Box Office Beatdown: It Isn’t Just Bros, It’s Hollywood Overall
The movie Bros has disappointed at the box office. But this time, it was too big to ignore. Billy Eichner and others decided the reason was straight people not turning out to see it. It might be that, but it's also that Hollywood and much of the culture around it is alienated the broader majority, as I keep saying,...
NYFF Review: Showing Up
With First Cow, Kelly Reichardt made her most acclaimed film to date, due in no small part to a funnier, more accessible script than much of the director’s previous work. The critics loved it and it wound up on a slew of top 10 lists in 2020. Now, her follow-up takes noticeable notes from that success, even as it mostly...
The Hamptons Film Festival Celebrates 30 Years of Bringing the Art of Film to Its Audiences
The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) was founded in 1992 by Joyce Robinson, and takes place each October in the lush and historic East Hampton, New York. Aside from the annual film festival, HIFF is a non-profit organization with year-round screenings of global narrative and documentary films. They foster emerging talent through their annual Screenwriters Lab - a weekend gathering...
From a Coal Miner’s Son to a Coal Miner’s Daughter
While I’ve never been a huge admirer of country music, I’ve always had a soft spot for Loretta Lynn. Like me, she’s from Kentucky. She was born in Butcher Hollow and I was born in Pikeville. Let me tell you, it doesn’t get any more Kentucky than Butcher Hollow and Pikeville. Loretta was also the rare country music artist (particularly...
Exclusive Clip: Climate Change Documentary ‘Invisible Demons’
Awards Daily is proud to present this exclusive clip from the climate change documentary Invisible Demons. A Cannes 2021 premiere, the documentary illustrates filmmaker Rahul Jain's return to Delhi to explore the dramatic consequences of India’s growing economy. Through stunning visuals, the film captures a city in crisis that magnifies our collective climate realities. Told through striking images and eye-opening...
The Fabelmans – Spielberg’s Tribute to Those Who Made Him
“You are our hearth. You are our home.” -- Steven Spielberg to his father Arnold in 2020, the night he died at 103. The Oscar race sometimes makes everything feel small. It makes watching a movie feel small. It makes loving a movie feel small. It sometimes feels like a game that tries to measure something that can't be measured....
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Defending ‘Dahmer’
Who gets to decide which pieces of art should be made? That’s the question I’ve been thinking about since Ryan Murphy’s limited series Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story dropped on Netflix. This question seems to be a big part of our zeitgeist, as evidenced by social media’s excoriating backlash against the show in which members of the public and even...
Water Cooler Podcast: Coffee Talk, No Big Whoop
This week, the Water Cooler Gang takes a break from specific topics and runs a round-robin of random entertainment topics. Kind of like Saturday Night Live's Coffee Talk with Linda Richmond. Remember that? Back when SNL was great? Join us for our relaxed (or in the case of Joey Moser highly anxious) chat. Also, our apologies for the sound issues....
They’re Quee-eeer! Shudder’s Doc Series ‘Queer for Fear’ Chronicles Bloody Rich History
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‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Casts a Zany Spell and Forges a Strong Message of Sisterhood
Am I crazy to assume that if you saw the original Hocus Pocus in the theater that you will have a story about it? Even if that's not true, here's a little detour! I will admit that I had reservations before I watched Hocus Pocus 2. I was 9 years old when the first film dropped in the summer (WTF?!)...
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To be honest I really don't get the argument that BROS flopped because it was "woke". It was a broad,…
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