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  • The 2025 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Winners

    The 2025 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Winners

    The Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… Best PictureBugoniaF1FrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinnersTrain DreamsWeapons Best DirectorChloé Zhao, HamnetGuillermo del Toro, FrankensteinJosh Safdie, Marty SupremePaul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After AnotherRyan Coogler, Sinners Best Actor – Leading RoleEthan…


  • Oscar Nomination Morning 2026: The Biggest Questions And Potential Shocks

    Oscar Nomination Morning 2026: The Biggest Questions And Potential Shocks

    On January 22nd, every question we’ve had about the Oscar nominations for the last four to six months will finally be answered. After the long gauntlet of film festival season, critics’ awards season, and guild nomination season, these are the most burning questions left going into Oscar nomination morning – whether the ultimate answers are…


  • The 2025 Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Nominations

    The 2025 Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Nominations

    The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) have announced their nominations representing the best in Sound Mixing for 2025. The winners will be announced March 7th. Here are this year’s nominees… MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION“F1”Production Sound Mixer – Gareth JohnRe-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CASRe-Recording Mixer – Juan PeraltaScoring Mixer – Alan Meyerson CASADR Mixer…


  • The 2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations

    The 2025 Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Nominations

    The Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2025. The winners will be announced on February 23rd. Here are this year’s nominations… INTERNATIONAL NOMINATIONS: Best Picture Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Best Director Ryan Coogler, Sinners Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Chloé Zhao,…


  • The 2026 Berlin International Film Festival Lineup

    The 2026 Berlin International Film Festival Lineup

    Today, the official lineup for the 2026 Berlinale Film Festival was announced. This year’s festival will run from Thursday, February 12th – Sunday, February 22nd. Here are this year’s titles: Competition A New Dawnby Yoshitoshi Shinomiya | with Riku Hagiwara, Kotone FurukawaJapan / France 2025Competition | World premiere | Debut film | AnimationKeitaro lives in…


  • The 2025 Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Nominations

    The 2025 Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Nominations

    The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA)​ have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2025. The winners will be announced February 9th. Here are this year’s nominees… Best PictureBelénBob Treviño Likes ItFrankensteinHamnetIt Was Just an AccidentMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinners Best DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After AnotherRyan Coogler, SinnersGuillermo del Toro,…


  • What “Pluribus” And “Sinners” Say About Hive Minds, Art, And The Erasure Of Individual Identity

    What “Pluribus” And “Sinners” Say About Hive Minds, Art, And The Erasure Of Individual Identity

    It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Carol Sturka is feeling fine. More than fine, really — by the “Pluribus” season finale, the author (Rhea Seehorn), one of the 13 people on Earth immune to an alien virus that’s melded the rest of the population into a relentlessly cheery hive mind,…


  • The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 475 – Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions For The 98th Academy Awards & The “EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert” Trailer

    The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 475 – Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions For The 98th Academy Awards & The “EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert” Trailer

    For Episode 475, Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago, Daniel Howat, and Tom O’Brien join me for the year’s biggest and most exciting episode to endlessly discuss what we think will be nominated for the 98th Academy Awards. Yes, it’s our famous, comprehensive, epic annual final Oscar nomination predictions episode! We recommend you listen to this mammoth-sized episode in three…