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October 4, 2025 · by Amritpal Rai

2026 Best Picture Oscar Nominations Predictions: October

Part of the fun of early Oscar predictions is the act of throwing darts into the dark and seeing the light shine on how far off and on we wer...

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September 25, 2025 · by Kasey Dunifer

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Through Kogonada’s Filmography

In a recent interview with IMDb, the mononymous filmmaker Kogonada shared that his method of directing is to “be water,” and that feels true ...

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September 24, 2025 · by Cameron Ritter

TIFF’s Spiritual Awakening: Christianity as Told by Ann Lee and Dead Men

The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival had several running themes across various films. We saw education show up in Poet...

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September 17, 2025 · by Jake Fittipaldi

‘The Scarlet Letter’ for a New Generation: Why ‘Easy A’ Still Lasts

When Nathaniel Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter in 1850, he was grappling with the heavy machinery of shame, morality, and public judgm...

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September 6, 2025 · by Red Broadwell

A Century of The Phantom of the Opera: The Impetus of Horror in Hollywood

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of The Phantom of the Opera. Whether you’ve been in the orbit of a theatre kid who's p...

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September 5, 2025 · by Risa Bolash

‘Hamilton’ is Putting Itself Back in the Narrative with Theatrical Release Dates

How does a 10-year-running Broadway sold out seater… grow up to be a movie in a theater? His name is Alexander Hamilton, and his Frank...

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September 4, 2025 · by Nandita Joshi

Gerwig, Baumbach, and ‘Mistress America’s' Revision of Coming-of-Age

If you were to ask a cinephile to name a modern filmmaker who has shaped the coming-of-age genre, you would hear many say, Greta Gerwig. Whil...

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August 26, 2025 · by Amritpal Rai

KPop Demon Hunters Tops Box Office Amidst Ted Sarandos's War Against Theaters

If a Netflix film tops the domestic box office two months after it premiered on streaming, will Netflix care? That’s the most prescien...

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August 19, 2025 · by Sasha Raquel

Streaming and Serialization: The Current State of the Romantic Comedy

When 2023’s Anyone But You became a sleeper hit, it felt as though the theatrical romantic comedy was back. Since then, the most popular on-s...

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August 19, 2025 · by Red Broadwell

Analysis: Park Chan-wook’s WGA Expulsion and the Confusing Nature of Hollywood Guilds

On Friday, August 8th, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced the expulsion of two members based on violating the terms and conditions ...

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August 15, 2025 · by Red Broadwell

Fifty Years of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show:’ Keep On Time Warping

What a time it is to celebrate The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s 50th anniversary, huh? I’m usually loath to ever call a film “impossible to ma...

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August 12, 2025 · by Neha Jha

Art, Agenda, and the National Awards: Who Really Wins?

Since their inception in 1954, the National Awards have been the gold standard for recognising artistic and technical excellence in Indian ci...

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