atlantics

From ‘Atlantics’ to ‘Fire Island’ to ‘Lingua Franca,’ 10 Films That Deserve the Criterion Treatment

Streaming can be a valuable tool. If there’s a film I want to watch and don’t have on DVD, I… Read More

November 9, 2023

10 recent Non-English language films that deserved a Best Picture nomination

This month, when the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Japanese arthouse film Drive My Car… Read More

February 17, 2022

Directors Guild (DGA) feature nominations are an all-boys club but first-time director category finds female representation

JOJO RABBIT (Fox Searchlight) Photo: Kimberley French The Directors Guild of America (DGA), hot off the PGA nominations this morning,… Read More

January 7, 2020

2020 Oscars: From 'Truth and Justice' to 'Corpus Christi,' the International Feature Film Shortlist Celebrates Frontrunners and Underdogs

TRUTH AND JUSTICE (Estonia)THOSE WHO REMAINED (Hungary) The Best International Feature Film shortlist has just been released, bringing about several… Read More

December 17, 2019

2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not ‘Parasite’

‘25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not Parasite’ is a 5-part series by Carlos Aguilar, his first for… Read More

December 14, 2019

25 Best International Feature Film Contenders – Part 5: Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

Deservingly, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite has attained a nearly unanimous front-runner status not only for the Best International Feature Film Academy… Read More

December 13, 2019

Black Reel Nominations: 'Queen & Slim' and 'Us' dominate

QUEEN & SLIM (Universal Pictures)US (Universal Pictures) Newcomer Kelvin Harrison Jr., earns three individual nominations for Luce and Waves; three… Read More

December 13, 2019

New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC): 'The Irishman' is Best Pic, Antonio Banderas makes history as Best Actor, Lupita Nyong'o is Best Actress

THE IRISHMAN (Netflix) Martin Scorsese's deeply New York mob drama The Irishman was chosen as Best Picture today by the… Read More

December 4, 2019

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (October)

LES MISÉRABLES (France)AND THEN WE DANCED (Sweden)THE PAINTED BIRD (Czechia)ATLANTICS (Senegal) October marks the first month of official predictions for… Read More

October 18, 2019

93 Countries make the International Feature Film Oscar cut led by record number of women directors

The Academy has released the list of films that will represent 93 countries for consideration in the International Feature Film… Read More

October 7, 2019

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