AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes 
2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners: Cristian Mingiu’s ‘Fjord’ Takes the Palme, Seventh Win in a Row for NEON 
Cannes 2026 Reviews: ‘The Unknown,’ ‘A Man of His Time,’ ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ 
Cannes 2026: Sandra Wollner’s ‘Everytime’ Wins Un Certain Regard Grand Prize 
‘Coward’ Review: Belgian Soldiers Find Love in Lukas Dhont’s Hidden Romance Masterpiece [A] Cannes 
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Lineup: John Early’s ‘Maddie’s Secret,’ Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ and More 
Madonna to Premiere ‘Confessions II’ Visual Album Film at 2026 Tribeca Festival 
2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (December)
Animated Feature has turned into a real race as early favorites and sequels, Incredibles 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet, have been out in front... Read More
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2019 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (December)
Two more categories that received shortlist treatment yesterday, Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects, saw some wild snubs and set us up for two interesting... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (December)
With the reveal of the shortlists in Original Score and Original Song yesterday (the first in these categories since 1979), did predicting get easier or... Read More
Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) winners
The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) winners have been announced. ROMA took Best Film, Director, Cinematography and Foreign Language Film. The Favourite was next with... Read More
2019 Oscars: Listen to the 15 Eligible Original Song Contenders
The Academy announced the shortlist of 15 songs that will compete for an Oscar nomination next month and you can listen to them all right... Read More
2019 Oscar Shortlists: The Snubs (Paddington 2, Incredibles 2) and the Surprises (Ayka, Annihilation)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars® in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign... Read More
Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) awards ‘The Hate U Give,’ ‘Suspiria,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’
The Indiana Film Journalists Associations (IFJA) has awarded George Tillman Jr.’s The Hate U Give as the Best Film of 2018 and its star, Amandla... Read More
Seattle Film Critics (SFCS) go for ‘ROMA,’ Ethan Hawke, Toni Collette
The Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) announced the winners in 19 categories for the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards on Monday, December 17, 2018.... Read More
Review: Adam McKay’s ‘Vice’ (★) is the worst film of the year
Rarely have I seen a film that hates its audience as much as Vice does. Poised as a satire on the rise of former Vice... Read More
Golden Globes: Jeff Bridges to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award
Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards on January 6, 2019,... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes