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Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA): ‘One Battle After Another’ Named Best Picture

The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) have selected Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another as the best film of 2025, also awarding it Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay ...
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North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Wins Big

The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) have announced their awards representing the best in film for 2025 where Sinners was the big winner with six, including Best Picture, Best Director ...
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New Jersey Film Critics Circle (NJFCC) Nominations; ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Lead

This is the first year of the New Jersey Film Critics Circle, who have given Sinners a field-best 18 nominations this year, followed by One Battle After Another with 16. Other top nomination ...
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Interview: Production Designer Jack Fisk on Recreating 1950s New York and Building a Ping Pong Playground in ‘Marty Supreme’

When I spoke to production designer Jack Fisk in 2023 about his work on Martin Scorsese’s late-career masterpiece, Killers of the Flower Moon, he talked extensively about his passion for research ...
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‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried is Mother (Ann) in Mona Fastvold’s Miraculous Musical Drama [A]

Religious dramas are not really my cup of tea, to use a British expression. I’m a big fan of Ingmar Bergman, but I’m not really fond of The Seventh Seal or The Virgin Spring. I ...
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Interview: ‘Marty Supreme’ Casting Director Jennifer Venditti on Finding 1950s Faces and the Magic of Collaborating with Josh Safdie

For casting director, Jennifer Venditti, finding the right face is everything. After beginning her career in the fashion world, where she worked with brands like Versace and Yohji Yamamoto, she ...
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Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead

The Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) has announced its nominations recognizing outstanding achievement in filmmaking for the year 2025. One Battle After Another led all films with 13 ...
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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 131 – ‘High Life’ (Claire Denis, 2019)

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of some of cinema’s greatest ...
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Writer/Director Charlie Polinger Tackles Teenage Boy Body Horror in his Debut Feature ‘The Plague’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

At first, adolescence feels like an exciting transition between childhood and adulthood marked by an increase in autonomy, a newfound personal identity, and a future bursting with potential. In ...
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New Jersey Film Critics Circle (NJFCC) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Frankenstein’ and More

One Battle After Another has won Best Picture from the first New Jersey Film Critics Circle (NJFCC) awards. The film also took home awards for Paul Thomas Anderson as Best Director and Adapted ...
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Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead

The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) has announced the nominees for their 2025 annual Film Awards. This year, the MNFCA has nominated 31 different films, with Sinners and One Battle After ...
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) EDA Awards: ‘Sinners’ Rises to the Top

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) have chosen Sinners as the best film of 2025, also awarding Ryan Coogler Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor to Michael B. Jordan, Best ...