AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 229 – Reviewing ‘Challengers’ and Our Favorite Horny/Sexy Movies
On episode 229 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello to review... Read More
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‘Challengers’ Review: Foreplay and Forehands Volley in Luca Guadagnino’s Sweat-Drenched Tennis Love Triangle
The arena of competitive sports is a prime location for engrossing storytelling. Inherently built within that structure is a fierce battleground. The clashing of personalities... Read More
Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ to Heat Up the Lido as 80th Venice Film Festival Opener
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers will have its world premiere on Wednesday, August 30 in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), as the opening night film of the 80th Venice Film... Read More
Game, Sex, Match: Zendaya Takes on the Tennis World with Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor in the Trailer for ‘Challengers’
A steamy love triangle between Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. I like it, like it, come on! MGM has released the first look at... Read More
Sundance 2023: Luca Guadagnino to receive International Icon Award at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance
Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino will receive the International Icon Award at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance... Read More
2022 Venice Film Festival Awards: Doc ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ named Best Film, ‘Bones and All,’ Saint Omer,’ Banshees of Inisherin’ snag dual wins
The awards for the 79th Venice Film Festival were handed out tonight and the theme of the night was doubling up. While Laura Poitras’ riveting... Read More
‘Bones and All’ review: Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet are fine young cannibals in Luca Guadagnino’s gory, romantic road-mance [A-] | Telluride Film Festival
Director Luca Guadagnino is working on levels of comfort, or discomfort, most directors take their entire career to find. His last two directorial efforts brought... Read More
Provincetown Film Festival announces lineup; Luca Guadagnino, Jenny Slate, Bowen Yang are honorees
The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced today its lineup of narrative, documentary, and short films, as well as festival honorees for the Filmmaker on... Read More
Venice Review: Luca Guadagnino cobbles together a Ferragamo fantasy in ‘Salvatore – Shoemaker of Dreams’
For three years, since 2017, Italian director Luca Guadagnino has been working on a documentary dedicated to the life and work of shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo... Read More
Trailer: HBO’s ‘We Are Who We Are’ from Luca Guadagnino explores love, gender and teenage life
Academy Award nominated director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) goes back to Italy and young love with his newest project, and his first... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10