Miami, FL (April 16, 2024) – “Los Frikis,” directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz, took the festival’s top jury prize, the $20,000 MARIMBAS Award, at the 41st edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival. The event ran from April 5 - 14, 2024. The award is an international competition for the jury-selected new narrative feature film that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future. Additional winners include:  The $25,000 Made in MIA Feature Film Award was given to a feature film that premiered at the festival and had a substantial portion of the story, setting,...

The SAG/AFTRA awards have released their calendar for this year. Here is how it shakes out, vis a vis the Oscars. It's a hit and miss prospect, whether the Oscars will match the SAG awards. Last year, Lily Gladstone won the SAG and lost the Oscar to Emma Stone, on account of the Oscars mirroring the BAFTAs almost exactly. It makes sense if you imagine voters voting as soon as they got their ballots and not waiting out the SAG awards to catch any sort of wave of enthusiasm. The window was tight this past year. Would they have still...

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 16, 2024) – Today, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) is thrilled to announce that Carol Burnett, a legendary figure in entertainment, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 49th Annual Gracie Awards Gala on May 21 at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel, in Beverly Hills. The Gracie Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a woman whose work in media honors the legacy of Gracie Allen, a pioneering force in the industry and the award's namesake. Additionally, Emmy Award-winning artist, Rachel Platten, will be performing at the gala, adding to...

Finally, The Holdovers wins a well-deserved award for Screenplay. Congratulations. Take a bow. 2024 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS: WINNERS ANNOUNCED Los Angeles and New York – Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) announced the winners of the 2024 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional categories during concurrent ceremonies. SCREENPLAY WINNERS ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features ADAPTED SCREENPLAY American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY The Pigeon...

The Writers Guild Awards will finally unfurl tonight. The strike from last year meant they had to postpone these awards because there was no work to judge from. It's highly unusual to have any awards after the Oscars, but before 2000, the BAFTAs used to happen after the Oscars. We are not expecting any deviation from the status quo, although there is maybe a slight chance Barbie or Past Lives could win in Original, if they want to give the award to a female writer. But probably, The Holdovers will take a well-deserved win at long last. Here are our...

Ryan Gosling hosted one of the funniest Saturday Night Llives in a while and not a moment too soon. As Israel and Iran were on the brink of war, amid a brutal election season, Saturday Night Live offered some relief. I didn't watch the show. I never do. Thankfully, Youtube has all of the best skits. "Here we are again, back in 2023!" Brilliant. And that they send up Taylor Swift's showstopper, All too Well, which burned up audiences all over the world, makes it quite the time capsule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVrULZ8SP3g Every so often, SNL hits it out of the park...

HollyShorts is getting into sports. The organizers are launching a new sports narrative and documentary short films category.  Now in its 20th year, the Oscar-qualifying film festival (Best Live Action, Documentary, Animation and Grand Prix categories eligible) takes place August 8-17, 2024 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre and surrounding locations in Hollywood. NBA Champion and Los Angeles Lakers legend METTA WORLD PEACE (Metta Sandiford-Artest) will serve as head of the HollyShorts Sports Jury. The new HollyShorts Sports Category calls for narrative or documentary shorts under 45 minutes total running time. Submissions are currently open via FilmFreeway.      ...

Here we go. Poor animals and weird sex, the Lanthimos trademark. Emma Stone is always great, even in soft core porn. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIxzAf3ring

Cannes delivered an edition for the ages last year that yielded numerous masterworks, not to mention THREE eventual Best. Picture. Nominees. All in all, it was probably the most memorable one I’ve been to of my eight trips so far. Ahead of the lineup announcement today for the upcoming edition, my expectations were somewhat tempered not only because of the last Hollywood strikes whose effects are being felt right now, but also that kind of lightening just seldom strikes twice. But hey, how can you not be excited to see the likes of Sean Baker, Andrea Arnold, Frances Ford COPPOLA...

The Academy has announced its timeline for the 2024-2025 season, as follows: General entry, Best Picture, RAISE submission deadline Thursday, November 14, 2024 Governors Awards Sunday, November 17, 2024 Preliminary voting begins 9 a.m. PT Monday, December 9, 2024 Preliminary voting ends 5 p.m. PT Friday, December 13, 2024 Oscars Shortlists Announcement Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Eligibility period ends Tuesday, December 31, 2024 Nominations voting begins 9 a.m. PT Wednesday, January 8, 2025 Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT Sunday, January 12, 2025 Oscars Nominations Announcement Friday, January 17, 2025 Oscars Nominees Luncheon Monday, February 10, 2025 Finals voting begins...

Joker falls in love with Lady Gaga in the teaser, just dropped about an hour ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy8aJw1vYHo The film opens in time for Oscar season (not as a Summer movie), with a very different look and feel, although still with the same melancholy and darkness. The cast includes Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix, Zazi Beetz, Lady Gaga, Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson, Ken Leung, Steve Coogan and more. Score by Oscar winner Hildur Guðnadóttir. Lawrence Sher is back as the cinematographer. Edited by Jeff Groth.