Wednesday, December 31, 2025

“MARTY SUPREME”

THE STORY - Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. THE CAST -...

“ANACONDA”

“SONG SUNG BLUE”

“THE CHORAL”

“THE PLAGUE”

THE STORY - At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious twelve-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness...

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...

“MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW”

THE STORY - Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid risks of...

The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Song Sung Blue”

For this week's second podcast review, Ema Sasic and Dan Bayer join me to discuss the latest film from Craig Brewer, "Song Sung Blue" starring Hugh Jackman,...

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...

Trailers

Trailer – “The Odyssey”

Universal Pictures has released the trailer for Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, and...

The Lists

The Best New Television Shows Of 2025

2025 brought us a lot of change: some good (everybody’s having “a few small beers,”) but some bad (why does it take three clicks...

Ranking The Films Of James Cameron

What do you think of when you think of James Cameron? It could be his cheesy "I'm the king of the world!" Oscar speech, the (brief)...

The 2025 BFI Sight & Sound List Of The Best Films Of The Year

The Sight & Sound annual critics list for the year 2025 has been posted. The BFI’s international magazine polled more than 200 critics, programmers...

The American Film Institute’s (AFI) Top 10 Films Of 2025

The American Film Institute (AFI) has officially announced their list of the Top 10 best films of 2025. Historically, their picks tend to line...

The World Premieres We Can’t Wait To See From The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) officially begins on September 4th and runs until September 14th. Several films are playing at the festival that...

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“BANZO”

“FACKHAM HALL”

“WTO/99”

2025 PRECURSOR WINS

BEST PICTURE
One Battle After Another (24) – AFCA, AFCC, AFI, BOFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, GOTHAM, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NBR, NJFCC, NYFCC, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA
Sinners (13) – AAFCA, AFI, AWFJ, BFCC, BSFC, DFCC, IFJA, MMCG, NTFCA, OAFFC, SDFCS, UKFCA, WAFCA
Hamnet (3) – AFI, IFCA, TIFF
Frankenstein (2) – AFI, SCAD
It Was Just An Accident (2) – AFI, CANNES
Avatar: Fire And Ash – AFI
Bugonia – AFI
Dreams (Sex Love)
– BERLIN
Father Mother Sister Brother – VENICE
Jay Kelly – AFI
Marty Supreme – AFI
Pillion – BIFA
Train Dreams – AFI
Wicked: For Good
– AFI

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson
(20) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NBR, NJFCC, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, UKFCA
Ryan Coogler (12) – AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BSFC, DFCC, MMCG, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, SDFCS, SEFCA, WAFCA
Jafar Panahi
(2) – GOTHAM, NYFCC
Park Chan-wook – FFCC
Akinola Davies Jr.
– BIFA
Kleber Mendonça Filho
– CANNES
Huo Meng
– BERLIN
Benny Safdie – VENICE
Chloé Zhao – IFCA

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley (18) – AFCC, AWFJ, GAFCA, IFCA, MMCG, NJFCC, NTFCA, NYFCO, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA, WFCC,
Rose Byrne
(15) – AFCA, BERLIN, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, OAFFC, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, TFCA
Tessa Thompson (2) – AAFCA, BFCC
Nadia Melliti – CANNES
Amanda Seyfried – LVFCS
Emma Stone – DFCC
Xin Zhilei – VENICE

BEST ACTOR
Michael B. Jordan
(12) – AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, DFCC, KCFCC, MMCG, PFCC, OAFFC, SDFCS, SEFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA
Timothée Chalamet (8) – AFCA, CFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, LVFCS, NJFCC, NTFCA, PCC
Leonardo DiCaprio
(6) – AFCC, DFWFCA, NBR, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA
Ethan Hawke (6) – BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCO, SFBAFCC, TFCA, WFCC
Wagner Moura
(3) – BOFCA, CANNES, NYFCC
Robert Aramayo
– BIFA
Sopé Dìrísù
– GOTHAM
Tom Hiddleston – IFCA
Josh O’Connor – FFCC
Toni Servillo – VENICE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Madigan (15) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, GAFCA, KCFCC, LVFCS, NJFCC, NTFCA, NYFCC, PCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA
Teyana Taylor (8) – BFCC, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, PFCC, PFCS, WAFCA
Wunmi Mosaku (7) – AAFCA, AWFJ, GOTHAM, MMCG, OAFFC, SFCS, UKFCA
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (2) – NBR, NYFCO
Ariana Grande – IFCA
Regina Hall – WFCC
Nina Hoss – TFCA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro
(14) – AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, NBR, NYFCC, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, TFCA, WAFCA
Stellan Skarsgård (7) – AWFJ, BSFC, DFWFCA, LAFCA, LVFCS, NJFCC, SDFCS
Sean Penn (6) – FFCC, KCFCC, PFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, UKFCA
Jacob Elordi (2) – NYFCO, OAFFC
Delroy Lindo (2) – BFCC, NTFCA
Miles Caton – MMCG
Mark Hamill – IFCA
Damson Idris – AAFCA
Jay Lycurgo
– BIFA
Andrew Scott
– BERLIN

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
One Battle After Another (23) – AFCA, AFCC, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LVFCS, MMCG, NJFCC, OAFFC, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, WAFCA
At Work
– VENICE
The Ballad Of Wallis Island – BIFA
Bugonia – SDFCS
Hamnet – AWFJ
Pillion – GOTHAM
Train Dreams – NBR

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sinners
(16) – AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, DFCC, GAFCA, IFJA, LVFCS, NBR, NJFCC, NTFCA, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, TFCA, WAFCA
It Was Just An Accident
(6) – CFCA, FFCC, GOTHAM, LAFCA, NYFCO, SDFCS
Marty Supreme (2) – AFCA, NYFCC
Weapons (2) – KCFCC, StLFCA
Blue Moon – BSFC
Kontinental ’25
– BERLIN
Sentimental Value – SFBAFCC
Sorry, Baby – OAFFC
Young Mothers – CANNES

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Kpop Demon Hunters
(23) – AFCA, AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, MMCG, NJFCC, NTFCA, NYFCC, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, WAFCA
Zootopia 2 (4) – IFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, StLFCA
Arco (2) – NBR, NYFCO
Endless Cookie (2) – BSFC, TFCA
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain (2) – FFCC, LAFCA

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Perfect Neighbor
(17) – AFCA, AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, LVFCS, MMCG, NJFCC, OAFFC, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, WAFCA
Orwell: 2+2=5 (4) – NTFCA, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, StLFCA
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
(3) – GOTHAM, LAFCA, NYFCC
Afternoons Of Solitude – BSFC
The Alabama Solution – GAFCA
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions – NYFCO
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story – DFCC
Come See Me In The Good Light – TFCA
Cover-Up – NBR
Grand Theft Hamlet – PFCC
Holding Liat
– BERLIN
The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue – TIFF
Sabbath Queen – FFCC
Secret Mall Apartment – KCFCC
The Tale Of Silyan – IDA
The Tenderness Tour – IFJA
A Want In Her – BIFA
WTO/99 – SFCS

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
It Was Just An Accident
(14) – AFCC, BFCC, CFCA, GOTHAM, KCFCC, NBR, NTFCA, NYFCO, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA
Sentimental Value (10) – AWFJ, BIFA, BSFC, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFCA, LVFCS, OAFFC, PCC, WAFCA
No Other Choice (7) – BOFCA, FFCC, IFJA, NJFCC, PFCS, SCAD, TIFF
The Secret Agent (3) – AFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC
Grand Tour – FFCC
Sirāt – TFCA

BEST CASTING
Sinners
(16) – AC, AFCA, AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, FFCC, HCA, IFJA, MMCG, NYFCO, OAFFC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, WAFCA
One Battle After Another (5) – AFCC, GAFCA, NJFCC, SFCS, StLFCA
Black Bag – SDFCS
I Swear
– BIFA
Marty Supreme – BSFC
Warfare
– BIFA

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sinners (21) – AFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BSFC, DFCC, DFWFCA, GAFCA, HCA, IFJA, MMCG, NBR, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, WAFCA
Train Dreams (6) – AC, BOFCA, LAFCA, LVFCS, NJFCC, SDFCS
One Battle After Another (5) – AFCC, CFCA, KCFCC, PCC, StLFCA
Resurrection – FFCC
Die My Love
– BIFA

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein (7) – CFCA, HCA, LVFCS, NJFCC, OAFFC, SFCS, StLFCA
Hedda – AC
Pillion
– BIFA
Sinners – PFCS
Wicked: For Good – SDFCS

BEST FILM EDITING
One Battle After Another (12) – AC, AFCA, AWFJ, CFCA, FFCC, HCA, NJFCC, OAFFC, PFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA
F1
(3) – BSFC, LVFCS, WAFCA
Marty Supreme (3) – BOFCA, LAFCA, SDFCS
Sinners (2) – IFJA, WAFCA
Warfare
– BIFA

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Frankenstein (3) – AC, HCA, NJFCC
Pillion
– BIFA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein (10) – AC, CFCA, GAFCA, HCA, LVFCS, NJFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA
Sinners
(3) – LAFCA, SFBAFCC, WAFCA
Harvest
– BIFA
Resurrection – FFCC

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Sinners (21) – AC, AFCA, AAFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, DFWFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, HMMA, IFJA, KCFCC, LVFCS, NJFCC, NYFCO, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, WAFCA
One Battle After Another (4) – CFCA, PCC, SFCS, StLFCA
Avatar: Fire And Ash
– HMMA
The Ballad Of Wallis Island – BIFA
Dog Man – HMMA
Out Of The Nest – HMMA
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey – HMMA
Rule Breakers – HMMA
Sirāt – LAFCA
Wolf Man – HMMA

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Sinners
(4) – GAFCA, HMMA, LVFCS, PFCS
Kpop Demon Hunters (3) – AC, HMMA, NJFCC
Diane Warren: Relentless
– HMMA
Highest 2 Lowest – HMMA
Wicked: For Good – IFCA

BEST SOUND
Warfare (3) – BIFA, NJFCC, SDFCS
F1 – AC
Sinners
– HCA

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire And Ash (10) – AC, AFCA, FFCC, LVFCS, NJFCC, OAFFC, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA
Frankenstein – IFJA
Sinners
– CFCA
Warfare
– BIFA
Wicked: For Good – HCA

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