After revealing a longlist of twenty films earlier in the month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that ten films remain in contention for a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Academy Awards. Vying for one of the five nomination slots are: Alien: Covenant Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk Guardians […]
The Academy announces the shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that it has narrowed the field of 92 submissions for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards to a shortlist of nine movies: Chile, A Fantastic Woman, Sebastián Lelio, director Germany, In the Fade, Fatih Akin, director Hungary, On Body and Soul, Ildikó Enyedi, director […]
God’s Own Country takes top prize at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards
God’s Own Country, Lady Macbeth and The Death of Stalin were the big winners of the 2017 British Independent Film Awards tonight. God’s Own Country won four BIFAs – Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Josh O’Connor), Best Debut Screenwriter (Francis Lee) and the previously announced Best Sound award – while Lady Macbeth won Best Screenplay (Alice Birch), Best […]
The Square leads the winners at the 2017 European Film Awards
The 2017 European Film Awards were presented in Berlin last night, with the satirical Swedish comedy-drama The Square following up its Palme d’Or success at Cannes by taking home six awards in Best European Film, Best Director (Ruben Ostlund), Best Actor (Claes Bang), Best Screenwriter (Ostlund), Best Comedy and Best Production Designer (Josefin Asberg). Other […]
American Film Institute announces AFI Top Ten for 2017
The American Film Institute has announced its list of the top ten U.S. movies of 2017: The Big Sick Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out Lady Bird The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Wonder Woman The above films will all be hoping to pick up […]
Full list of film and TV nominations for the 23rd annual Critics’ Choice Awards
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water leads the way in the nominations for the 23rd Critics’ Choice Awards, receiving nods in fourteen categories including Best Picture, Director and Original Screenplay for Guillermo del Toro and acting categories for Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer. Dunkirk, Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird and […]
The Shape of Water enters the race as Call Me By Your Name wins LA Film Critics Association top prize
Guillermo del Toro’s fishy fantasy The Shape of Water entered the awards season race with a strong showing at the LA Film Critics Association awards, though it was romance Call Me By Your Name that won the Best Picture prize. The critics’ group met on Sunday to decide the recipients of its annual prizes and […]
Lady Bird lands top prize at New York Film Critics Circle awards
Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut Lady Bird continued its awards season hot streak by picking up the top prize at the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) awards ceremony, with star Saoirse Ronan netting the Best Actress award. Ronan can add the NYFCC gong to the Gotham Award she won last week for her role […]
Steven Spielberg’s The Post named National Board of Review Film of 2017
In a development that is about as surprising as this morning’s sunrise, Steven Spielberg’s The Post appears to be garnering overwhelmingly positive reactions since it debuted to the US press last week. Anticipation for the Spotlight style journalistic expose can now be cranked up a notch with the news that the National Board of Review […]
First winners for the British Independent Film Awards 2017 announced
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) has today announced the first of this year’s award winners, covering the nine newly-created craft award categories. The Death of Stalin took three awards, followed by two wins each for Lady Macbeth and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. You can check out a full list of the winners below, and […]
