Sunset Circle names "TÁR" best of the year

by Nathaniel R

Sarah Polley's philosophical drama Women Talking and Park Chan Wook's twisty noir Decision to Leave led the nominations for the Sunset Circle Awards in their third year but came up mostly empty-handed when it came to wins. Todd Field's TÁR emerged as the big winner taking Picture, Director, Actress, and Screenplay. The smaller the critics group the more likely you are to have nominee and winners list with some personality. Whether or not that personality is a good one is of course up to the eye of the beholder. Sunset Circle is composed of just 9 film journalists who specialize in awards coverage. We don't love that they vote before all the movies are screened each year in order to be first but we do love that they don't try to predict the Oscars. No critics group should. If you're voting on anything other than your own preferences, you're doing it wrong! Their nominees and winners (marked by ★) follow along with a few more comments... 

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"The White Lotus" and "Severance" top the HCA TV Awards

by Nathaniel R

Severance won 5 prizes

The Hollywood Critics Association has been making waves in the past couple of years inviting lots of new members (expanding beyond California, albeit with a 25% cap) and getting more press, too. Their TV awards were distributed over two star-studded nights where both celebrities and critics presented.

The most noteworthy thing is that they divvy their awards up much differently than the Emmys, by splitting them in half between "broadcast & cable" and "streaming". They even split hairs further for the top program prizes divvying it up three ways: "broadcast", "cable", and "streaming". In a way, it's a savvy Golden Globe to the Oscars kind of tactic, since they get to honor way more programs and actors by splitting things in half or by thirds. Consider for example that the Hollywood Critics Association did not have Dopesick (streaming) and The White Lotus (cable) in direct competition; they could both win prizes with ease! At the Emmys of course those two shows will go head-to-head. Two of TFE's three California-based contributors were on hand as you can see in the photo after the jump. A complete list of winners follows, too...

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SoCal Journalism Nominees 2022

by Nathaniel R

Congratulations to the journalists, critics, and cultural commentators nominated for the 64th annual SoCal Journalism Awards (mostly for articles from 2021). The winners will be announced on June 25th. You probably read some of the people! There are dozens upon dozens upon dozens of categories covering all fields, but we thought you might like seeing some that are related to screen entertainment. So after the jump, seven of those categories...

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I Wanna Link With Somebody

• Vanity Fair Jamie Lee Curtis answers the Proust questionnaire
• Esquire Candid interview with Josh Charles who talks his HBO show We Own This City as well as delivering Aaron Sorkin's dialogue in the past
• EW Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead got married over the weekend
• Slate on the sexual landscape of TV at the moment. interesting take

Viola Davis, Singin' in the Rain, The Northman, CinemaCon and more after the jump...

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Vote on the new Smackdown. Meet your fellow panelists.

A new season of the Supporting Actress Smackdown is upon us. We'll begin with the current season, honoring the films of 2021.

• Buckley, The Lost Daughter
• DeBose, West Side Story
• Dench, Belfast
• Dunst Power of the Dog
• Ellis, King Richard

So email your votes ranking each nominated Supporting Actress performance on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (perfection) by this Sunday March 20th. Your votes will count toward the final outcome. Now, let's meet your fellow voters who we'll be chatting with you on the podcast.

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