And happy new year to you too, dear reader! We pick up kinda where we left off with 2021: Pandemic surges, already-tenuous societal lattice-work on both sides of the Atlantic increasingly rattled, and the surreal becoming more steadily commonplace. In that spirit then, we open this year’s column with a kind of meta reflection on … Read more
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominees for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. For the first time, the announcement was live-streamed at goldenglobes.com and on the Golden Globes YouTube channel. The nominations were announced by HFPA president Helen Hoehne and the multi-talented Snoop Dogg. In yet another … Read more
Film Independent announced nominations for the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Film Independent President Josh Welsh introduced the prerecorded video announcements, which featured guest presenters Beanie Feldstein (The Humans, Impeachment: American Crime Story), Regina Hall (Nine Perfect Strangers, Girls Trip) and Naomi Watts (Penguin Bloom, upcoming The Watcher). Best Feature nominees include A Chiara, C’mon C’mon, The Lost Daughter, … Read more
The full list of winners is as followed: Best Feature The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal, director; Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Charles Dorfman, producers (Netflix) (WINNER) The Green Knight David Lowery, director; Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, David Lowery, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, producers (A24) Passing Rebecca Hall, director; Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest … Read more