2022 Chita Rivera Winners

We told you back in May that the Chita Rivera Awards, which hadn't been held since 2019, would be back for 2022. The nominations were a mix of both the 2020 and 2022 Broadway seasons as well as the 2021 film year. In short, COVID-19 really did a number on all awards shows, no matter how niche! After the jump the winners (and nominees) of this prize honoring dancers and choreographers in movies and on stage.

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR A THEATRICAL RELEASE

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Julianne Moore to preside over the competition jury at Venice

by Nathaniel R

Julianne at the Met Gala. Image: AFP/Angela Weiss

Exciting news to report. Julianne Moore, who originally inspired my own career writing about film and thus this website, will lead the jury at the 79th annual Venice International Film Festival. The festival runs August 31st-September 10th so expect lots of Julianne gowns this summer. What a nice full circle monent this will be for the Oscar winning actress. She's a previous winner of the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for Far From Heaven (2002) and this year she'll help determine who wins that same prize twenty years later. Penélope Cruz took the prize last season for her work in Pedro Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers which helped pave the way to her fourth Oscar nomination... 

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Tweetweek: Hidden talents, Emmy reactions, and that 'Funny Girl' drama

IF ONLY. Think how many wrongs could be corrected.

What if the Bennifer marriage repairs the timeline and resets us to 2004?

— Julyathan Taylor Thomas (@charles_jensen) July 18, 2022

More after the jump including but not limited to Wile E Coyote's underappreciated  talent, Jordan Peele's film titles, Broadway's Funny Girl chaos, and Emmy nomination reactions...

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28 Years, 28 Films

by Cláudio Alves

It was on July 17th, 1994, when a most foul thing happened. In Lisbon, a baby was born destined to become an insufferable cinephile full of opinions and costume design trivia swilling around in his chronically depressed mind. That unfortunate creature was me, and today I celebrate my 28th birthday. Inspired by Nathaniel and Tim Brayton, I decided to mark the occasion with a special list that fully displays my movie passions. With a film for each year, this collection comprises titles that mean something to me, for one reason or another. Of course, they're not these years' best cinematic achievements, nor are they my outright favorites. However, I have a special place in my heart, in my memories, for them all. So come explore my life through a personal film odyssey and maybe get to know me better…

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Through Her Lens: 2012 (The 85th Oscars)

A series by Juan Carlos Ojano. Introduction / Explanation

Come Oscar nominations announcement, the Best Director category was one of the most discussed among Oscar fans and predictors. Perceived frontrunners Ben Affleck (Argo), Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), and Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) missed out on nominations while two legitimate shockers came in their place:  Michael Haneke for the arthouse drama Amour and Behn Zeitlin for the fantasy drama Beasts of the Southern Wild. This led to one of the most chaotic Oscar races of the decade, leading to Argo winning Best Picture even without its director Affleck nominated.

While she was a strong force in that category leading to nominations, previous winner Kathryn Bigelow was the only female director given considerable awards attention that season...

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