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Interview: Director Lee Chang-dong and Actors Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu on the Brilliant and Beguiling ‘Possible Love’

Early in director Lee Chang-dong’s latest film, Possible Love, a ten-year-old boy holds an empty, shiny potato chip bag out the window. It glistens and ripples in the wind with the kind of poetry ...
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‘Behemoth!,’ ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘Michael,’ ‘The Odyssey,’ Among Top 2026 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) Nominations

The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) today announced the 2026 nominees for scores and songs in film and other visual media categories, where Behemoth!, La Bola Negra, Michael, and The ...
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‘You Can See Everything’ Wins 2026 SCAD Savannah Film Festival Audience Award

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) today announced the award winners for the 29th-annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. You Can See Everything was this year’s Audience Award Winner, as ...
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Mariana di Girolamo on the Special Connections at the Heart of ‘Wild Horse Nine’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Since breaking into the auteur scene with the titular role in Pablo Larraín’s Ema, Mariana di Girolamo has delivered memorable turns in various works that expand global cinema’s portrayals of ...
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2026 AFI Film Festival Reviews: ‘Ben’Imana,’ ‘Gentle Monster,’ ‘The Meltdown’

Each year, the AFI Film Festival programming team selects a plethora of international films from established and up-and-coming voices for audiences to discover. While AFI may be known for its ...
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‘Possible Love’ Review: Lee Chang-dong Returns with Searing Treatise on Exploiting Human Connection [A]

Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love joins a recent thread of South Korean films reckoning with inequality and class envy. The list includes Lee’s own Burning, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, and Park ...
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Awards Watch Podcast Ep. 367: Late Fall Festival Roundup (Mill Valley, Middleburg, AFI); ‘Cliff Booth’ Sneak, the Phenomenon of ‘You Can See Everything’

On episode 367 of The Awards Watch Podcast, Co-Executive Editor Sophia Ciminello is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Co-Executive Editor Ryan McQuade to wrap up the fall film festival ...
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Oscar-Nominated Director Evgeny Afineevsky on Finding Hope in the Horrors of the Russian War Against Ukraine with New Film ‘Ash and Crayons’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

War has taken homes, families and the innocence of childhood from countless Ukrainian children. But there is something it has not managed to extinguish: their ability to dream. That extraordinary ...
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36th Gotham Awards Nominations: ‘All of a Sudden,’ ‘Clarissa,’ ‘La Gradiva,’ ‘The Invite,’ ‘Tender Loving Care’ Lead

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 36th edition of The Gothams, singling out 42 feature films and 25 performances in 11 award categories, with All ...
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‘The Gilded Age’ Season 4 Review: The Real Housewives of the New York Elite Queen Out as Series Hits New Heights [A-]

There’s no greater joy in life than hearing proper accents slamming verbal insults, which is why The Gilded Age has proven itself to be the most ebullient event of each year it debuts a new ...
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2027 Sundance Film Festival Reveals Legacy Programming: ‘Real Women Have Curves,’ ‘Swoon,’ ‘Better Tomorrow,’ ‘Y tu mamá también’ and More

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the Legacy program for the 2027 Sundance Film Festival, marking the first announcement of selections for the Festival’s inaugural ...
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2027 Oscars: Jessica Lange (‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’) Could Break Record for Longest Gap Between Best Actress Nominations

Emmy nominations (including three wins) and two Tony nominations (including one win), Jessica Lange is unquestionably among the most celebrated ...