Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took the top honors at the Florida Film Critics Circle’s 2025 awards winning six awards, including Best Picture along with supporting actor awards for Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor.
Grand Tour (2024)
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Florida Film Critics Awards – ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘No Other Choice Win Top Honors’
Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
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‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘With Hasan in Gaza’ Top Film Comment’s Best Films of 2025
One Battle After Another, With Hasan in Gaza Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another has topped Film Comment’s annual end-of-year critics’ top films released in 2025 list, followed by Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent.
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‘All We Imagine as Light’, ‘Hard Truths’ ‘To a Land Unknown’ Win at 22nd International Cinephile Society Awards
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light emerged victorious at the 22nd International Cinephile Society Awards winning the top prize of best picture along with best director for Payal Kapadia and best ensemble cast.
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‘Better Man’ and ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Bookend 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival Lineup
The Penguin Lessons directed by Peter Cattaneo Better Man directed by Michael Gracey will open the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) taking place from January 2-13, 2025. The film is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.
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Academy Reveals Animated, Documentary and International Feature Films Eligible for 97th Academy Awards
Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams in director Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece. (Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 97th Academy Awards.
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Vermiglio, ‘The Village Next to Paradise’ ‘Mistress Dispeller’ Win Gold Hugos at 60th Chicago Film Festival
Vermiglio (Fabrizio De Blasio) Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio won the Gold Hugo for International Feature Competition at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival. Set in the final days of WWII, the period drama chronicles a harrowing year in the life of three sisters, the daughters of a schoolteacher in a remote mountain village.
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38th AFI FEST to Showcase Lineup of 158 Films
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point directed by Tyler Taormina This year’s 38th AFI FEST taking place in Los Angeles from October 23 to October 27 rounds out the slate of already announced titles with a full lineup of 158 films including September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man In America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski V Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969).
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68th BFI London Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Anora, The Apprentice, Conclave and More
Anora directed by Sean Baker (courtesy BFI LFF) The 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF), taking place over twelve days from October 9 – 20, 2024, announced the full program line-up of Galas, Special Presentations and Official Competition titles.
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Emilia Pérez, Bird, Armand, Arcadia Among Feature Film Selection for European Film Awards 2024
Emilia Pérez (European Film Academy) The European Film Academy Board has chosen the first set of 29 films making the Feature Film Selection 2024 and now eligible to compete for the European Film Awards.
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Toronto Film Festival Unveils Films in 2024 Wavelengths and TIFF Classics Programs
Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes (Uma Pedra No Sapato, Vivo Film, Shellac Sud, Cinema Defacto) Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) unveiled the films in the 2024 Wavelengths program, and the 2024 TIFF Classics program.
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Films from Mike Leigh, Sean Baker, Mati Diop Among 62nd New York Film Festival Main Slate
Hard Truths by Mike Leigh (Simon Mein | Thin Man Films Ltd.) 32 films including titles from Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker, David Cronenberg, Mati Diop, Mike Leigh, Steve McQueen, Paul Schrader, and Athina Rachel Tsangari are featured in the Main Slate of the 62nd New York Film Festival (NYFF), taking place September 27–October 14, 2024.
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Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 Unveils Impressive Program of Over 250 Films
Inside directed by Charles Williams Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) shared an impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences running 8-25 August across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August.