Full of grit, suspense and laughs, ‘Hustlers’ is an absolute knockout

Mina Takla September 12, 2019

Lorene Scafaria delivers one of the most surprising knockout films of the year and gives Jennifer Lopez her most compelling role to date Few films... Read More

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