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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Jay Kelly”
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For this week’s second podcast review, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, and Will Mavity join me to review and discuss the latest film from Noah Baumbach, “Jay Kelly,” starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “Fackham Hall” Stars Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe & Filmmaker Jim O’Hanlon
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“Fackham Hall” is a period parody comedy film set in 1930s England that crosses “Downton Abbey” with “Airplane!” and “Monty Python.” It is directed by Jim O’Hanlon and written by comedian Jimmy Carr (in his screenwriting feature debut) with Patrick...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Safe & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterThe long-underseen work of Kōzaburō Yoshimura is subject of a new series featuring 35 and 16mm prints. IFC CenterTodd Haynes’ Safe begins playing in a 30th-anniversary 4K...
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Truly the Voice of the Gutter: ‘Wild Style,’ a Foundational Depiction of Hip-Hop Culture
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Charlie Ahearn’s film is a time capsule of early-’80s hip hop culture and satire on class collision. The post Truly the Voice of the Gutter: ‘Wild Style,’ a Foundational Depiction of Hip-Hop Culture appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The American Film Institute’s (AFI) Top 10 Films Of 2025
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The American Film Institute (AFI) has officially announced their list of the Top 10 best films of 2025. Historically, their picks tend to line up with the nominees for Best Picture with 6-8 films overlapping (117/146 over the last 16...
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The Palm Springs International Film Awards Will Honor “Frankenstein” With The Visionary Award
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The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that “Frankenstein” is the recipient of the Visionary Award. Expected to attend the award presentation are director Guillermo del Toro and actors Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, and Mia Goth. The Visionary Award...
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My Predictions For The 2025 Critics Choice Award (CCA) Film Nominations
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The Critics’ Choice Award (CCA) will announce its nominations in all categories for the 31st annual Critics’ Choice Awards tomorrow. A special BTL Nominating Committee was created to provide shortlists for voting in 11 below-the-line categories, which helps with predictions...
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HIS GIRL FRIDAY 4K Review: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell Wage One Battle After Another
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Directed by Howard Hawks, Criterion's new 2-disc edition includes Lewis Milestone's 'The Front Page,' making for easy comparison between original and remake. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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RescueFest Opens with Restoration of Steve Buscemi’s Wonderful “Trees Lounge”
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“Trees Lounge,” a movie that Roger Ebert called “the most accurate portrait of the daily saloon drinker I have ever seen” is going to open the 2025 RescueFest, a benefit for IndieCollect that starts tomorrow, December 5 at the Laemmle...
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Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie
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Edward Burns’ career is a fascinating one. The lifelong New Yorker has a discovery story that is too good to be true. After putting together $25,000, he made an indie film on the cheap over the weekends with a small...
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