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Cahiers Du Cinema’s Best Films Of 2021 Includes ‘Annette,’ ‘The French Dispatch,’ ‘Benedetta’ & More

November 29, 2021 2:52 pm

Each and every year, French outlet Cahiers du Cinema gives us their top 10 earlier than almost everybody and often put some baffling or head-scratching choices in their based on their whims (they throw in TV t...

Regina King's One Night In Miami, TIFF 2020, TIFF, Amazon Studios

‘One Night In Miami’ & ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Among USC Scripter Awards Nominees

Gregory Ellwood

January 26, 2021 6:06 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

Some award season honors are bellwethers for Oscar acting nominations. Others provide hints of where the Academy's Documentary and Animation branches may be leaning toward with their own individual categories....

Spirit Awards, Film Independent Spirit Awards

‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ ‘Minari’ & ‘I May Destroy You’ Top 2021 Spirit Awards Nominations

Gregory Ellwood

January 26, 2021 10:30 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

The 2021 Spirit Awards were announced by the collective star power of Barry Jenkins, Olivia Wilde, and Laverne Cox on Tuesday morning, but it was Eliza Hittman's "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" that stole the ...

Nomadland, Frances McDormand, Oscars 2021

‘Nomadland’ & Delroy Lindo Win Key 2020 National Society Of Film Critics Honors

Gregory Ellwood

January 9, 2021 7:57 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

It came close with both the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the National Society of Film Critics came through for "Nomadland." The acclaimed Searchlight Pictures...

Nicholas Laskin’s Best Films Of 2020

Nicholas Laskin

December 29, 2020 1:14 pm

News

To say 2020 has been a rough year would be a gross understatement. Sometimes, it helps to pinch one’s self, as a kind of gentle reminder that what we’re living through is not normal, and that it won’t always b...

Roxana Hadadi’s Best Films Of 2020

Roxana Hadadi

December 29, 2020 12:24 pm

News

I will spare you the introduction that I am sure you knew would begin this piece. You know it all already, because we lived it together. This year just wouldn’t end. The real world was literally nightmarish fo...

‘Nomadland’ Dominates Chicago Critics Awards, Florida Critics Chose ‘First Cow’

Gregory Ellwood

December 21, 2020 10:47 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The New York, Los Angeles and Boston critics have had their say and now we begin the long, tedious rollout of other critics groups who insist their honors are not meant to have any influence on guild or Oscar ...

Pedro Almodóvar Names ‘First Cow,’ ‘Little Joe’ & More As His Favorite Films Of 2020

Charles Barfield

December 21, 2020 2:45 pm

News

When you want to hear recommendations for the Best Films of 2020, you could listen to critics, outlets, or even your friends and family. However, sometimes you can just take the word of one of the best filmmak...

The 20 Best Performances Of 2020

Andrew Crump

December 17, 2020 12:38 pm

Features, News

What’s most notable about 2020’s slate of great performances is the element of surprise. Sure, most anybody betting on Frances McDormand being heaped with praise at year-end will likely win their bets. But 202...

The Best Cinematography Of 2020

Andrew Crump and The Playlist Staff

December 14, 2020 2:02 pm

Features, News

Not to exclude stellar photography all the world over, but there’s a common theme here in The Playlist’s picks for Best Cinematography ‘20: America. The year is littered with movies about the red, white, and b...

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