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The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Last Night in Soho,’ ‘A Hero,’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ & More

January 25, 2022 4:01 pm

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a sp...

The Best Films Of 2022 We’ve Already Seen

The 20 Best Films Of 2022 We’ve Already Seen

Andrew Bundy

January 11, 2022 4:52 pm

Features, News

The new year has come, which means awards season speculation and Best-Of lists run rampant before the cycle begins all over again, albeit a little belatedly this year (we needed a break!) Sundance starts next ...

11 Films To See In January: ‘Italian Studies,’ ‘The 355’ & More

Ally Johnson

January 5, 2022 4:08 pm

Features, News

While the end of the year coverage has mostly finished up, there’s still plenty of films that most of the average viewers have yet to see, making January a greater month for catch-up than anything else. This i...

The 25 Best Films Of 2021

Nick Allen and The Playlist Staff

December 8, 2021 1:09 pm

Features, News

We certainly have not resumed full normalcy as we continue to battle this pandemic, but at least we have movies—even more than last year. With certain reservations about how they were premiered, released, and ...

‘Licorice Pizza’ Named Best Film Of 2021 By National Board of Review

Gregory Ellwood

December 2, 2021 2:31 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The National Board of Review is traditionally the first "awards group" (we use that term lightly with them) to announce their honorees for the season. This year, the organization somewhat surprised by selectin...

‘A Hero’ Trailer: Asghar Farhadi’s Latest Cannes Favorite Comes To Theaters January 7

Ned Booth

October 28, 2021 9:00 am

News, Trailers

Another year, another Asghar Farhadi film premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. "A Hero," the Iranian director's latest film, is now the fourth straight movie of Farhadi's to have its world premiere at the fes...

Fall 2021 Movie Preview: 60+ Must-See Films

Nicholas Laskin and Rodrigo Perez

August 30, 2021 1:30 pm

Features, News

Trust us when we say we hope there’s a day when the words pandemic and COVID-19 are never written on the pages of this website again, specifically in any intros to any features. However, the reality is that th...

TIFF 2021 Adds ‘Memoria,’ ‘Spencer,’ ‘A Hero’ & More To Lineup

Charles Barfield

August 11, 2021 10:50 am

Festivals, News

One of the first big announcements for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was the special IMAX debut of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune.” But make no mistake, the sci-fi epic is definitely not the only s...

Did The 2022 Oscar Season Kickoff In Cannes With ‘Titane’? Well…

Gregory Ellwood

July 17, 2021 5:43 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

In 2019, "Parasite" took the Palme d'Or in a celebration that saw audience members and media jumping from their seats in joy. Many thought it was a career achievement for Bong Joon Ho. But Oscar prospects? Wel...

Spike Lee Reveals ‘Titane’ As 2021 Cannes Palme d’Or Winner A Bit Early [Full Winners List]

Gregory Ellwood

July 17, 2021 2:39 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

The 74th Cannes Film Festival came to an end on Saturday night. It was a sweaty fest full of tourists more interested in the beach than the world premieres and lots of spitting in testing vials for non-Europea...

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