Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite swept the top honors at the Houston Film Critics Society‘s 13th Annual Movie Awards, winning Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film, along with Best Director for Bong Joon-ho.
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PARASITE, BULL, APOLLO 11 Among Winners of Houston Film Critics 13th Annual Movie Awards
Bull directed by Annie Silverstein
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020 Announces Lineup
A Bump Along the Way directed by Shelly Love The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the lineup of over 200 movies including 47 world premieres and 71 U.S. premieres, for its 35th edition, which will take place from January 15 to 25, 2020. Kicking off the festival is opening night film – the U.S. premiere of Shelly Love’s A Bump Along the Way, a female-led, feel-good comedy drama set in Derry, Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life.
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Leads Nominations for GALECA LGBTQ Critics’ 11th Dorian Awards
Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU) Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Parasite led the film nominations for GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 11th Dorian Awards given for the best in film and television of 2019. Portrait of a Lady on Fire and was nominated for Film of the Year, Foreign Language Film of the Year and LGBT Film of the Year.
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Watch New Trailer for ADVOCATE – Oscar Shortlisted Documentary on Controversial Israeli Lawyer Lea Tsemel
Advocate by Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche Film Movement released a new trailer for the award winning documentary Advocate, a powerful portrait of the controversial Israeli defense attorney Lea Tsemel, directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche. The documentary opened in theaters on Friday, January 3, 2020 in New York at Quad Cinema and Los Angeles at Laemmle Royal.
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National Society of Film Critics Picks PARASITE as Best Picture of 2019
PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG) The National Society of Film Critics voted the South Korean film PARASITE as Best Picture of the Year 2019. Parasite also won for Best Screenplay for Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won. The Society, which is made up of 60 of the country’s most prominent movie critics, held its 54th annual awards voting meeting as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City, using a weighted ballot system.
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Watch Trailer for A WHITE, WHITE DAY – Award Winning Icelandic Film Starring Ingvar Sigurdsson
The new trailer was released for the Icelandic film A White, White Day (Hvítur Hvítur Dagur), the second feature from Hlynur Palmason (Winter Brothers). A White, White Day starring Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Ingi Hilmarsson and Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir premiered in 2020 Cannes Critics Week (La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes) where Ingvar Sigurdsson won Best Actor. Film Movement will release Palmason’s A White, White Day in select theaters on February 28th, 2020.
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PARASITE, Adam Driver, JOJO RABBIT Win Australian Academy International Awards
GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) announced the winners of the 9th AACTA International Awards – winning the Award for Best Film was the South Korean black comedy thriller PARASITE, written and directed by Bong Joon Ho who accepted the Australian Academy’s highest Award. The film also received the AACTA Award for Best Asian Film at the AACTA Awards in Sydney last month.
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Watch Trailer for THE CLIMB – Cannes Winning Buddy Dramedy Set for Sundance 2020
Left to Right: Kyle Marvin as Kyle, Michael Angelo Covino as Mike in The Climb directed by Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin(Photo by Zach Kuperstein. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.) Sony Pictures Classics released a new trailer for Michael Angelo Covino’s debut The Climb, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard section and won the Jury Coup de Couer Prize. The film starring Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin, Judith Godréche, George Wendt, Talia Balsam follows best buddies Kyle and Mike who share a close bond until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée.
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Watch Trailer for Indie Comedy ELSEWHERE Starring Ken Jeong, Parker Posey, Beau Bridges
ELSEWHERE starring Ken Jeong, Parker Posey, Beau Bridges The indie comedy Elsewhere from Costa Rican filmmaker Hernan Jimenez, and starring Ken Jeong, Parker Posey, Jackie Tohn, Beau Bridges, Kathleen Munroe, Aden Young, along with Jacki Weaver released the first official trailer. Elsewhere which premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival will be released in select US theaters and on VOD starting January 24th, 2020.
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ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD Leads Nominations for Music City Film Critics’ 2019 Awards
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood leads the nominations for the Music City Film Critics’ Association 2019 Film Awards with 9 nominations.
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Online Film Critics Announces Nominations for 2019 Awards
MONOS directed by Alejandro Landes Marriage Story, Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Apollo 11, and Monos, are among the films nominated by the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) for the awards for best films of 2019.
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Watch Trailer for JOHN HENRY Starring Terry Crews and Ludacris
JOHN HENRY starring Terry Crews and Ludacris Saban Films released the trailer for Will Forbes’ directorial debut, John Henry starring Terry Crews (Deadpool 2, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Ludacris (The Fast and Furious franchise, Show Dogs).