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For all that Rian Johnson's Knives Out series of films is really just Agatha Christie stories reset for the 21st century, outside of lead Daniel Craig, who plays Detective Benoit Blanc (he of the Foghorn Leghorn style southern drawl), the cast has been almost entirely American. There are
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The Toronto International Film Festival, affectionately known as TIFF, is the Johnny-Come-Lately of the Film Festival circuit. Unlike Berlin, Venice, or Cannes, Toronto only started hosting film festivals in the 1970s, around the same time as Sundance. While some Film Festivals are gearing up for their centenary in the next
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It's mid-August, which means that preparations for Autumn 2025 are in full swing. Kids are shopping for back to school, college kids are heading back to their dorms, and the Spooky Season decor is already creeping into shops. This is a busy time for those who work in
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One of the inevitable consequences of the streaming wars and the initial decimation of cable and broadcast networks in service thereof was the reteat of representation during awards season. PBS fans were accustomed to it, since Downton Abbey left the airwaves, public broadcasting has been all but invisible to the
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Thierry Frémaux, the director of the Cannes Film Festival, unveiled the line-up for 2025, its 78th edition, with an Official Selection that was surprisingly heavy on American offerings, considering the festival broke the record for submissions with a record 2,909 features submitted. As always, the entire roster made motions
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The 2024-2025 TV season is quickly wrapping up, as the next few weeks will be the debuts of all sorts of shows looking for a little awards love, at least here in the States. The Emmy Awards, the U.S.' official national television honors, are one of the few
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Scottish excellence is fully on display in the world of the BAFTAs this year. Back in February, Rivals star (and avid Scotsman) David Tennant hosted the British Academy Film Awards to rave reviews, both for his opening number performance of the Proclaimers' hit "500 Miles" and his
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After a good few years of overlong, cringingly unfunny, and pandering Academy Awards telecasts, this year’s Oscars had a refreshing sharpness and humor to them – led by host Conan O’Brien, whose enthusiasm, wit, and sincerity uplifted a pretty unsurprising and tired roster of awardees. One pack that fared
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The BAFTAs return for another year, with the first of two annual events arriving just after Valentine's Day. The British Academy Film Awards, the first of the two events covering British Film and Television, is now nearly 80 years in and continues to honor the best work on
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Of the Big Five Film Festivals held over the first nine months of the year, The Berlin International Film Festival probably produces the least buzz here in the States. There are several reasons for that, starting with the Film Festival’s openly political bent, which has been a hallmark of
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The American Sundance Film Festival is young compared to other "Big Five" International Film Festivals, aka the events where production studios debut their best bets for awards love. The original Big Three, the Venice Film Festival in Italy, The Cannes Film Festival in France, and The Berlin International
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One of the significant problems that the Academy Awards continues to struggle with is that most years, they're awarding films no one has seen. This is due to a variety of factors, from Art House movies being traditionally challenging to market to those in the movie industry who