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It probably says a lot about our culture that the most successful female director in 2025 is one known for making super hardcore war films. American director Kathryn Bigelow became the only woman to ever win an Academy Award for directing with The Hurt Locker, a movie based on the
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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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Awards season is the best time of year for movie buffs, as all of the studios put forth their best films over the autumn months in hopes of landing recognition at the Oscars, and all the smaller events that lead up to it. However, two studios have yet to claim
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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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When perusing Kristin Scott Thomas’ impressive C.V. of film, television, and theater roles, it’s very clear that she’s the rare performer who’s been able to maintain a certain je ne sais quoi through the entirety of her career. She exudes a worldliness while being vulnerable, yet
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From tortured romantic heroes and monstrously terrifying villains to famous faces from literature and world-weary Catholic cardinals, British actor Ralph Fiennes has already proven that he's a performer who can do anything. (Except, apparently, get appropriately recognized for his work by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and
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In the decade since the streaming revolution began, meaty roles for women actors have been on the rise. One of the quiet side benefits of the twin rise of Prestige TV and Peak TV is that the lines that once divided actors into "TV stars" and "Movie
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Thanks to the premiere of The Fantastic Four: First Steps this weekend, the world is about to come to know British actress Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, one of the most famous heroines in all of Marvel comics. But to Anglophiles everywhere, she'll always be Princess Margaret in
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News that Focus Features was working on a brand new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Sense & Sensibility dropped less than a month ago, but the project is apparently already in high gear. The first novel published by Austen (anonymously, of course), the story follows the Dashwood family,
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"Tornado Season" refers to the time of year when storms that can result in funnel clouds are most prevalent. Here in the contiguous 48 states of the U.S., that's typically from early March (see also: coming in like a lion) through to the end of
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One of our favorite traditions for Downton Abbey was the release of the yearly "Character Posters" that would arrive every season like clockwork, a few weeks before the new season premiered. (Longtime fans may recall the uproar that occurred one year when the image of Lord Grantham and
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One of the unspoken laws of the Hollywood A-list is that once you're in, as long as you don't burn bridges, you stay in. It doesn't matter if the initial big-budget film you starred in is a flop. Heck, some actors have entire runs