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The 2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations
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The Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2025. The winners will be announced on February 23rd. Here are this year’s nominations… INTERNATIONAL NOMINATIONS: Best Picture Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle after...
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The 2026 Berlin International Film Festival Lineup
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Today, the official lineup for the 2026 Berlinale Film Festival was announced. This year’s festival will run from Thursday, February 12th – Sunday, February 22nd. Here are this year’s titles: Competition A New Dawnby Yoshitoshi Shinomiya | with Riku Hagiwara,...
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The 2025 Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Nominations
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The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA)​ have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2025. The winners will be announced February 9th. Here are this year’s nominees… Best PictureBelénBob Treviño Likes ItFrankensteinHamnetIt Was Just an AccidentMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherThe...
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What “Pluribus” And “Sinners” Say About Hive Minds, Art, And The Erasure Of Individual Identity
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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Carol Sturka is feeling fine. More than fine, really — by the “Pluribus” season finale, the author (Rhea Seehorn), one of the 13 people on Earth immune to an...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 475 – Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions For The 98th Academy Awards & The “EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert” Trailer
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For Episode 475, Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago, Daniel Howat, and Tom O’Brien join me for the year’s biggest and most exciting episode to endlessly discuss what we think will be nominated for the 98th Academy Awards. Yes, it’s our famous, comprehensive, epic annual...
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The 2025 International Cinephile Society (ICS) Nominations
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The International Cinephile Society (ICS) has announced the nominations for its 23rd annual awards. The winners will be announced on February 9th. Here are this year’s nominees… PICTUREDreams (Sex Love)Dry LeafHamnetI Only Rest in the StormIt Was Just an AccidentLast...
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​The 2025 Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) Nominations
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The Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2025. ​The winners will be announced on February 15th, 2026. Here are this year’s nominees… BEST PICTUREBugoniaFrankensteinHamnetIt Was Just an AccidentMarty SupremeOne Battle...
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The 2025 Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Winners
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The Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) have announced their winers representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… Best Picture Hamnet (RUNNER-UP) One Battle After Another Sinners Sorry, Baby (WINNER) Train Dreams Best Achievement in Directing...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
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For this week’s main podcast review, Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and Giovanni Lago join me to discuss the latest in the “28 Days” franchise, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman & Chi Lewis-Parry. Directed...
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The 2025 European Film Award (EFA) Winners
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The winners for the 38th European Film Awards (EFA) were announced today, representing the best in European cinema for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… EUROPEAN FILM Afternoons of Solitude, dir. Albert Serra Arco, dir. Ugo Bienvenu Dog of God,...
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