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February 7, 2025

NEWS 035: Sundance 2025 Recap

Sundance is the first major festival of the calendar year featuring the largest collection of independent films in the United States. We’ll b...

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January 23, 2025

The 97th Academy Award Nominations (2025)

Best Picture Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave  Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here  N...

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January 17, 2025

2024 CIC Windie Award Winners

Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) have announced their winners for their 2024 Windie Awards. The winners are… BEST INDEPENDENT FILM Anora...

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January 16, 2025

Remembering David Lynch and Our Surreal Shared Dream

David Lynch once said, “Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.” His movies are indeed complicated. They a...

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January 9, 2025

NEWS 034: SAG & DGA Nominations

On a day filled to the brim with awards season headlines, we debrief the nominations from two of the most impactful guilds, SAG and DGA, and ...

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January 6, 2025

2024 CIC Windie Awards Nominees

Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) have announced their nominees for their 2024 Windie Awards. The winners will be announced on January 18th, 2025. ...

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December 12, 2024

Critics Choice Awards Nominations

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards (CCA) nominations were announced earlier today. The winners will be revealed on January 12, 2025. Below are th...

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December 11, 2024

2025 Sundance Film Festival Lineup Announcement

Today the Sundance Institute announced the first wave of their 2025 lineup, with the full slate of Features and Episodic Programs being annou...

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December 9, 2024

Golden Globes 2025 Nominations

The 2025 Golden Globes were announced this morning, December 9th. Below is the full list of nominations. The winners will be announced during...

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December 6, 2024

From the Awards Editor: 2025 Golden Globe Nominations Predictions

Continuing our discussion from The Awards Tape, where we break down the Oscar race, I lay out my predictions for the 2025 Golden Globe nomina...

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December 4, 2024

From the Awards Editor: Best Picture Predictions

Welcome to the Awards Tape's first Oscar prediction editorial. Here, our writers will be breaking down the Oscar race in extensive detail reg...

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November 25, 2024

'Wicked' Screenings Spark Online Debate about Phones in Cinemas

The highly-anticipated Wicked movie sparks debate over movie theater etiquette as fans share images and recordings from inside their screenin...

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October 30, 2024

NEWS 032: Chicago International Film Festival 2024 Recap

Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram,&n...

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October 29, 2024

The Gothams 2024 Nominees Announced

Today the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced its nominations for the 34th annual Gotham Awards, giving us the first taste of the awa...

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October 1, 2024

Daniel Day-Lewis ends retirement and returns to the screen for upcoming film ‘Anemone’

Daniel Day-Lewis is officially ending his retirement. The three-time Academy Award winning actor will make his acting return in Focus Feature...

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September 20, 2024

Marbella International Film Festival Kicks off this October with Screenings Featuring Anthony Hopkins, Diane Keaton

The 19th annual Marbella International Film Festival will kick off this October and feature 40 films from all over the world, including the U...

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September 18, 2024

NEWS 030: TIFF 2024 Recap

The Rolling Tape is home from Toronto as the festival has wrapped up and we are here to recap our stay at TIFF 2024. We discuss the People's ...

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September 16, 2024

Analyzing the TIFF 2024 People’s Choice Winners

After much speculation following multiple titles being buzzed about for the win, the top three winners for the 2024 TIFF People’s Choice Winn...

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September 11, 2024

*TIFF24* How Milad Tangshir and Ibrahima Sambou Approached Remaking ‘Bicycle Thieves’

Discussing 'Anywhere Anytime' At first glance, director Milad Tangshir’s feature directorial debut Anywhere Anytime has much in common wit...

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September 11, 2024

NEWS 029: Venice Festival Recap 2024

With the Venice International Film Festival coming to a close, we recap the films and events of the fest and assess the slate of award winner...

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September 8, 2024

Brady Corbet's The Brutalist Acquired by A24

A24 is crashing the Oscar race this Fall by acquiring the U.S. distribution rights for Brady Corbet’s American epic, The Brutalist (2024). Th...

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August 30, 2024

Netflix Acquires Pablo Larraín’s 'Maria' Starring Angelina Jolie

The first major acquisition out of the 81st Venice Film Festival comes courtesy of Netflix, as they have acquired the U.S. distribution right...

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August 21, 2024

NEWS 027: Fall Festival Preview 2024

The fall film festival cycle is gearing up once again with the major festivals announcing their lineup of films that will reveal to us many o...

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July 23, 2024

NEWS 026: 81st Venice International Film Festival Lineup Announcement

Today’s major headline is the announcement of the full lineup for the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival where we can now...

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July 16, 2024

Josh Safdie and Timotheé Chalamet to Team Up for Ping Pong Movie “Marty Supreme” From A24

If you were a fan of Challengers (2024), get ready for another tennis film. Well, table tennis, that is. According to Variety, Timothe...

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April 19, 2024

Quentin Tarantino Drops ‘The Movie Critic’ as his Tenth and Final Film

The word “what” appeared in the screenplay for The Movie Critic so often that writer/director Quentin Tarantino killed the project entirely. ...

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April 9, 2024

Bits and Bobbidi-Boos From Disney

Amid changes to its release calendar for the next two years, Disney announced dates for several films that previously had unknown windows fro...

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