AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 266 – Reviewing ‘Queer,’ ‘Babygirl,’ ‘A Complete Unknown,’ and ‘Nosferatu’
On episode 266 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Josh Parham to give their thoughts on some of the... Read More
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‘A Complete Unknown’ Review: Chalamet is Great, but Film Succumbs to Familiar Biopic Pitfalls of a Life Collapsed into Montage [C+]
It’s hard to ask for a more routinely workmanlike filmmaker than James Mangold. Whether working in the realm of mental health drama (Girl, Interrupted), big... Read More
2024 Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC): ‘Anora’ Wins Best Picture, Director, Actress; Timothée Chalamet Named Best Actor for ‘A Complete Unknown’
The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) has revealed the winners of their 45th annual awards and Sean Baker’s Anora was the runaway hit, taking... Read More
Predictions for 2024 National Board of Review (NBR) and AFI’s Top 10
Both the National Board of Review (NBR) and AFI reveal their top 10 films of the year and there is often significant crossover between the... Read More
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold to Receive the Gothams Visionary Tribute for ‘A Complete Unknown’
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that Academy-Award nominees Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will receive the Visionary Tribute for their groundbreaking collaboration... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS (November)
The Oscar shortlist for Makeup & Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Sound and Visual Effects (as well as feature and short film categories for animated,... Read More
Trailer Watch: Featurettes for ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Gladiator II,’ plus ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘September 5,’ ‘Maria,’ ‘Our Little Secret,’ ‘Severance’ Season 2, ‘Laid,’ and ‘Goosebumps: The Vanishing’
This week’s trailer watch round sees two film featurettes – for A Complete Unknown and Gladiator II – plus trailers for The Brutalist, September 5,... Read More
Trailer Watch: ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘The Order,’ ‘The Six Triple Eight,’ ‘Martha,’ ‘The Day of the Jackal,’ ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’
This week’s trailer round up features Timothée Chalamet singing Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult in The Order, Kerry Washington... Read More
Timothée Chalamet Sings in New Trailer for Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’
Searchlight Pictures today released a full trailer for James Mangold’s A Compete Unknown, his biopic of singer-songwriting legend Bob Dylan, starring Academy Award nominee Timothée... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (September)
With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals behind us, the race has changed quite a bit since early summer (or has it?). While Telluride... Read More
True/False Film Fest Dispatch #3: ‘Barbara Forever,’ ‘Time and Water,’ ‘American Doctor’ 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
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