There are many different ways to measure a terrific film awards season.   Last year, “Barbenheimer” put two billion-dollar blockbusters at the center of the awards chatter. “Barbie” settled for an Oscar and a “box office achievement” Golden Globe, while “Oppenheimer” fulfilled its promise as the first (much-needed) awards season megahit and awards juggernaut in […]

The race for the animated feature Oscar includes everything from billion-dollar grossing blockbuster “Inside Out 2” to festival favorites “Chicken for Linda” and Memoir of a Snail,” as well as a huge range of techniques, aesthetics and storytelling, proving that this category remains the most inventive and artistically challenging one in awards season.

Now that the historically nasty, contentious presidential election of 2024 is over, don’t let down your guard just yet. There’s another war percolating that most certainly could boil over come a day meant for expressing gratitude for loved ones. You guessed it: Thanksgiving. Whether your candidate won or not, there’s gonna be trouble at Thanksgiving […]

Nicely Entertainment has picked up global rights to director Ate de Jong’s romantic drama “My Country Heart,” which features 17 original songs. “We’re thrilled to be representing ‘My Country Heart.’ The film offers amazing original music, uplifting romance and is certain to find its stride with global audiences,” Vanessa Shapiro, Nicely’s CEO said in a statement. […]

Matt Lichtenberg had what he calls his “come to Jesus” moment during a bus ride through the Bronx in the late 1970s. At the time, he was drifting. He had left New Paltz College in upstate New York to study photography at the University of Buffalo, then, at the urging of his father, transferred to […]