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New Trailer For Netflix’s Oscar Contender ‘Mudbound’

October 26, 2017 11:19 am

It’s going to be an interesting awards season for a number of reasons, and one of them is the question of whether Netflix will be able to properly crack the Oscars this year. It’s no secret that the streaming g...

Dee Rees Talks ‘Mudbound’ And Netflix As A “Place For Auteurs”

Martine Olivier

October 14, 2017 12:21 pm

Interviews, News

Dee Rees has been steadily shaking up the Hollywood film industry with her critically acclaimed work in films like "Pariah" in 2011 and HBO's "Bessie" in 2015. She continues on her streak of critical successes ...

‘Mudbound’ Refuses To Let Oppression Have The Final Word [NYFF]

Kimber Myers

October 13, 2017 4:41 pm

Festivals, News

The epic yet intimate "Mudbound" from director Dee Rees isn't simply about an isolated, horrific event for a single black family or even a horrific period for black people in American history. By covering an of...

Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Detroit’ Is An Uneven, But Powerful Docudrama [Review]

Ryan Oliver

July 27, 2017 1:15 pm

News, Reviews

With both “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have perfected stories about career-driven, obsessive protagonists who, after finding themselves out of th...

2018 Best Supporting Actor Oscars Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

June 28, 2017 1:43 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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Winner prediction: 1. Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri” 2. Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project” 3. Christopher Plummer, "All The Money In The World" 4. Richard Jenkins, "The Sh...

New Trailer For Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Detroit’ Tells An Explosive True Story

Kevin Jagernauth

June 15, 2017 9:04 am

News, Trailers

Will Kathryn Bigelow once again find herself in the Oscar conversation following "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty"? That's the big question surrounding "Detroit," which is forgoing any big festival premi...

Watch: Trailer For Crime Drama ‘Vincent-N-Roxxy’ Starring Emile Hirsch & Zoe Kravitz

Oliver Lyttelton

May 1, 2017 4:50 pm

News, Trailers

Without necessarily reflecting on its quality, it sometimes takes a while for a movie to come down the distribution pipeline. Companies need time to put plans for a movie together, come up with marketing strate...

‘Detroit’ Burns In First Trailer For Kathryn Bigelow’s New Film

Kevin Jagernauth

April 12, 2017 9:03 am

News, Trailers

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Kathryn Bigelow has spent the latter part of her career making films that vibrate with the pulse of the nation. "The Hurt Locker" zeroed in on the fallout from the Iraq War, "Zero Dark Thirty" brought audiences...

If ‘Mudbound’ Is Going To Be Sundance’s Oscar Player For 2018 Netflix Has Work To Do

Gregory Ellwood

January 31, 2017 9:10 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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A year ago it was over. In the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite movement, Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” shook Sundance and Hollywood in a way rarely seen since the festival was founded almost 40 years ago. It...

The 30 Breakout Performers & Filmmakers Of The 2017 Sundance Film Festival

Oliver Lyttelton

January 25, 2017 2:04 pm

Features, Festivals

We’re a week into the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and, like American democracy, things are starting to wind down. Most of the major movies have premiered, critics have their favorites (and least favorites), an...

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