Benediction (2021)

  • 26th Indie Memphis Film Festival Winners – ‘Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ and Mountains Win Top Jury Awards

    Mountains directed by Monica Sorelle
    Mountains directed by Monica Sorelle

    The 26th Indie Memphis Film Festival, announced this year’s award winners with top Jury Awards including Best Narrative Feature for Mountains (Dir. Monica Sorelle $1K cash prize), Best Documentary Feature to Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (Dirs. Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson, $1K cash prize), Best Hometowner Feature to The Spirit of Memphis (Dir. Alicia Ester, $1K cash prize), Best Departures Feature to La Bonga (Dirs. ​​Sebastián Pinzón Silva & Canela Reyes, $500 cash prize), and Best Sounds Feature to Even Hell Has Its Heroes (Dir. Clyde Petersen, $500 cash prize), among others.

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  • Spoiler Alert, Tár, Firebird, The Inspection Among Nominees for 34th GLAAD Media Awards

    Spoiler Alert
    Spoiler Alert starring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, and Sally Field.

    GLAAD announced the nominees for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, with films Bodies Bodies Bodies, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Spoiler Alert and Tár among the nominees for Outstanding Film.

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  • CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, EO, AFTERSUN Among Film Comment 2022 Best-of-year Lists

    Crimes of the Future, EO, Aftersun - Film Comment’s Best of 2022
    Crimes of the Future, EO, Aftersun

    David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, and Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun took the top spots among films released in 2022 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not announced stateside distribution, David Easteal’s The Plains, Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, and Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen received the top rankings.

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  • European Film Awards 2022 Reveals First 30 Films Eligible for Feature Film Selection

    Maixabel
    Maixabel directed by Icíar Bollaín

    The European Film Academy Board has chosen 30 films to be part of the Academy´s Feature Film Selection 2022 for the European Film Awards. The Feature Film Selection includes films that the Board of the Academy recommends to all Academy members for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2022. In a second part, 10-15 further titles for the Feature Film Selection will be announced in September.

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  • BENEDICTION Trailer. Jack Lowden Stars as Poet Siegfried Sassoon in Biopic by Terence Davies

    Kate Phillips and Jack Lowden in Benediction official trailer
    Kate Phillips and Jack Lowden in Benediction [Credit: Laurence Cendrowicz Courtesy of Roadside Attraction]

    The new official trailer debuted for Benediction, the biopic starring Jack Lowden as WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon. Also starring the film are Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Calem Lynch, Tom Blyth, Kate Phillips, Geraldine James, Anton Lesser, Suzanne Bertish, Matthew Tennyson, and Julian Sands.

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  • San Francisco Intl Film Festival Announces 2022 Lineup + Tribute for Michelle Yeoh

    Michelle Yeoh in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 65th San Francisco International Film Festival lineup
    Michelle Yeoh in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” ©Sony Pictures

    The 65th annual San Francisco International Film Festival will make its return to theaters in person, featuring more than 130 films from 56 countries, including 16 World and 10 North American premieres. The Festival will also celebrate cinematic icon Michelle Yeoh with a special tribute to be presented by critically acclaimed actor Sandra Oh. The 2022 Festival will run April 21–May 1.

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  • BFI London Film Festival 2021 Unveils Full Program Lineup

    Spencer starring Kristen Stewart
    Spencer starring Kristen Stewart

    The 65th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) announced the full 2021 program line-up that will be presented both in cinemas and virtually over twelve days from October 6 – 17, 2021.

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