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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “The Plague”
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For this week’s main podcast review, Sara Clements, Josh Parham, and Cody Dericks join me to discuss the feature directorial debut from Charlie Polinger, “The Plague” starring Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, Kenny Rasmussen & Joel Edgerton. The film follows a socially anxious 12-year-old boy,...
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Kamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons in Java’ – Everything We Know So Far …
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One of Southeast Asia’s most important contemporary filmmakers, Indonesian’s Kamila Andini is now at the fifth feature mark in just over a dozen years of filmmaking. A regular at the Berlinale and Toronto Intl. Film Festivals, she most recently premiering...
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Daniel Eagan’s Top 10 Films of 2025
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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. As the goal posts draw nearer my attention falters. Culture slips away. The state of transcendence movies...
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Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched and Read in 2025
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It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, media-wise. For 2025––another prolific year in which he released two films and premiered another––he still got plenty of watching...
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Interview: Ava DuVernay
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It wasn’t meant to actively promote anything, but I had a very brief conversation with Ava DuVernay at the Marrakech International Film Festival in 2024. I saved this moment to mark the start of a new year in moviemaking—because the...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “We Bury The Dead” Star Daisy Ridley
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“We Bury The Dead” is a zombie-survival thriller written and directed by Zak Hilditch, starring Daisy Ridley as a desperate woman searching for her husband in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins...
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The 2025 Puerto Rico Critics Association (PRCA) Winners
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The Puerto Rico Critics Association (PRCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… Best PictureFrankensteinIt Was Just an Accident (RUNNER UP TIE)One Battle After Another (RUNNER UP TIE)The Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinners...
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“Stranger Things” Ends Bigger, Louder, Emotional, And Far From Its Very Best
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THE STORY – In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries. THE CAST – Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard,...
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“Stranger Things” Ends Bigger, Louder, More Emotional, And Far From Its Very Best
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THE STORY – In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries. THE CAST – Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard,...
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The 2025 Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) Winners
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The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) Awards have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… Best PictureHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSentimental ValueSinners Best DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After AnotherRyan Coogler...
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