The Critics Association of Central Florida announced the winners of its first annual awards and named Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth starring Denzel Washington along with Frances McDormand as the Best picture of 2021. Other films honored included Flee won for Best Documentary; A Hero won for Best International Film and King Richard won for Best Central Florida Film.
Netflix released the trailer for Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis, the animated short documentary on the secret government-sanctioned camp that smuggled Nazis into the United States after World War II.
The National Society of Film Critics awarded Drive My Car the honor of Best Picture of 2021 along with Best Director for Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Best Actor for Hidetoshi Nishijima and Best Screenplay.
Despite a year of controversy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association went ahead with the 2022 Golden Globes with no media or celebrities in attendance.
Lane County’s longest-running film festival, The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, opens its 19th annual edition on May 11th with the Festival Banquet at the Gordon Hotel in Eugene, Oregon. This edition represents another step in the growth of this event that brings international prestige to the local community.
Sundance Institute announced the members of the six juries awarding prizes for artistic and cinematic achievement at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Also announced was the jury for the Alfred P. Sloan Film Prize.The Festival takes place January 20-30 via our enhanced online platform at Festival.Sundance.org and in person at seven Satellite Screens venues around the country during the Festival’s second weekend.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) revealed the 14 films selected for the festival’s Tiger Competition, as well as the Big Screen Competition and Ammodo Tiger Short Competition selections. The festival also announced the IFFR 2022 Selection available to audiences in the Netherlands on IFFR.com from January 26 to February 6, 2022. The program includes titles in Harbour, Limelight, Bright Future and Cinema Regained.
IFC Midnight debuted the official trailer for A Banquet, a British horror film starring Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, and Ruby Stokes. Directed by Ruth Paxton, the film premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival and opens in theaters and VOD on February 18, 2022.
Magnolia Pictures released the official trailer for A Taste of Hunger, the Danish film starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal as a power couple sacrificing everything to get a coveted Michelin star for their restaurant in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle awarded Licorice Pizza the honor of best picture of 2021, but The Power of the Dog was the big winner with six awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay honors for Jane Campion, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee and Best Supporting Actress for Kirsten Dunst
Liam Neeson stars in the action filmBlacklight along with Emmy Raver-Lampman, Taylor John Smith, Aidan Quinn, Claire van der Boom, Yael Stone and Tim Draxl, opening in theaters on February 11th, 2022. Directed by Mark Williams, Liam Neeson plays to type, starring as a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past.
This February 2022, American Experience on PBS kicks off its new Winter-Spring season with “Riveted: The History of Jeans,” the fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. Worn by everyone from presidents to supermodels, farmers to rock stars, they’re more than just a pair of pants — America’s tangled past is woven deeply into the indigo fabric. From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American culture and politics are writ large. Written, directed and produced by Anna Lee Strachan and Michael Bicks and executive produced by Cameo George, “Riveted: The History of Jeans” premieres Monday, February 7, 2022, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on American Experience on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.