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‘Soul,’ ‘Minari’ & ‘Tenet’ Make The 2021 Original Score Oscars Shortlist

February 9, 2021 6:00 pm

Just 36 films were eligible for the Original Score Academy Award this year for a variety of reasons. That means your chances of landing on the shortlist were not so bad at almost 50/50. And for the composers o...

‘Sound of Metal’ & ‘Judas And The Black Messiah’ Make AFI’s Top 10 Lists

Gregory Ellwood

January 25, 2021 2:43 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Slightly delayed due to the pandemic, the American Film Institute announced their annual top 10 lists for 2020, and, as always, there were numerous surprises. Long hyped Oscar contenders such as "Nomadland," "...

Oscars 2021, Best Picture, Contender Countdown

New Year, New Best Picture Players In 2021 Oscar Race [Contender Countdown]

Gregory Ellwood

January 11, 2021 1:50 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

As America deals with the aftermath of a mob insurrection at the capital and a record number of COVID cases, the world continues to move forward in the best way it can. And that means, yes, for whatever it's w...

‘Soul’: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers & Dana Murray On Telling An Authentic New York Story In Pixar’s Latest [The Fourth Wall]

Griffin Schiller

December 23, 2020 12:52 pm

Interviews, News, Podcasts

If you thought Pixar’s resume couldn't get any more impressive, "Soul"—the studio’s upcoming release about passion, music, and a soul-in-training—will prove you wrong. That’s no small task. After all, Pixar al...

LA Film Critics Select Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ As Best Film

Gregory Ellwood

December 20, 2020 6:35 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

If it's a Sunday in December it means it's time for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association to hand out their year-end honors. The big winner was Steve McQueen's film anthology commissioned for the BBC and Am...

Barack Obama’s Best Films Of 2020 List Includes ‘Mank,’ ‘Soul,’ ‘Selah & The Spades’ & More

Charles Barfield

December 18, 2020 10:57 am

News, Television

It’s the time of Top 10s. Every December, critics, publications, celebrities, and basically anyone with social media reveal their favorite films and TV series of the year. Some people tend to go more mainstrea...

The 20 Best Soundtracks & Scores Of 2020

Nicholas Laskin

December 17, 2020 11:54 am

Features, News

In spite of the general state of the world, 2020 ended up being a pretty great year for films – expectations for long-awaited auteur projects that were supposed to come out this year obviously being exempt fro...

Pixar Reveals New Slate: A Buzz ‘Lightyear’ Prequel Voiced By Chris Evans, An ‘Up’ Series Spin-Off & More

The Playlist Staff

December 11, 2020 1:33 am

News

Today at Walt Disney's Investors Day call, Pixar Animation Studios’ Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter shared details about the Northern California studio’s upcoming slate of original series for Disney+ and fe...

The 25 Best Films Of 2020

Jessica Kiang and The Playlist Staff

December 8, 2020 11:47 am

Features, News

Greetings, fellow exhausteds, and welcome to The Best Films of 2020, a year that, despite being less than 365 days old, has aged so rapidly that Gary Oldman is circling the biopic. Some, uh, unusual stuff happ...

16 Films To See In December: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Pieces Of A Woman,’ ‘Mank’ & More

Ally Johnson

December 3, 2020 2:21 pm

Features, News

We're living in the middle of a pandemic, nearly every theatrical release has vacated the 2020 hellscape, but somehow, as the year comes to a close, we’re offered, an overwhelming number of films worth explori...

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