Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the twenty-five films been selected for the 2023 Library of Congress National Film Registry. This year’s selections date back more than 100 years to a 1921 Kodak educational film titled “A Movie Trip Through Filmland” , to 2000’s Black love story “Love & Basketball,” to 2013’s Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” and the Oscar-winning documentary “20 Feet from Stardom.”
Barbie leads the film nominations for the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards earning 18 nominations including Best Picture and Best Comedy. The film received several acting nominations including Best Actress for Margot Robbie, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera. Ariana Greenblatt is also up for Best Young Actor/Actress, and the cast garnered a Best Acting Ensemble nomination. Greta Gerwig earned a nod for Best Director and both Gerwig and Noah Baumbach are contenders for Best Original Screenplay.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) voted The Zone of Interest the Best Picture of 2023, along with Best Director for Jonathan Glazer, Best Actress for Sandra Hüller (who also won for The Zone of Interest) and Best Music/Score.
Sundance Film Festival unveiled the short films for 2024 screening in eight curated programs; along with a Special 40th Edition Celebration Screenings and Events.
Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine named Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon the Best Film of the Year 2023.
Daniel Northcott travels around the world as he attempts to understand life, love, and human connection in his new documentary titled Daniel.
Barbie lead the film nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards with nine, followed closely by Oppenheimer with eight. Other films receiving multiple nominations include Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things each receiving seven and Past Lives with five.
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o will be the President of the International Jury of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.
Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet was the big winner of the night at European Film Awards 2023, winning five awards including European Film, Director, Actress for Sandra Hüller, Scriptwriter and the Excellence Award for Editing.
Magnet Releasing revaled the official trailer for The Seeding, the horror film starring Scott Haze (Venom, Jurassic World Dominion) as a hiker lost in the desert, who takes refuge with a mysterious woman played by Kate Lyn Sheil (You’re Next, V/H/S).
MUBI debuted the official trailer for The Settlers (Los Colonos), the ‘anti-colonialist’ Western drama selected as Chile’s Official Selection for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Vertical debuted the official trailer for Breakwater, the crime thriller film starring Dermot Mulroney, Darren Mann, Alyssa Goss, Sonja Sohn and Mena Suvari.