The Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) nominations have been announced, representing the best in the field for 2025. The winners will be announced February 14th, 2026. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE: Best Contemporary Make-Up“Bugonia” (Focus Features)Torsten Witte“Eddington” (A24)Colin Penman, Lisa...
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Despite having its detractors (Lav Diaz among them), I find list-making to be quite a healthy, pleasurable...
At the beginning of the year, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, I interviewed Toshiaki Toyoda about his film Transcending Dimensions, which premiered at the festival. But life got in the way, because as they say, life is what happens...
We Bury the Dead uses the walking dead to ruminate on loss and closure. The post ‘We Bury the Dead’ Review: Zak Hilditch’s Zombie Movie Lurches Between the Familiar and the New appeared first on Slant Magazine.
For Episode 472, Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham, and Dan Bayer join me to say goodbye to the year 2025 at the movies as we discuss our favorite films, performances, moments, scenes, and experiences in this special recap episode ahead of the New Year. For this week’s poll,...
Stick around the periphery of this filmmaking business, and you begin to form friendships with folks who are embedded within it. Case in point, look at our longtime friendships with folks in Chile and Argentina. Specifically, we are talking about...
The Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA) announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… BEST FILM Hamnet BEST ANIMATED MOVIE Zootopia 2 BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao – Hamnet BEST ACTOR Tom Hiddleston –...
For her sophomore feature, Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel continues her rigorous exploration of childhood as a site of ethical conflict, institutional pressure, and emotional vulnerability. Receiving a second invite to Cannes (nestled in the Critics’ Week section, while Playground before...