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Best Actress Oscars Predictions (October)

Welcome to the lead actress race for 2024. With the fall film festival season now in the distance and a few potential contenders still to…

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Best Supporting Actor Oscars Predictions (October)

Welcome to the supporting actor race for 2024. With the fall film festival season now in the distance and a few potential contenders still to…

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London Film Festival Review: Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross)

Subjectivity can be a hard thing to depict in cinema. Even in the most immersive, captivating movies, there exists the perpetual sense that we, the…

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London Film Festival Review: Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot)

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” A Kierkegaard quote may strike one as an unusual jumping-off point for an…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Short Film Review: Twig (Claire Sanford)

Of all the films that I have seen so far at the Femme Filmmakers Festival, none have resonated more with urgency as Twig. This film…

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Looking for Volunteers: The 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Needs You

Filmotomy’s 9th annual Femme Filmmakers Festival is really not far away now. The online event runs again between 20th – 29th September 2024, when everyone…

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Oppenheimer and Past Lives Take Top Honours From Chicago Indie Critics

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Celine Song’s Past Live took the top honours from the Chicago Indie Critics. The later was named Best Independent Film, while…

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Final Oscars Nominations Predictions – Best Cinematography

With the Academy’s nominations announcement drawing closer by the day, it’s time to lay it all on the line with my final Oscar nomination predictions….

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American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives Lead 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, Todd Haynes’ May December, and Celine Song’s Past Lives lead the nominations for the 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards with five…

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Final Oscars Predictions – Best Actor

Well, well, well. Isn’t Best Actor shaping up to be quite the unpredictable category? It’s the comeback kid versus the new kid on the block….

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Animation and Canadian Short Films Win Spread of Awards at 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Films from H264 Distribution (winner of the Special Contribution prize) were heavy in numbers but it was Sacrebleu Productions (last year’s recipient of the Special…

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Society Of Composers And Lyricists Winners Announced

The Society Of Composers And Lyricists has announced the winners of the 3rd SCL Awards with Germaine Franco taking out the top prize for Outstanding…

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The Power of the Dog Leads 94th Academy Awards Nominations

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog leads the way at the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards with 12 nods including Best Picture, Best…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021- Day Eight

Happy Friday film lovers! Day eight of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival is looking great! There’s the weekend to look forward to as well the…

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