‘The Biggest Little Farm’ Leads Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
“Apollo 11” and “They Shall Not Grow Old” also score multiple nominations from fourth annual Critics Choice Association awards
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ Make International Documentary Association Awards Short List
The first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” also makes the cut for the IDA Documentary Awards
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International Documentary Association to Give Awards to Freida Lee Mock, Rachel Lears
The IDA also awards prizes to Cinereach and to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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‘Almost Famous’ Hits the Stage, But How True Is the New Musical to the Movie?
Cameron Crowe’s semiautobiographical rock ‘n’ roll story is a full-fledged musical on its way to Broadway, and we ask — and answer — a few burning questions
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‘Pain and Glory’ Film Review: Antonio Banderas Plays Pedro Almodóvar – Sort Of
Cannes 2019: Almodóvar’s gentle memory piece replaces the youthful provocation of his early films with mature reflection
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Oscars International Race 2019: Complete List of Films
South Korea’s “Parasite” and Spain’s “Pain and Glory” are among the leading contenders in a field that also includes notable films from France, Brazil, Colombia, Romania, Japan and the Netherlands
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Yes, ‘The Irishman’ Will Be a Killer Contender at the Oscars
Martin Scorsese’s melancholy mob epic, which premiered at the New York Film Festival on Friday, is a film that all awards voters will have to come to terms with
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How an Unpublished Cameron Crowe Story About Elvis Presley Turned Into ‘Almost Famous’
The story, written 23 years ago but never published until now, nudged Crowe to write a screenplay about himself, his mother and his relationship to rock ‘n’ roll
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Diego Maradona,’ ‘Knock Down the House’ Are on the Awards Track, Says DOC NYC Short List
The annual list from the documentary festival has a strong track record of predicting Oscar nominees and winners
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Tom Hanks to Receive the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. deMille Award
Hanks is also expected to be in the running for a competitive Golden Globe for playing Mister Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
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Emmys Give Golden Sendoffs – But Not in the Ways We Expected
“Game of Thrones” and “Fleabag” were the big winners for their final seasons, but “Veep” went home empty-handed
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‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’ Film Review: A Timely Doc About Lawyer, Power Broker and Trump Mentor
Matt Tyrnauer’s film is a delectable look at a despicable person
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Emmys Take a Risk by Jumping on the No-Host Bandwagon
The Television Academy has embraced the hostless show that worked for the Oscars in February, but typically Emmy hosts have also been used to promote the broadcasting network as well
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Emmy Predictions: ‘Game of Thrones’ Will Win Big, But What Else?
HBO’s juggernaut drama series should clean up in its final season, but elsewhere we’ll see some tough battles for Emmy’s gold throne
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The Oscar Race After the Festivals Has Hitler and the Joker, But No Front-Runner
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto festivals left us with a lot of contenders, but a very blurry awards picture
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Did Emmy Voters Just Troll Megan Amram and ‘An Emmy for Megan?’
The show was created by Megan Amram for the express (and tongue-in-cheek) purpose of winning her an Emmy, but it led to a rule change that was responsible for “State of the Union” getting its nomination and beating her
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ Wins Audience Award at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival 2019: The black comedy set in Nazi Germany beats “Joker,” “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “The Two Popes” and others for a prize that usually indicates Oscar success
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‘Western Stars’ Film Review: Bruce Springsteen Gets Introspective in Beautiful Performance Film
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Borrowing from the imagery of his recent album of the same name, the film directed by Springsteen and Thom Zimny is both an intimate concert film and a series of musings on solitude and community
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‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Film Review: Outlaw Epic Isn’t True, But It Packs a Punch
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Justin Kurzel’s period drama stars George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Charlie Hunnam and Nicholas Hoult
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‘The Goldfinch’ Film Review: Movie Adaptation Grapples With Big Book, Comes Up Short
Toronto Film Festival 2019: It’s easier to cover this much ground in 784 pages than in a 2-hour-and-29-minute running time that begins to feel exhausting well before it ends
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‘Uncut Gems’ Film Review: Adam Sandler Is a Memorable Mess in Safdie Brothers’ Wild Ride
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Sandler makes for a hangdog Everyman sliding into desperation in a film by indie cinema’s masters of chaos
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A Majestic ‘Joker’ Drags the Oscar Race Into the Darkness in Toronto Premiere
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Joaquin Phoenix says, “It wasn’t an easy decision” to play the role. “Honestly, I didn’t f—ing know”
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ Film Review: Taika Waititi Insists That Nazis Can Be Funny
The New Zealand director has taken a risky premise and turned in a twisted piece of grandly entertaining provocation
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Toronto So Far: Amid Biopics and Awards Contenders, Everybody’s Waiting for ‘Joker’
Toronto Film Festival 2019: TIFF has showcased everything from Mr. Rogers to urban dramas, but Todd Phillips’ dark comic movie looms large
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Turns Into an Eddie Murphy Lovefest in Toronto
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Craig Brewer’s film about guerrilla filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore drew a raucous crowd to celebrate both Moore and the man who plays him
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‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Film Review: Tom Hanks’ Mr. Rogers Film Is a Sweet Miracle
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Director Marielle Heller finds a state of real grace in her valentine to kindness
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Toronto Premiere of Susan Sarandon’s ‘Blackbird’ Briefly Halted for Apparent Medical Emergency
Film is directed by Roger Michell and also stars Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska
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‘Just Mercy’ Film Review: Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx Power Solid Racism Drama
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Director Destin Daniel Cretton has made subtler movies than this one, but it was a true crowd-pleaser in its TIFF premiere
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‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Film Review: Armando Iannucci Meets Charles Dickens
Toronto Film Festival 2019: The creator of “Veep” and “The Death of Stalin” has fun with a color-blind take on Dickens’ large and wacky cast of characters
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‘Red Penguins’ Film Review: Remember That Time When American Hustlers Invaded Russian Hockey?
Toronto Film Festival 2019: You probably don’t remember it, but director Gabe Polsky spins a wild true story that includes Russian mobsters, Disney, strippers and the very weird collision of Russian and American hockey
