Your Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
Our annual poll here at Awards Daily. Phase 1 involves assembling a master list based on input from all you savvy readers. We already have 133 titles -- building out from the first 90 suggested by Ferdinand and Christophe. (and a dozen or so from me) When you guys suggest additions, it would make things easier for me if you name the director in parentheses. Thanks! Don't be shy about recommending movies featuring white guys with white problems directed by white Americans -- anything is possible! After a couple of days, when we run out of suggestions, I'll...
Civil War – “Least Woke Since American Sniper”
I was dreading Alex Garland's Civil War, I'm not gonna lie. I was dreading it because the collective fear on the Left about their imaginary villains on the Right makes me nervous every day. I'm not scared of the Right because I have spent time getting to know them. I have seen things from their point of view. I have humanized them, yes, even Donald Trump. I am having a hard time remembering what it used to be like to be traumatized and afraid all the time, like Stephen King, Barbra Streisand, Stephen Colbert, etc. It's all a...
Reframe: Scarface
Scarface, Brian De Palma’s nearly three-hour reach for epic-level greatness is seldom talked about as an actual film anymore. The movie (and particularly Al Pacino’s no-holds barred performance as gangster Tony Montana) have drifted so far into iconography that the quality of the film itself has become secondary to its legend. And it’s one hell of a legend at this point. De Palma’s remake of Howard Hawks’ 1932 accepted classic starring Paul Muni has been adopted by hip-hop stars (see Scarface of the Geto Boys, Nas, Jay-Z, Biggy, the list is endless) and scores of athletes as a...
Second Edition of Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2024 Closes to Great Success and Announces Jury Panel
PRESS RELEASE – MARCH 14, 2024 — Creo is delighted to reveal the panel of judges for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2024. The competition for the sophomore edition of the major annual program for short films and filmmakers, which closed earlier this month, provides a gateway for the development of cinematic talent from across the globe. Following a celebrated launch edition in 2023, this year the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards competition ran from June 15, 2023 to February 15, 2024, receiving more than double the number of entries from the previous year. The Awards were established to elevate original and diverse...
What It Was Like in the Room: Oscars 2024
Awards Daily's Megan McLachlan recaps what it was like to be in the Dolby Theatre for the 2024 Oscars. The 2024 Oscars have been put to bed, but if you're like me, you're still reeling from all the surprises (Emma Stone!), performances (I've had "I'm Just Ken" stuck in my head all week), and controversies (wait, Messi wasn't actually clapping?). I was excited to be in the room for this year's Oscars and what a year to be there. After all, it was the year of Barbenheimer, but it was also the year two international films rose to...
TV Reviews: Springing Into a New Crop of Emmy-Contending Television
Astra TV Awards Accepting Submissions for 2024 Ceremony
Abe Sylvia On Celebrating the Diverse Superpowers of the Cast of the Sublime ‘Palm Royale’
Abe Sylvia's Palm Royale is about to be your next obsession. With an illustrious cast (more on that later), unapologetic 1960s color palette (the production design and costumes--my god!), and deliciously nimble writing and direction, Palm Royale takes the story...