2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (June)
Can the 7th time be a charm? You gotta hand it to Amy Adams. Since getting her first Oscar nomination for 2005’s Junebug, she kept... Read More
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ review: Natalie Portman kicks ass, Christian Bale terrifies in Waititi’s best MCU entry yet [B+]
From the inception of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the foundation of the franchise has been the original Avengers: Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow,... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
Best Actress has been one of the best and most roller coaster categories of this season. But then, it usually is It’s always my favorite... Read More
Chicago Indie Critics winners: ‘CODA,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ named Best Film
Sian Heder’s CODA and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog both triumphed at the Chicago Indie Critics awards last night with Best Film wins... Read More
Black Film Critics Circle Awards: ‘King Richard’ wins big, plus Tessa Thompson, Questlove, ‘The Harder They Fall’
Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard, about the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, was the big winner from the Black Film Critics Circle,... Read More
2021 New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO): ‘The Power of the Dog’ compels them; Netflix takes 10 of 14 awards
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced their winners for the best in film for 2021 and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)
Biopics and previous Best Actress Oscar winners runneth over this season and where that is often a leg up, it could be a bit of... Read More
Interview: Rebecca Hall on her personal connection to ‘Passing’ and the perfect duality of Tessa Thompson
For English actress, and newly minted writer and director, Rebecca Hall, making her black and white meditation on racial identity — the Netflix distributed Passing... Read More
Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]
Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film, The Shimmer, also referred to as “Area X,”... Read More
NYFF Review: Not everything is black and white in ‘Passing,’ the feature directorial debut of Rebecca Hall [Grade: B-]
Passing, Rebecca Hall’s debut film as a writer-director, is a studied adaptation of Nellallitea “Nella” Larsen’s eponymous 1929 novel set in Harlem, New York. The... Read More
2024 Black Reel Awards Nominations: ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘The Piano Lesson’ Lead 
2024 Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Nominations 
Interview: ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham on Bringing Back Two of Animation’s Most Beloved Characters [VIDEO] 
2024 Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners: ‘The Beast’ Named Best Picture, Director; Kieran Culkin is Best Actor for ‘A Real Pain’