Portland Critics Association winners: ‘The Green Knight’ is Best Pic, ‘Dune’ wins seven
The Portland Critics Association (PCA), in their first year, have announced their winners for the best in film for 2021 and David Lowery’s The Green... Read More
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Chicago Film Critics winners: ‘The Power of the Dog’ tops with seven
The Chicago Film Critics Association has selected The Power of the Dog as the Best Picture of 2021, with Jane Campion winning Best Director and... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (November)
It’s an embarrassment of riches this year, the production design and costume design categories. Whether it’s taking us to faraway worlds, to gothic Scotland, to... Read More
Interview: Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (‘The French Dispatch’) on his collaborations with Wes Anderson and his favorite film score of all time
Composer Alexandre Desplat is commonly referred to as the busiest man in Hollywood, churning out score after score, year after year. And they aren’t ordinary... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (October)
I think you’d be hard-pressed to not see Denis Villeneuve’s Dune at the top of technical categories this season, and rightfully so. But that doesn’t... Read More
44th Mill Valley Film Festival lineup: ‘C’mon C’mon’ is Centerpiece;’ 55% of all films directed or co-directed by women
The festival will screen 118 films, 65 features, 53 shorts, representing 39 countries, with 37 premieres, and 55% of all films across the 2021 Festival... Read More
Film at Lincoln Center announces Spotlight for the 59th New York Film Festival (September 24 – October 10, 2021). The Spotlight section is NYFF’s showcase... Read More
‘The French Dispatch’ review: Wes Anderson dials up the quirk in anthological homage to journalism [Cannes Review]
“The New Yorker will be the magazine not published for the old lady in Dubuque,” editor Harold W. Ross wrote in the founding prospectus for... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June)
The Cannes lineup has been announced and bits and pieces of potential Venice films as a result give us a glimmer of insight for Best... Read More
2021 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Big auteurs, expanded lineups and a record number of women filmmakers
24 titles were revealed this morning as in competition films for the 74th Cannes Film Festival, announced today by Thierry Frémaux, artistic director and general... Read More
2024 Camerimage Film Festival: Danish Oscar Entry ‘The Girl With the Needle’ Wins Golden Frog 
Interview: ‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer John Mathieson on Reuniting with Ridley Scott and Continuing the Legacy and Lore 
Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler 
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November)