Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 11:36AM by Nathaniel R
The news just keeps coming for prestigious cinematic honors outside the US. Swiftly on the heels of the EFA longlist and Norway's Amanda Awards, the Nordic Council Film Prize has announced its five nominees for 2022...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 8:00PM by Team Experience
Animals didn't always have an easy go of it in 2021 movies. Consider Jonathan Larson's elusive super-neglected cat in tick, tick... BOOM!, wondering if its box would ever again be cleaned. Or, worse, those dalmations in Cruella demoted from loving titular characters to growling weapons. And it's best not to think too long on the fate of either bunny we meet in The Power of the Dog.
But the following animals were luckier (for the most part) winning enough screen time and giving off enough personality to become an essential part of their movies, so let's talk about them...
Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 7:00PM by Nathaniel R
The years bleed together in the world of movie awards. Quo Vadis Aida?, the Bosnian drama, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2020 before receiving an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film that same season. It lost the Oscar to 2020's European Film Awards champ, Denmark's Another Round. Now, a full movie awards season later, it has succeeded its once-vanquisher to also take the top prize at the European Film Awards. What's more two British Oscar winners last year, Promising Young Woman and The Father also picked up key prizes. The only Oscar hopeful this season that arguably got a boost from the European Awards was the animated documentary Flee, which triumphed in both of its categories, Animated Feature & Documentary Feature, a double-whammy it surely hopes to achieve again at the Oscars. You can watch the ceremony here if you're so inclined.
This has no bearing on the Oscars of course, since none of those films are eligible but it is a mild eyebrower raiser that France's Titane, Finland's Compartment No 6, Italy's The Hand of God, and Norway's Worst Person in the World, all of which are award-winning presumed threats to Oscar nominations this season, could beat the year-old Bosnian film in any of their categories. Complete list of winners after the jump...
Best International Film, EFA, Flee, Florian Zeller, Great Freedom, Lamb, Quo Vadis Aida, The Father, Titane Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:08AM Since I last piped up on the Best International Feature Film race at the upcoming Oscars, Italy released their finalist lists, and the following five countries have also picked their ponies:
BRAZIL
They're sending Aly Muritiba's Private Desert about a suspended policeman who is looking to meet his internet love. She's vanished but he finds a man who offers to connect the would-be lovers. It premiered at Venice...
Monday, October 11, 2021 at 12:34PM All you need to know about this very strange ecosystem shift in moviegoing is that an Icelandic language film (Lamb) made the overall top 10 despite having a per screen average of just $1,715. These are odd times we're living in when only blockbusters are making bank and even those aren't operating at close to full strength. There used to be 25-30 movies in wide release at any given time but there were literally only 8 in release this weekend here in the US. One wonders how the economics will all play in the future decade since streaming isn't as profitable as the traditional theatrical market and films have always been budgeted for pre-COVID realities. Will we see production values decrease in the next decade as Hollywood starts trying to make things on the cheap or just much higher subscription prices for streaming services? What did you see this past week/weekend? More notes are after the jump.
| Weekend Box Office October 8th-10th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = recommended |
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| WIDE RELEASE |
PLATFORM TITLES |
 No Time To Die |
 Lamb |
| 1 NO TIME TO DIE 🔺 $56 Deborah's Review |
1 LAMB 🔺 $1.0 in 583 theaters Cannes Capsule |
| 2 VENOM LET THERE BE CARNAGE $32 (cum. $141.6) | 2 THE JESUS MUSIC [DOC] $150K in 270 theaters (cum. $857k)... |
Black Widow, Bond James Bond, Disney, Iceland, Lamb, MCU, Marvel Studios, No Time to Die, Shang Chi, box office, moviegoing 