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The Top 25 Best Costume Design Winners So Far (Updated for 2024)
Well, here comes another one, folks. Continuing with 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 […] More
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The Top 25 Best Makeup & Hairstyling Winners So Far (Updated for 2024)
My friends, it’s time to continue this series. As this is 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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The Top 25 Best Production Design Winners So Far (Updated for 2024)
Well, we’re back at it! 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 […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of March 11th – ‘Poor Things’ Brings Its Newly Minted Oscars Home
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, we have the Academy Award winning Poor Things hitting shelves, alongside a fellow a nominee in The Color Purple, as well as 2023 contenders like Ferrari and Wish. Throw in a fun romantic comedy in Anyone But You, plus more, and there’s lots to dig into today. […] More
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The Fourth Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part Two): The Ten Best Films of 2023
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time again! There are few things a writer in this industry looks forward to more than doing their year end Top Ten list. Even with the sort of unusual years that were the last few, I still saw well over 300 films each year, and that includes here in 2023, […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #169: Joey and Myles Are Joined By Steve to Put a Bow on 2023!
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: Chatting About the Wild Madness of ‘Poor Things’ with Writer Tony McNamara
Ever since the Telluride Film Festival, I’ve been fairly obsessed with Poor Things. It’s just such a mad work of genius, from top to bottom. As you’ve seen, I’ve already spoken to some of the talents behind it including Willem Dafoe (here) and the duo of Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone (here), but one conversation […] More
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Interview: Discussing ‘Poor Things’ and the Fun of Being an Actor with Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is one of the best actors in the business. Watch him in anything and you’ll see that. I’m always curious what film roles he selects, very much due to his massive talents. When he signed on to make a Yorgos Lanthimos movie, I knew we were all in for a treat. He did […] More
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Interview: Talking to Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone About Their Latest Brilliant Collaboration in ‘Poor Things’
It sure seems like Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone have got something special going on. What started on The Favourite has been elevated to incredible new heights with Poor Things, the best work either of them have ever done, which is really saying something. To watch them in action is to stand in awe of […] More
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On the Radar… (December Edition)
The last month of 2023! Time to enjoy holiday cheer, YouTuber implosions, and get prepared for the worst and most exhausting election year of our lifetimes. We also have the last slate of this year’s feature films coming out, many of which are among the most anticipated of the entire year, and surprisingly, I’m not […] More
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Interview: Chatting About ‘Poor Things’ with Producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe
Poor Things is one of my favorite films of the year, but beyond that, it’s among the most distinctive works in some time. Producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe have the task of helping director Yorgos Lanthimos achieve that with as much ease as possible. Considering the ambition that’s on the screen, that’s truly something, […] More
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Searchlight Pictures Releases Extended Look Trailer at ‘Poor Things’
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Tony McNamara, the film will release exclusively in theatres on December 8. More














