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Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26) 
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SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
Gotham Film Institute Reveals Dates for 2026 Film and Television Awards 
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Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: We Need to Talk About ‘Marty’ 
Frontrunner Friday: First Take on 2026 Oscar Winner Predictions 
2026 Critics Choice Awards Land Early January 2026 Date
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Adam Sandler in ‘Happy Gilmore 2,’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Double Tyler Perry Headed to Netflix This Summer
This summer, Netflix is bringing summer to your living room with the long-awaited return of Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore 2, the star-studded whodunit The Thursday Murder... Read More
2025 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations: ‘Death Becomes Her’ Leads with 12
The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the nominees... Read More
Cannes 2025: Short Films and La Cinef Lineup, Maren Ade to Head Jury
Selected from 4,781 films, 11 shorts will be presented this year in Competition. The selection comprises 9 fiction short films and 2 animated short films.... Read More
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As soon as I got the email about the Until Dawn all-nighter contest, I knew I had to do it. I’m a sucker for a... Read More
Golden Globes Set Mid-January Date for 2026 Awards on CBS
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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 96 – ‘Braindead’ (Peter Jackson, 1992)
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Focus Features Sets Thanksgiving Release for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal
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Cannes 2025: Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die, My Love’ with Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson Added to Comp; Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology of Water’ Lands Sidebar Premiere
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