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Oscars 2025: who will likely win, who should win, and who barely deserves to be there

While there are a number of well-made films among this year’s best picture nominees, only one feels like a genuine contender.

Ari Mattes

Every so often a film comes along that’s so good we find ourselves forgetting to breathe. Inside is one of those films.

Marketing is critical to the success of commercial films, and companies will often spend half as much again on top of the production budget to let...

Christmas films appear in many guises. There is the witty (Christmas in Connecticut, Scrooged). The comedic (It Happened on 5th Avenue, National...

Investing in film and TV productions is a risky venture. Even the best directors and producers are just a flop away from ruining their careers. So...

For a documentary to be successful, it needs to be proficiently made and, more importantly, focus on a subject of interest to the viewer. Let’s...

In an early scene in Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s Birdeater, we catch a glimpse of a poster of Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright (1971). More than in any...