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Back to True North: Thoughts as I Return Once Again to the Toronto International Film Festival
Greetings once again from Toronto! Depending on when you read this, I’m either en route or have settled into my Airbnb here in Canada, in preparation for the Toronto International Film Festival. The 2023 edition of TIFF kicks off tomorrow, and it’s going to be something, even with the SAG and WGA strikes still going […] More
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The Top 25 Best Adapted Screenplay Winners So Far (Updated for 2023)
Alright my friends, it’s time for another one of these. Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll […] More
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23 Films to Watch at TIFF ’23
It feels like just yesterday that the curtains closed on the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, where Steven Spielberg‘s The Fabelmans took home the coveted People’s Choice Award. And yet here we are again, just a few days away from the 2023 edition. As always, the festival features an impressive lineup of films seeking to […] More
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The Best of the 2023 Telluride Film Festival
Folks, I’m back from the mountains of Colorado. Yes, I have returned from the Telluride Film Festival. In a few days, I’ll be off to Canada and the Toronto International Film Festival. At the moment, I’m home in New York City, already missing the box canyon of Telluride. You see, as much as I enjoy […] More
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Sunday Scaries: And I Just Didn’t Throw Enough Christians Into It
“The Exorcist … possessed an entire subgenre, which extended beyond horror and even cinema in general to significant influence on just about every Judeo-Christian religious group in the hemisphere. But … there is no Father Karras to exorcise this cultural demon. No filmmaker since the end of Richard Nixon’s last full year as President has […] More
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Returning for a Rocky Mountain High: Thoughts as I Head Back to the Telluride Film Festival
Around the time you read this, I’ll be en route to Telluride. Yes, I’m headed to the airport for another Rocky Mountain high…sort of. I’m headed to the mountains of Colorado, not to ski, but to the hallowed streets of Telluride for the prestigious Telluride Film Festival. After last year’s successful outing, I’m returning for […] More
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The Top 25 Best Sound Winners So Far (Updated for 2023)
Back at it! As you all know, I’m ranking the newest crop of Academy Award winners, with the column almost complete. For nearly all of the Oscar categories (including a new one today), you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated […] More
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Sunday Scaries: What Makes a Horror Movie Pop at a Film Festival?
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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The Top 25 Best Film Editing Winners So Far (Updated for 2023)
It’s time for another one, ladies and gentlemen! Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated […] More
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When Movies Show You What They Are, Believe Them the First Time
I spent my high school years in a small and conservative-bordering-on-reactionary town in the south, so Evangelical Christianity dominated the culture of my community, and The Passion of the Christ was everywhere in the spring of 2004. The crowds that I saw in my theater for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the […] More
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Awards Radar Community / Sunday Scaries: Which Film Festival Debuts the Best Horror Movies?
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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The Top 25 Best Original Song Winners So Far (Updated for 2023)
On to the newest list of the lot! Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated […] More
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