The Whale

  • EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Leads with 14 Nominations for 28th Critics Choice Awards

    Everything Everywhere All At Once directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
    Everything Everywhere All At Once directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (A24)

    Everything Everywhere All at Once leads this year’s film contenders for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards, earning fourteen nominations overall. In addition to Best Picture and Best Comedy nods, the film racked up several acting nominations including Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan. Both Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu are up for Best Supporting Actress, and the cast garnered a Best Acting Ensemble nomination. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert earned nods in both the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay categories, while Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim were nominated for Best Production Design, along with Paul Rogers for Best Editing, and Shirley Kurata for Best Costume Design. The film was also nominated for Best Hair and Makeup and Best Visual Effects.

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  • THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Named Best Picture of 2022 by New York Film Critics Online

    The Banshees of Inisherin
    The Banshees of Inisherin

    The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced the winners representing the best in film for 2022, honoring The Banshees Of Inisherin as the Best Picture of the year. The film also won the honors of Best Actor for Colin Farrell, Best Supporting Actor for Brendan Gleeson and Best Screenplay for Martin McDonagh who also tied with The Daniels of Everything Everywhere All At Once for Best Director.

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  • EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Named Best Film of 2022 by Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics

    Everything Everywhere All At Once
    Everything Everywhere All At Once

    Everything Everywhere All At Once scored with the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) winning four major awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for former child star Ke Huy Quan’s breakthrough return to acting after a 20-year hiatus.

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  • THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN and EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Lead 2023 Golden Globe Nominations

    80th Golden Globe Awards nominations
    Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once lead the nominations for the

    The Banshees of Inisherin lead the nominations for the 80th Golden Globe Awards with eight nominations including Best Picture Drama, Best Director along with Screenplay, Motion Picture for Martin McDonagh, Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy for Colin Farrell, Actor in a Supporting Role in Film for Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan; and Actress in a Supporting Role in Film for Kerry Condon.

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  • THE WHALE Wins Audience Award At 2022 Miami Film Festival Gems

    The Whale wins Miami Film Festival's Miami GEMS 2022 Audience Award
    The Whale by Darren Aronofsky (A24)

    The Whale is the winner of the Miami Film Festival’s Miami GEMS 2022 Audience Award. The film, directed by Darren Aronofsky, tells the story of a reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser), who is living with severe obesity, seeks to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink) for one last chance at redemption. MFF’s annual fall event took place from November 3-10 at MDC’s Tower Theater Miami.

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  • THE WHALE Trailer: Brendan Fraser Stars as a Recluse in Drama by Darren Aronofsky

    The Whale official trailer and release date
    Brendan Fraser in The Whale by Darren Aronofsky [A24 | screenshot via Youtube]

    A24 revealed the official trailer for The Whale, the drama based on the award-winning play by Samuel D. Hunter, starring Brendan Fraser as a 600 lb. man trying to reconnect with his seventeen-year-old daughter. Also starring in the film are Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton.

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  • AFTERSUN, ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, REMEMBER THIS Win Top Montclair Film Festival 2022 Awards

    Remember This
    Remember This directed by Jeff Hutchens and Derek Goldman

    Aftersun directed by Charlotte Wells was awarded the Fiction Feature Prize at the 2022 Montclair Film Festival (MFF). All the Beauty and the Bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras, was awarded the festival’s Bruce Sinosky Award for the Documentary Feature Competition.

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  • TÁR, THE WHALE,’OUR FATHER,THE DEVIL’ Win Audience Favorite Awards at 2022 Mill Valley Film Festival

    Tár starring Cate Blanchett - Audience Favorite awards winners at the 45th Mill Valley Film Festival
    Tár starring Cate Blanchett

    Tár, Todd Field’s drama starring Cate Blanchett as the fictional renowned musician Lydia Tár, won the Overall Audience Favorite award at the 45th Mill Valley Film Festival. Other audience awards went to The Whale for Audience Favorite | US Cinema; Our Father, The Devil for Audience Favorite | US Indie; The Banshees of Inisherin for Audience Favorite | World Cinema; Close for Audience Favorite | World Cinema (foreign language); and The Grab for Audience Favorite | Documentary.

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  • 2022 Hamptons Film Festival Announces Lineup, Closes with Robert Downey Sr. Documentary

    SR directed by Chris Smith - 30th Hamptons International Film Festival lineup
    SR directed by Chris Smith

    The 2022 Hamptons International Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full slate of films including the Closing Night presentation of the New York premiere of SR., directed by Chris Smith, and the Centerpiece screening of Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. The 30th edition of the festival will feature a lineup of films that are 54% female-directed and represent 34 countries from around the world.

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  • 31st Heartland Film Festival Showcases Over 100 Films, Opens with Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

    Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues directed by Sacha Jenkins
    Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues directed by Sacha Jenkins

    The 31st Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) taking place October 6-16, will showcase more than 115 feature films; and will open and close with two films with Indiana connections.

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  • 79th Venice Film Festival Winners: Laura Poitras’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Wins Golden Lion

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras

    Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 79th Venice Film Festival. The documentary chronicles the photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her crusade to hold Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid epidemic.

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  • 45th Mill Valley Film Festival Unveils Lineup of 145 Films, TILL as Centerpiece Film

    Till directed by Chinonye Chukwy
    Till directed by Chinonye Chukwy

    The 45th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) returns as a hybrid event, screening 145 films representing 34 countries, including 49 premieres, 74 features, and 71 shorts; 53.8% of all films across the 2022 Festival are directed by women.

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