Tag: The Testament of Ann Lee
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The Critics Choice Awards and Their Complicated Role as an Oscar Precursor vs. Prognosticator
The Critics Choice Association will unveil its nominees on Friday, and as always, I find myself approaching the announcement with mixed feelings. For all its visibility, the ceremony has long carried an air of amateurism and a lingering question of who is actually deliberating its awards. Unlike established critical institutions such as the New York…
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2025 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Predictions – Indie Films to Watch Out For
With the results from the Gotham Film Awards now behind us, it’s time to turn toward a fresh slate of possibilities with our Independent Spirit Awards nominations predictions for 2025. The IFP Independent Spirit Awards are another organization dedicated to championing independent film in the industry. However, several buzzy titles like One Battle After Another,…
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The Fate of Searchlight in the Hands of “Ann Lee”
We hinted on the Academy Anonymous podcast that with The Testament of Ann Lee still on the bidding table one of the art-house (and Oscar friendly) specialty labels would pounce – but only after their homegrown stock either failed to launch or fizzled! There were rumblings at TIFF about Netflix jumping on board, which we…
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Predictions Updated Across All Oscar Categories!
Happy to announce that nearly all Oscar categories are officially updated with our latest predictions for which films and performers are looking good for nominations at the 2026 Oscars! Head over to the Oscar Predictions page and browse through the categories you’re most excited for to find out how the race is shaping up. This…
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TIFF 2025 Round-up: The Hits, Misses, and Surprises
The 50th annual Toronto Film Festival is winding down, so here’s a rundown of the chatter surrounding the buzziest premieres, alongside fresh reactions to films that first screened at Cannes, Venice, and Telluride. Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman drew praise for Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst’s grounded performances and authentic chemistry, as well as its quirky warmth,…
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Netflix poised to make a move on “The Testament of Ann Lee”?
By all accounts, it appeared that Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet wanted to apply the same savvy release strategy that they unfurled last year with “The Brutalist,” the runaway talk of Venice, with this year’s “The Testament of Ann Lee.” After its Venice debut, Corbet’s “The Brutalist” would go on to be acquired by A24…
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Venice Film Festival 2025: Contested Winners and a Divided Jury
The winners of the 82nd Venice Film Festival were announced on Saturday, September 6th. As expected, critics and attendees were underwhelmed by some of the jury’s choices in the main competition, while others were outraged that some of the brightest films at the Lido were completely shut out—particularly Park Chan-wook’s widely acclaimed No Other Choice.…
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Final Venice Predictions
The winners of the 82nd Venice Film Festival will be announced this Saturday, so here are our final predictions for which films might take home a prize. Recently, Ildikó Enyedi’s competition entry SILENT FRIEND received a very warm reception — great news, as she remains one of our most prominent surreal humanist filmmakers, a true expert at…
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Venice Day Six HOT TAKES: Acting Contenders Emerge in Dwayne Johnson, Amanda Seyfried, and Emily Blunt
The two biggest premieres on Day 6 of the 82nd Venice Film Festival were without question Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine—his first feature without his brother Josh—and Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, which arrives on the heels of her Oscar nomination last year for co-writing The Brutalist. Both films landed strongly with critics,…
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Venice Day Five HOT TAKES: Jim Jarmusch’s latest adored by critics; WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN and Ann Lee receive polarizing reactions
The biggest premieres of day 5 of the Venice Film Festival were the Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, Olivier Assayas’s The Wizard of the Kremlin, and first peek at Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Anne Lee. Jim Jarmusch’s minimalist style, wry humor, and poetic portraits of outsiders have made him a pioneer of independent…
