Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 10:35AM We have to start with this exchange since Chris' love of mother! is well known.
Where the hell am I going to fit 100 sinks, Matt?
— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) December 5, 2017
After the jump our tweet roundup of amusements, provocations, and random movie-loving featuring Moonstruck, I Tonya, P.T. Anderson, Big Little Lies, Meryl Streep's forehead, and more...
Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 10:02AM Three truths.
We were grossly misusing the phrase “Our long national nightmare is over” before this
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) December 1, 2017
Thinking about movies right now feels terribly frivolous and also one of the few things keeping me sane.
— Scott Renshaw (@scottrenshaw) December 2, 2017
This Tiffany Haddish backlash is weird proof that people love Oscar bait more than they want to admit.
— Sam Coffey (@SamCoffey72) December 1, 2017
so sad but all true observations. The latter I've noticed in social discussions so many times. Okay on to funnier or at least less depressing things after the jump including more Tiffany Haddish, Captain America's beard, Lady Bird, Ava DuVernay being inspiring (what else is new), and so on...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 1:10PM by Nathaniel R
The Film Independent Spirit Award nominees hit today. Tessa Thompson and Lily Collins were on hand to announce the awards with the longest stretch of time between nominations and awards. The ceremony, as ever, will be held the day before the Oscars. So that's Saturday, March 3rd 2018 this time.
It was a huge day for Sony Pictures Classics (the company received 13 nominations in total) and for A24, too. Almost every single movie A24 released this year was nominated for at least a little something. As far as underseen pictures the happiest nominee this morning has to be Sony Pictures Classics' The Rider (reviewed here) which was a busy film on the festival circuit but has yet to be released.
The Nominees Are...
Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 11:27PM 
Chris here. 2017 is a banner year for divisive movies, and prepare yourself for I, Tonya to be added to the heap. It was greeted with mostly warm response when it debuted at TIFF, eventually being runner-up for the People's Choice prize. While Nathaniel is one of the film's growing number of detractors, I find myself somewhere on the middle on its wild tonal shifts and competing, disparate narrative points of view.
The film opens in just over a month and there's finally this (very brief) teaser to go along with a few scant production photos. Aside from one of its wittier shots at the onset, this first enticement for audiences relies mostly on its truly ghastly figure skating sequences - trust me, there's even worse CGI to be seen. In many ways the film is a rumination on tackiness but even if there's something honest in the film's garishness, this is maybe not the best way to announce a coming film fast-tracked for awards season release.
And its awards prospects will be a question mark on the season, but it did rack up some Gotham noms. Can Margot Robbie compete with a very wide Best Actress field? She crushes the third act, but the film oddly ignores her for long stretches. How far can newbie distributor Neon take this? It's a crowdpleaser, but its flippancy with domestic abuse will be a major talking point. One thing you can count on: a genius and cruel Allison Janney in Best Supporting Actress for a performance that nails all sides of the films many tones.
Monday, September 18, 2017 at 4:00PM Went a little overboard today but we were behind on news plus the Emmys happened!
The Daily Harry Dean Stanton (RIP) --sorry we didn't cover this (!) but it happened in the midst of TIFF international flights and such
My New Plaid Pants good Orlando Bloom-ing morning to ya
My New Plaid Pants dueling Call Me By Your Name magazine covers
Junkee please don't call Call Me By Your Name "universal"
Women and Hollywood distribution deal for Emma Thompson in The Children Act marked for 2018
Lots more after the jump including mother! takes, Emmy aftermath, I Tonya, and the Younger season finale...
