Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light took the top spot on Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine, Best Films of the Year poll 2024.
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‘All We Imagine as Light’ Tops BFI Sight and Sound Magazine Best Films of the Year Poll 2024
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia (Janus Films, Sideshow)
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‘Rose’ Trailer – Aging Widow Redefines Herself in Aurélie Saada’s Sweet Drama Film
Rose directed by Aurélie Saada (Cohen Media Group) Originally making its world-premiere at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival, Aurélie Saada’s debut feature film Rose won the festival’s Variety Piazza Grande Award. The film follows an elderly widow as she tries to discover herself after her husband’s death with the help of her children.
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Robbie Williams’ Better Man’ Tops with Record 16 Nominations for Australia’s 2025 AACTA Awards
Jonno Davies as “Robbie Williams” in Better Man from Paramount Pictures. (courtesy AACTA) Better Man, the Robbie Williams-inspired biopic drama received a record-breaking 16 nominations in the film categories for Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) 2025 AACTA Awards.
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Movies in Theaters on Friday December 6 – The Return, The Order, Unstoppable, Y2K, Nightbitch, The End and More
Kicking off December, a vast selection of movies is hitting theaters. Steffen Haars and Nick Frost’s family-thriller-comedy Get Away follows a family vacation in Sweden gone wrong. Amy Adams turns into a canine in Nightbitch. Justin Kurzel brings action to theaters with The Order starring Jude Law while Kyle Mooney brings back the early 2000s with Y2K. Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera’s You Are Not Me turns family drama into horror. Jharrel Jerome is one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles in Unstoppable. Christmas trip turns into heartbreak in H. Nelson Tracey’s drama Breakup Season. Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon attempt to escape mobsters in Lake George. Magnus von Horn’s period drama captures post-WW1 Copenhagen in The Girl With the Needle. Lillah Halla’s Power Alley follows a teenage volleyball player and her struggle for women’s rights in Brazil. Ralph Fiennes is Odysseus in Uberto Pasolini’s The Return. Joshua Oppenheimer’s apocalyptic musical The End stars Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon, and documentary Sabbath Queen follows the story of a gay rabbi.
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‘No Other Land’ Wins Best Feature and Best Director at 40th IDA Documentary Awards
No Other Land (Anipode Films) No Other Land won the top prize of Best Feature Documentary at the 40th IDA Documentary Awards along with Best Director for Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor. The documentary was also honored with the Courage Under Fire Award.
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‘Julia’s Stepping Stones’ Trailer – Documentarian and Activist Julia Reichert Shares Her Story in Netflix Documentary
Julia’s Stepping Stones (screenshot / Netflix) Academy Award-winning director Julia Reichert (American Factory, Union Maids), who passed away in 2022, reflects on her life as a filmmaker and activist in the new Netflix documentary Julia’s Stepping Stones. Narrated by Reichert herself and created with her longtime collaborator and husband, Steve Bognar, the film traces her journey from a working-class upbringing to becoming an Oscar and Emmy-winning artist.
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AFI Reveals 2024 Honorees – Top 10 Movies and TV Programs – Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Sing Sing and More
Alessandro Nivola, Adrien Brody in The Brutalist (Lol Crawley, A24) The American Film Institute (AFI) has revealed the AFI Awards 2024 honorees comprised of the 10 outstanding motion pictures and 10 outstanding television programs deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.
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‘Last Breath Trailer’ – Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole Star in Alex Parkinson’s Deep-Sea Thriller Film
Last Breath directed by Alex Parkinson Based on the true story of a deep-sea diving accident in 2012, Last Breath is a new drama/thriller film from director Alex Parkinson, who previously directed a documentary on the same subject under the same title in 2019. The film follows a team as they attempt a daring rescue of a team member whose umbilical cable was severed, leaving him trapped under the deep sea.
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‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Trailer – Docu-concert Film Gets a 2025 Release Date
Becoming Led Zeppelin (screenshot / Sony Pictures Classics) Sony Pictures Classics will release the documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin directed by Bernard MacMahon (American Epic), exclusively in IMAX on February 7, 2025, in almost 200 theaters. Ahead of the release, IMAX Theatres will hold one night only early access screenings on February 5, 2025 in eighteen markets.
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‘The Secret Lives of Animals’ Trailer – Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville Narrates Apple TV+ Nature Docuseries
The Secret Lives of Animals (screenshot / Apple TV+) Apple TV+ debuted the official trailer for “The Secret Lives of Animals,” the new 10-part docuseries narrated by SAG Award winner Hugh Bonneville (Paddington, Downton Abbey).
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Tom Tykwer’s The Light ( Das Licht) to Open 75th Berlin Film Festival
The Light (Das Licht) directed by Tom Tykwer (Frédéric Batier / X Filme) Tom Tykwer’s The Light (Das Licht) will world premiere as the opening film of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2025. The Light (Das Licht) will be presented as a Berlinale Special Gala out of competition.
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Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Kieran Culkin, Conclave Lead National Board of Review 2024 Winners
Daniel Craig, Queer; Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24) The National Board of Review (NBR) has named their 2024 honorees, with top awards going to Wicked for Best Film; Jon M. Chu for Best Director for Wicked; Daniel Craig for Best Actor for Queer; and Nicole Kidman for Best Actress for Babygirl. In addition to winning Best Film, the NBR will present the NBR Spotlight Award to Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande for their creative collaboration in Wicked.