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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of April 28th – ‘Anora’ Takes Her Oscars to the Criterion Collection
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, our latest Best Picture winner comes home, with Anora in fact immediately joining the Criterion Collection. Today also features a pair of other Criterion releases, including another Sean Baker film, while a ton of 4K re-releases hit shelves. Read on for more. Joey’s Top Pick Anora (Criterion […] More
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The Top 25 Best Original Screenplay Winners So Far (Updated for 2025)
Moving right along folks! 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 to the Honorable Mention […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #232.5: Joey Interviews Oscar Winners Sean Baker, Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, and More!
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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‘Anora’ Got Her Fairy Tale Ending at the Oscars
Anora is, at its core, about the American Dream. It’s about the fantasy aspect of it, as well as the cold and stark realities of it. Hell, it’s even about the impossibility of it, given the modern world and circumstances that many a citizen live in. That Sean Baker does it in such a fun […] More
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Sean Baker Makes History as First To Win Four Oscars for the Same Film
Some Oscar history happened Sunday night at the Academy Awards. Sean Baker took home four Oscars, winning for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing, all for Anora. The fact that it was for the same movie is what makes this so special. Why? Well, it’s never been done before. Baker […] More
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40th Spirit Awards Give Top Prizes to ‘Anora’
The 40th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were held this evening, signaling one of the final awards of the season. Anora led the way with three wins, taking Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker, and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison. You can see the full list of winners in all categories below, while […] More
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Awards Radar Community: Do You Think ‘Anora’ is Winning Best Picture?
Tomorrow will mark just one week until the Academy Awards. Crazy, right? It feels like it’s a lifetime away, until it’s just a matter of days. So, with the Oscars so clearly on the horizon, one of the big questions of the season is on our minds. In fact, it’s this week’s Awards Radar Community […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #228: Joey and Myles Talk BAFTA, Preview SAG, and Get Into the ‘Anora’ vs ‘Conclave’ Debate
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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‘Anora’ Named Best Picture by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Last night, the Vancouver Film Critics Circle handed out their awards for 2024. Taking Best Picture was Anora, which also won Best Female Actor for Mikey Madison. You can see the rest of the results below, where A Real Pain was the only other non-Canadian film to pick up multiple prizes. Take a look and […] More
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‘Anora’ and ‘Nickel Boys’ Win at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards
Just a few moments ago, the Writers Guild Awards announced their big winners, continuing to clarify the Oscar race. Taking the WGA prize in Original Screenplay was Anora and Sean Baker, while Adapted Screenplay went to Nickel Boys and RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes. The former really feels like the one to beat at the […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: ‘Anora’ is One Big Guild Win Away From Ending This Race
Happy Valentine’s Day, folks! Hopefully you’re all celebrating love today. If any film right now is feeling the love, it’s Sean Baker‘s Anora. This weekend prior saw it pull arguably three upsets at the culmination of the critics prize section of awards season in the Critics Choice Awards, as well as two of the most […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #227: Joey and Myles Discuss the Big Weekend ‘Anora’ Had, Give Themselves Over to ‘The Monkey’ and Its Evil Ways, Before Talking About ‘Captain America: Brave New World’
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














