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Awards Radar TV’s: The Best of Television 2022
At Awards Radar, we know the staggering amount of content available to watch these days. For that reason we have allowed our writers an extra few weeks to take in all the amazing content that made up 2022. As is tradition, every Groundhog Day (or close to it) the Awards Radar TV team puts down […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The State of the Race After Nominations
The dust has settled. Some (but not all) of the hot takes have cooled. The Academy Award nominations are almost two weeks old now, so it’s high time to dig in and tinker with those predictions. Now, realistically, not much changes when you do a first post-nomination update. So much of Phase Two of the […] More
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in Interviews, TV
Interview: ‘Dear Edward’ Red Carpet Premiere Conversations
The new Apple TV+ series Dear Edward got off to a great start with a star-studded red carpet at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The show follows Edward (Colin O’Brien), the lone survivor of a plane crash, and the many people affected and moving through stages of grief. […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #122: ‘The Last of Us’ Episode Three, A Sundance Recap, Plus More From Joey, Myles, and Steve!
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Interview: Justin Spitzer On What Differentiates ‘American Auto’ From Other Workplace Comedies
American Auto is back with a season two that promises more smart humor, social satire and workplace hijinks from a hilariously inept team at Payne Motors. Leading the charge is pharmaceutical executive turned automobile manufacturer who has never even driven a car before, Katherine Hastings (played by Ana Gasteyer. The series is the brain child […] More
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The Best of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
Well, that’s now a wrap on the 2023 Sundance Film Festival for me! This only marks my fourth year fully covering it overall, with one year almost a decade ago being in person, as well as the last two years from home. Of course, last year wound up going that route at the last minute, […] More
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Talking More ‘The Last of Us’ (tendrils and all) + ‘The Legend of Vox Machina’
We’re just four FUN-GUYS (aka fungis) continuing our coverage of HBO’s The Last of Us, and there are more tendrils than ever. Just what the mycologist ordered. Tune in for our reactions, from video game noob perspective to those of us who have completed the whole thing “on hard” mode, Norm. Because of some of […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of January 30th – ‘Bones and All’ Feasts on the Slight Competition
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, Bones and All is really the only notable film, so no points for guessing what gets top pick. As for the other things hitting shelves today, at least there’s also a Criterion Collection release. Read on for more… Joey’s Top Pick Bones and All Even though I […] More
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in Festivals, Interviews
Sundance Film Festival Interview: Glorimar Marrero Sánchez Explains the Meaning of ‘The Fishbowl’
At the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Puerto Rico received a rare opportunity to show an authentic representation of its society and people. For director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez and her debut feature film La Pecera (The Fishbowl), that reality was not the postcard-ready image of the island, but a society still reeling from the effects of […] More
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Who/What Do You Think Were in Sixth Place at the Oscar Nominations?
Folks, the Oscar nominations have been sitting in our minds for a few days now. Often, I like to wait a bit before I do some of these kinds of pieces. On the one hand, it can make some of the immediate emotions feel less fresh. On the other hand, however, it allows for perhaps […] More