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Top 10 New Drama Series To Keep An Eye On For The 2026 Emmy Awards Season
Compared with its sister Emmy category, Outstanding Comedy Series, which offers relatively few nomination slots for a new show this year, the race for Outstanding Drama Series is truly a race, with as many as half of its available slots truly up for grabs. Of the eight series nominated in this category last year, only…
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The Short Films Lineup For The 2026 Cannes Film Festival
Selected from 3,184 films, 10 short films will be presented this year in Competition, coming from productions and co-productions across 136 countries. The Short Film Palme d’Or will be awarded on Saturday, May 23rd, during the closing awards ceremony of the 79th Festival de Cannes. FRESH CUT Hadrien Bels 15‘ THE LAST SPRING Mathilde Bédouet…
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The 2026 Tribeca Festival TV & Podcast Lineup
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today unveiled its 2026 television and podcast lineup, featuring a dynamic mix of world premieres, live tapings, and exclusive conversations, taking place June 3rd–14th in New York City. Passes and ticket packages are on sale now at TribecaFilm.com, with the Hudson Pass offering the premier…
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Richard Gadd’s “Half Man” Is A Ferocious Dissection Of Brotherly Trauma
THE STORY – When Niall’s estranged ‘brother’ Ruben shows up at his wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives, from the eighties to the present day. THE CAST – Richard Gadd, Jamie Bell, Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson & Neve McIntosh THE TEAM – Richard Gadd (Creator/Showrunner/Writer) There…
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“MICHAEL”
THE STORY – The story of the famous musician Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop. THE CAST – Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Laura Harrier, Juliano Krue Valdi, Miles Teller & Colman Domingo THE TEAM – Antoine Fuqua (Director) & John Logan (Writer) THE RUNNING TIME – 127 Minutes Tale as old as time. Whatever…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Amrum” Filmmaker Fatih Akin
“Amrum” is a 2025 German historical drama film directed by Fatih Akin and co-written by Akin with Hark Bohm, based on Bohm’s childhood on the German island of Amrum during the last months of World War II. It stars Jasper Billerbeck, Kian Köppke, Laura Tonke, Diane Kruger, Detlev Buck and Matthias Schweighöfer. The film had…
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Where To Watch Last Year’s Oscar Contenders On TV This Year
The 2025 Oscar season ended a full month ago, and exhausted fans and pundits are still working on getting some distance from it so they can move forward. But while few want to re-debate or relive the last Oscar race for a while, it is a bit harder right now to get space from some…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 488 – CinemaCon 2026, Cannes Film Festival Sidebars, “Focker-In-Law,” “The Dog Stars,” “Street Fighter” & “Passenger” Trailers
For Episode 488, I am joined by Aaron Isenstein, Daniel Howat, and Giovanni Lago as Howat recaps his experience at this year’s CinemaCon and the films showcased. We also discuss the Cannes sidebar announcements, including Critics’ Week, Acid, and Directors’ Fortnight. For this week’s poll question, we’re asking everyone: “Which Upcoming Movies From CinemaCon 2026 Are You Most Excited To See?“ and reveal the winner of…
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