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2020 Retrospective: How COVID, ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Undine’ and More Turned a Curious Kid into a Promising Young Cinephile

Retrospective

2020 Retrospective: How COVID, ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Undine’ and More Turned a Curious Kid into a Promising Young Cinephile

Damian Danemann August 1, 2025

Few years in history trigger such immediate reactions upon mention as 2020. From a global societal shutdown in response to COVID-19 to an equally widespread... Read More

Double Features from Edward Yang, Kon Ichikawa Join ‘Cairo Station,’ ‘Shoeshine,’ ‘Saving Face,’ ‘Vermiglio,’ ‘Compensation’ in the Criterion Collection Releases for August 2025

Ryan McQuade August 1, 2025

There is a ton to offer Criterion Collection fans this August, starting with a double feature from two masters of the craft. Up first is... Read More

2nd San Quentin Film Festival Sets October Dates, Jury Includes Vanessa Williams, Celine Song, Clarence Maclin

Erik Anderson July 31, 2025

The 2nd Annual San Quentin Film Festival, the first-ever film festival to be held inside a prison, will return to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in... Read More

Oscars: ‘A Star Is Born’ Producer Lynette Howell Taylor Elected President of Motion Picture Academy

Erik Anderson July 31, 2025

Producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. She succeeds outgoing president... Read More

‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger Crafts a Horror Masterpiece That Explores the Core of Communal Trauma [A]

Film Reviews

‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger Crafts a Horror Masterpiece That Explores the Core of Communal Trauma [A]

Griffin Schiller July 31, 2025

If you had told me, even just a few years ago, that one of the Whitest Kids U Know would be one of the most... Read More

Rian Johnson (‘Wake Up Dead Man’) to Receive Bill Wittliff Screenwriting Award from Austin Film Festival

Erik Anderson July 31, 2025

Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced today the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting will be given to celebrated writer-director Rian Johnson, during the 2025 Writers Conference happening October 23... Read More

TIFF50: Jodie Foster, Guillermo del Toro, HIKARI, Lee Byung Hun Among Tributes, ‘No Other Choice’ Added to Toronto Lineup

Erik Anderson July 31, 2025

Jodie Foster, Guillermo del Toro, HIKARI and Lee Byung Hun will be the TIFF Tribute Award recipients for the this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards at... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 110 – ‘Hollow Man’ (Paul Verhoeven, 2000)

Ryan McQuade July 31, 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

World Premiere of Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’ to Close 63rd New York Film Festival

Erik Anderson July 30, 2025

Film at Lincoln Center announces Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? as the Closing Night selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival, making its world premiere... Read More