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The 2025 Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) Winners
The Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA) Awards have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… Best PictureHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSentimental ValueSinners Best DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After AnotherRyan Coogler – SinnersJosh Safdie – Marty SupremeJoachim Trier – Sentimental ValueChloé Zhao – Hamnet Best ActorTimothée…
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Our Winner Predictions For The 2025 Critics Choice Awards (CCA)
The 31st annual Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA), hosted by Chelsea Handler, will broadcast LIVE on both coasts on E! and USA Network on Sunday, January 4, 2026, from 7:00-10:00 p.m. ET/ 4:00-7:00 p.m. PT. The star-studded show will once again be held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and will continue its combined film and television…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “The Life Of Chuck” Filmmaker Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan knows horror. Any fan of the genre will tell you that he’s one of the most exciting directors working today, creating haunting and uniquely terrifying films like “Oculus,” “Gerald’s Game,” and “Doctor Sleep,” not to mention his many Netflix series, including “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Fall of the House of…
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The Three Films Reaching Their Full Potential At The Top Of The 2025 Best Picture Race
As the calendar turns to a new year, the current awards season still appears ripe for surprises, twists, turns, and potential upsets, as it does every year. One of the places, though, that seems the least ripe for surprises and upsets is the top of the Best Picture ticket. Across basically every market (Next Best…
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Our Most Anticipated Films For 2026
As we say goodbye to 2025 (despite the awards season continuing), it’s the perfect moment to lift our eyes beyond the current awards race and look toward what lies ahead for 2026. With an exciting, unpredictable slate on the horizon, 2026 is already shaping up to be a year filled with bold auteurs, long-awaited sequels,…
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The 2025 Portland Critics Association (PCA) Winners
The Portland Critics Association (PCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… Best PictureMarty SupremeNo Other ChoiceOne Battle After Another (WINNER)Sinners (RUNNER-UP)Sorry, BabyTrain Dreams Best DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)Clint Bentley, Train DreamsRyan Coogler, Sinners (RUNNER-UP)Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An AccidentPark Chan-wook,…
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NBP Top 10 Best Films Of 2025 – Matt Neglia
2025 was the first full calendar year I had without my previous day job, and I must admit, it was the most challenging year I’ve ever had running NBP. From the workload to the increasing financial pressure, the industry continues to struggle post-COVID in ways that make it almost impossible for anyone to make a…
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The 2025 Alliance Of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) EDA Award Winners
Since 2006, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has presented annual EDA Awards, representing professional women critics’ collective perspectives on movies and cinema culture in the movie awards arena, where female critics and critical opinion are still greatly underrepresented. AWFJ honors female creatives in non-gender specific awards categories and in unique Female Focus categories…
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