‘Frankenstein,’ ‘No Other Choice’ Top Audience Awards at 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) today announced the award winners for the 28th-annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. A key stop on the festival... Read More
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2025 Middleburg Film Festival Day 4: ‘Is This Thing On?,’ ‘Rental Family,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
The final day at the Middleburg Film Festival felt refreshingly low-key, a welcome breather after the whirlwind of films, panels, and parties. Don’t get me... Read More
‘Hamnet,’ ‘Rental Family’ Tie for Middleburg Film Festival Narrative Feature Audience Award
The Cycle of Love and The Voice of Hind Rajab are top documentary and international winners, respectively The Middleburg Film Festival announced its 2025 Audience... Read More
‘Rental Family’ to Close 13th Middleburg Film Festival; ‘Eternity,’ ‘The Secret Agent’ Set as Spotlights
Additional Honorees Include Joel Edgerton, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Nina Hoss, Zoey Deutch, Noah Oppenheim and Kate Hawley The Middleburg Film Festival announced additional programming today... Read More
‘Rental Family’ Review: Brendan Fraser is a Conduit for Loneliness in Hikari’s Found in Translation [B+] TIFF
Of the many fascinating aspects of Japan as a nation and culture, one particular feature that stands out is its remarkable subculture of bizarre rental... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (August)
This is the last gasp of ‘good on paper’ predictions. Where most films still haven’t been seen but we bank on a director, a cast,... Read More
Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser (The Whale) is back with his first major leading role since his Oscar win, in Rental Family from HIKARI. Searchlight... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 299 – Breaking Down the Venice and Toronto Film Festival Lineups
On episode 299 of the AwardsWatch Podcast, it’s an all editors show as Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello... Read More
TIFF50: ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ ‘The Lost Bus,’ ‘Hamnet’ Headed to 50th Toronto International Film Festival
Benoit Blanc is headed back to the scene of the crime, Toronto, that is. The third film in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out trilogy, Wake Up... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (July)
While July is the month of Emmy nominations, it’s also when Venice announces its lineup (July 22) and Toronto reveals its sidebar sections and a... 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