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‘Seven Blessings’ Review: Israel’s Oscar Entry is a Marvelous Exploration of Family, Feuds, and Food

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‘Seven Blessings’ Review: Israel’s Oscar Entry is a Marvelous Exploration of Family, Feuds, and Food

Abe Friedtanzer November 9, 2023

In Jewish tradition, newly married couples celebrate a week of meals surrounded by friends and family, often including people who weren’t invited to the wedding.... Read More

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

Carlos Aguilar December 14, 2019

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

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2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders Part 2 – Denmark, France, Germany, Israel and Italy

Carlos Aguilar December 10, 2019

Welcome to ‘25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not Parasite,’ a 5-part series by Carlos Aguilar, his first for AwardsWatch. In this series,... Read More

2018 Oscars: Final Foreign Language Film Predictions

Erik Anderson January 21, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] What a pleasure it has been to write about so many wonderful films from so many countries. Ever since September 2017,... Read More

2018 Oscars: Foreign Language Film – The Cases for Israel’s FOXTROT and Hungary’s ON BODY AND SOUL

Erik Anderson December 27, 2017

Last week, we kicked off our new Foreign Language Film analysis series now that the shortlist is out. Over the next three weeks, we’ll be... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (December Part 2)

Erik Anderson December 21, 2017

With the official shortlist revealed, here are the official 2018 Oscar Predictions in Foreign Language Film for second half of December from the Gold Rush... Read More

2018 Oscars: Final Predictions for the Foreign Language Film Shortlist

Erik Anderson December 11, 2017

It’s been an exciting 10 weeks during which we analyzed almost 30 films in the Foreign Language Film Oscar race, a number that represents around... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (December Part 1)

Erik Anderson December 7, 2017

We’re just about a week away from the announcement of the nine finalists for Foreign Language Film so this will be our last predictions for... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (November)

Erik Anderson November 1, 2017

These are actually our first jump into predictions for Foreign Language Film even though we’ve been bouncing them around for months. With the official submission... Read More

2018 Oscars: Analyzing FLF Contenders from Israel, Russia, Belgium, Morocco, Singapore, Austria and Chile

Erik Anderson October 7, 2017

The BFI London Film Festival kicked off a few days ago and we’re watching over 35 films including 20+ Foreign Language Oscar submissions from Europe,... Read More