COMING SOON

Boots Riley dazzled with his feature film directorial debut, "Sorry To Bother You", a sci-fi, dark comedy, back in 2018. This critically acclaimed film told the story of a struggling, young African-American telemarketer (played by LaKeith Stanfield) who adopts a "white voice" to succeed at his job but soon discovers a sinister corporate scheme and forced to choose between continuing to enjoy the high life or join in with his fellow workers that are trying to unionize.

Now Riley has finally returned with his follow-up feature, "I Love Boosters", another absurdist black comedy. The teaser trailer reveals Keke Palmer who stars as the ringleader of a gang of fashion obsessed, shoplifters who target a ruthless style maven, played by Demi Moore. The rest of the impressive cast includes Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter and Don Cheadle. 

"I Love Boosters" will make its world premiere as the opening film at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in March before reaching theaters in May.

"I Love Boosters" is due in US theaters on May 22, 2026

SONG SUNG BLUE (2025)

Written & Directed by Craig Brewer

Where & When: Vista Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. January 6, 2026 3:50 PM

"Song Sung Blue", a good-natured biopic from writer/director, Craig Brewer, might be filled with the music of the popular, easy-listening songs by the singer and songwriter, Neil Diamond but the film is not directly about the soft-rock superstar. This drama is actually an endearing, fact-based, midwestern love story with the essence of the iconic pop singer planted firmly at its center. We watch as this couple encounters sweet romance, hard knocks, thrilling musical escapades and tragic events with the lively soundtrack of Diamond guiding, inspiring and financing them through their life moments.

Set in 1989 Milwaukee, Mike Sardina (Hugh Jackman) is a mechanic trying to pursue his dream of being a professional musician. Struggling to get paying gigs, he's called to fill in as the Hawaiian singer, Don Ho for an impersonator show during the Wisconsin State Fair. Refusing to perform as Ho and wanting to go on as himself under his stage name, "Lightning", he's promptly told to forget about it. On his way out, Mike comes across Claire (Kate Hudson) who is getting ready to go on stage as the late country music vocalist, Patsy Cline. They strike up some small talk with Claire suggesting he would be better suited to do Neil Diamond. After watching Claire perform, Mike is impressed by her talent and dazzled by her beauty.

Seeking Claire out to help him expand upon the idea she suggested, Mike wants to offer audiences more of an experience than just being a cover artist. With Claire to be his "Thunder" by performing with him in the act, they become "Lightning and Thunder", a Neil Diamond tribute band. And it doesn't take long for the professional collaboration merges into a romantic partnership between this newly formed couple. Mike and Claire bonded tightly over their shared vision of achieving musical success on their terms. But not only do they have to try and create a show worthy of the vast songbook by Diamond, the couple are trying to raise and blend together children from their previous failed marriages; Claire’s daughter Rachel (Ella Anderson) and son, Dayna (Hudson Henley) along with Mike’s daughter, Angelina (pop singer, King Princess).

Filling out the makeshift group with guitarist, Mark (Michael Imperioli), a former "Buddy Holly" impersonator, a horn section from a soul band Mike had played with and Tom (Jim Belushi), an old friend who serves as the tour manager, Lightning and Thunder hits the road performing around Wisconsin. The act has a rough start but soon word-of-mouth spreads as their audience begins to build. This leads to an incredible moment for Lightning and Thunder when they're asked to open for a local show by the grunge rockers, Pearl Jam with vocalist, Eddie Vedder (John Beckwith) even joining them for a song.

The events that occur in "Song Sung Blue" were covered in a 2008 documentary by Greg Kohs with the same title, winning the Jury and Audience Awards at the Slamdance Film Festival. After seeing the film and shocked that it received little exposure despite the award success, Brewer was eager to tell their unimaginable story, believing that this inspirational blue-collar tale needed to be revealed to an even wider audience. Yet the director had difficulty getting this film off the ground with studios not convinced that anyone would be interested in a struggling, middle-class, middle-aged couple trying to make it in as a cover band. Thankfully, Brewer persevered, eventually finding kindred spirits to back his project to create a warm, slightly cheesy yet deeply moving melodrama.

On the surface, the feelgood "Song Sung Blue" doesn't seem like something Brewer would be behind considering his previous somber features. But "Hustle & Flow", which deals with a Memphis pimp who dreams of becoming a rapper, and the pitch-black comedy, "Black Snake Moan" that has a Mississippi bluesman trying to cure a troubled woman of her wanton ways by holding her captive in his house does share in the filmmaker's desire in chronicling the underappreciated stories involving the marginalized and striving dreamers.

Beginning his career in musical theater in his native Australia, Jackman was then called to the stages of London and New York before his spirited, razzle-dazzling eventually attracted the attention of Hollywood. As Sardina, the actor plays to his strengths, using his natural charm and easygoing manner to reveal the aspiring musician, a Vietnam War veteran which the trauma of that experience lead to years of substance abuse before managing to overcome and achieve sobriety for twenty years. With his intense determination and maintaining a positive outlook, Mike is convinced that it's simply just a matter of time before he will hit the big time.

But his faith is only shaken during a tragedy that befalls Claire, a freak accident that physically alters her body. This leaves Claire understandably morose and embittered, with Mike unsure how to help her. Hudson, who was a staple of romantic-comedies in the early aughts, is a revelation as Claire, delivering an expressive performance that reveals that she has rarely been given the opportunity to really showcase all that she's capable of doing as an actor. There's no denying that the actress occasionally brings to mind her mother, Goldie Hawn on screen with them sharing similar tics and vocal inflections. But Hudson completely embodies Claire, perfectly capturing her radiant attitude and solid midwestern accent.

In the retelling of the Sardinas' undeniably incredible story, "Song Sung Blue" doesn't completely escape all of the predictability of the standard biopic. And while much of what we see in the recounting of their lives is supposed to be true, the film isn't always successful in making everything we witness believable. Yet Brewer was able to masterfully stabilize a fine balance between broad camp and heartfelt emotions, keeping the duo's lofty aspirations entertaining and compelling. "Song Sung Blue" is uplifted by the fully committed performances (with the musical numbers expertly done by the actors) and through the inspirational power of the music by Neil Diamond.

2025 NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

The Library of Congress has finally revealed their selections of the twenty-five movies added this year to the National Film Registry. Usually announced in December, which recognizes their artistic significance while helping to ensure their preservation for generations to come. These films, which must be at least ten years old, have been named because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance and with these selections brings the number of films in the registry to 925.

Some of the films selected include an animated adventure involving a family of super-heroes from Pixar, "The Incredibles"; two musicals that starred Bing Crosby, the holiday classic, "White Christmas" and "High Society", the musical remake of "The Philadelphia Story" with songs by Cole Porter and co-stars, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly; "The Big Chill", the comedy-drama about the reunion of college friends after the death of a classmate brings them together; an early silent film with an all-black cast, "Ten Nights in a Barroom"; two films that featured Denzel Washington: the Civil War drama, "Glory" which earned the actor his first Academy Award and "Philadelphia" which teamed him with Tom Hanks in a legal drama about an attorney suing his former law firm for discrimination over firing him for being a gay man with HIV; Amy Heckerling's quintessential coming-of-age comedy, "Clueless", loosely based on Jane Austen's novel, "Emma"; "Sparrows", a silent drama that starred one of the first movie stars, Mary Pickford that had become even more powerful at this point by moving into producing her films and "Inception", Christopher Nolan's twisty, sci-fi thriller that featured an all-star cast lead by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Turner Classic Movies will screen a selection of these inductees on March 19th with TCM host and film historian, Jacqueline Stewart, who also happens to be chair of the National Film Preservation Board, will introduce the films.

Here is the complete list of the recent entries into the 2025 National Film Registry:

"The Tramp and the Dog" (1896)
"The Oath of the Sword" (1914)
"The Maid of McMillan" (1916)
"The Lady" (1925)
"Sparrows" (1926)



"Ten Nights in a Barroom" (1926)



"White Christmas" (1954)
"High Society" (1956)



"Brooklyn Bridge" (1981)
"Say Amen, Somebody" (1982)



"The Thing" (1982)
"The Big Chill" (1983)



"The Karate Kid" (1984)



"Glory" (1989)
"Philadelphia" (1993)
"Before Sunrise" (1995)



"Clueless" (1995)
"The Truman Show" (1998)
"Frida" (2002)



"The Hours" (2002)



"The Incredibles" (2004)
"The Wrecking Crew" (2008)
"Inception" (2010)
"The Loving Story" (2011)



"The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014)

2026 OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

The wait is finally over. With actors, Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman up extremely early this morning, the nominations for the 98th Annual Academy Awards were announced today and Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" became the all-time record holder for the most nominations with sixteen, breaking the previous record of fourteen total that the films, "All About Eve", "Titanic" and "La La Land" all shared. "One Battle After Another" was not far behind with thirteen which included Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson. The other Best Picture nominees, "Frankenstein", "Marty Supreme" and "Sentimental Value" all received nine nominations, "Hamnet" with eight and "Bugonia", "F1" and "Train Dreams" each with four total. "The Secret Agent" (a total of four nominations) and "Sentimental Value" are the 12th and 13th non-English language films to be nominated for both International Feature Film and Best Picture in the same year.

This year, the nominees for the new category, Best Casting was announced with the casting directors of the films, "Hamnet", "Marty Supreme", "Sinners", "The Secret Agent", and "One Battle After Another" being recognized for the first time. With "Bugonia", Emma Stone became the youngest woman to achieve seven career nominations, earning nods this year for Best Picture and Best Actress while Timothée Chalamet became the youngest actor since Marlon Brando to receive three Best Actor nominations by the age of thirty. Amy Madigan heard her name called for the first time in forty years, being recognized as Best Supporting Actress for her eerie turn in "Weapons". She had been nominated in the same category of Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama, "Twice in a Lifetime" back in 1985. And Diane Warren earned her seventeenth career nomination for Best Original Song with "Dear Me" from the documentary about the songwriter, "Diane Warren: Relentless" but she still hasn't won a competitive Oscar. But one of the major surprises was the follow-up musical, "Wicked: For Good" being completely shut-out after the first part of the film scored an impressive ten nominations last year.

The 98th Academy Awards will be held Sunday, March 15th, at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and broadcast live on ABC and Hulu with Conan O’Brien returning as host.

Here is the complete list of nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards:

Best Picture:

"Bugonia"
"F1"
"Frankenstein"
"Hamnet"
"Marty Supreme"
"One Battle After Another"
"The Secret Agent"
"Sentimental Value"
"Sinners"
"Train Dreams"

Best Director:

Chloé Zhao, "Hamnet"
Josh Safdie, "Marty Supreme"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Joachim Trier, "Sentimental Value"
Ryan Coogler, "Sinners"

Best Original Screenplay:

Robert Kaplow, "Blue Moon"
Jafar Panahi (Script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian), "It Was Just an Accident"
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, "Marty Supreme"
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, "Sentimental Value"
Ryan Coogler, "Sinners"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Will Tracy, "Bugonia"
Guillermo del Toro, "Frankenstein"
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, "Hamnet"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, "Train Dreams"

Best Actress In A Leading Role:

Jessie Buckley, "Hamnet"
Rose Byrne, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Kate Hudson, "Song Sung Blue"
Renate Reinsve, "Sentimental Value"
Emma Stone, "Bugonia"

Best Actor In A Leading Role:

Timothée Chalamet, "Marty Supreme"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "One Battle after Another"
Ethan Hawke, "Blue Moon"
Michael B. Jordan, "Sinners"
Wagner Moura, "The Secret Agent"

Best Actress In A Supporting Role:

Elle Fanning, "Sentimental Value"
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, "Sentimental Value"
Amy Madigan, "Weapons"
Wunmi Mosaku, "Sinners"
Teyana Taylor, "One Battle after Another"

Best Actor In A Supporting Role:

Benicio Del Toro, "One Battle after Another"
Jacob Elordi, "Frankenstein"
Delroy Lindo, "Sinners"
Sean Penn, "One Battle after Another"
Stellan Skarsgård, "Sentimental Value"

Best International Feature Film:

"O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent)" (Brazil)
"Un simple accident (It Was Just an Accident)" (France)
"Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value)" (Norway)
"Sirāt" (Spain)
"صوت هند رجب (The Voice of Hind Rajab)" (Tunisia)

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Arco"
"Elio"
"KPop Demon Hunters"
"Little Amélie or the Character of Rain"
"Zootopia 2"

Best Animated Short Film:

"Butterfly"
"Forevergreen"
"The Girl Who Cried Pearls"
"Retirement Plan"
"The Three Sisters"

Best Documentary Feature Film:

"The Alabama Solution"
"Come See Me in the Good Light"
"Cutting Through Rocks"
"Mr. Nobody against Putin"
"The Perfect Neighbor"

Best Documentary Short Film:

"All the Empty Rooms"
"Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud"
"Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
"The Devil Is Busy"
"Perfectly a Strangeness"

Best Live Action Short Film:

"Butcher’s Stain"
"A Friend of Dorothy"
"Jane Austen’s Period Drama"
"The Singers"
"Two People Exchanging Saliva"

Best Cinematography:

Dan Laustsen, "Frankenstein"
Darius Khondji, "Marty Supreme"
Michael Bauman, "One Battle After Another"
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, "Sinners"
Adolpho Veloso, "Train Dreams"

Best Film Editing:

Stephen Mirrione, "F1"
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, "Marty Supreme"
Andy Jurgensen, "One Battle after Another"
Olivier Bugge Coutté, "Sentimental Value"
Michael P. Shawver, "Sinners"

Best Production Design:

"Frankenstein" (Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)
"Hamnet (Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton)
"Marty Supreme" (Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis)
"One Battle after Another" (Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino)
"Sinners" (Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne)

Best Original Score:

Jerskin Fendrix, "Bugonia"
Alexandre Desplat, "Frankenstein"
Max Richter, "Hamnet"
Jonny Greenwood, "One Battle After Another"
Ludwig Göransson, "Sinners"

Best Original Song:

"Dear Me" from "Diane Warren: Relentless" (Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren)
"Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters" (Music and Lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park)
"I Lied To You” from "Sinners" (Music and Lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson)
"Sweet Dreams Of Joy" from "Viva Verdi!" (Music and Lyrics by Nicholas Pike)
"Train Dreams" from "Train Dreams" (Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave)

Best Casting:

Nina Gold, "Hamnet"
Jennifer Venditti, "Marty Supreme"
Cassandra Kulukundis, "One Battle After Another"
Gabriel Domingues, "The Secret Agent"
Francine Maisler, "Sinners"

Best Costume Design:

Deborah L. Scott, "Avatar: Fire and Ash"
Kate Hawley, "Frankenstein"
Malgosia Turzanska, "Hamnet"
Miyako Bellizzi, "Marty Supreme"
Ruth E. Carter, "Sinners"

Best Makeup And Hairstyling:

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey, "Frankenstein"
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu, "Kokuho"
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry, "Sinners"
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein, "The Smashing Machine"
Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, "The Ugly Stepsister"

Best Sound:

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta, "F1"
Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern, "Frankenstein"
José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor, "One Battle After Another"
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker, "Sinners"
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas, "Sirāt"

Best Visual Effects:

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett, "Avatar: Fire and Ash"
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson, "F1"
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould, "Jurassic World Rebirth"
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin, "The Lost Bus"
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean, "Sinners"

WINNERS OF THE 2025 GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS

The 2025 Golden Globes have been presented in a ceremony that was a tasteful and glamourous event full of the expected star-power. Gone are the days of drunken antics, rude, off-color jokes and controversial statements. After years of debauched gatherings while still trying of be taken seriously, these Globes are apparently now meant to be halcyon affairs. Yet this award show has blended in to simply become routine, a deeply serious Golden Globes that has managed to make the Academy Awards seem like a wild and crazy party.

The Globes still has the distinction of being the first of the major award shows and the 83rd edition created buzz for the potential winners (and nominees) that will lead us to the close of award season with the still distinguished, all-important Oscars.

Nikki Glaser returned as host and once again delivered stinging yet harmless jokes at the glittering crowd, making sure to let them know she was kidding following her punchline. She brought some much needed levity to the staid ceremony but the only other moment really occurred when director Judd Apatow came out to present the Best Director prize, offering a rambling yet humorous stand-up routine. No musical numbers (Sorry, Nikki but your brief attempt at a musical-comedy segment, thankfully stopped by Fran Drescher, was strained at best) and not even a brief in-memoriam. All we got from the show was Glaser's brief comedy bits, the announcement of the award winners and their acceptance speeches.

Surprisingly, the tense and troubling political atmosphere we're currently in now made little noise at this event beyond the subtle "Be Good" buttons that some stars wore. I was really expecting somebody to go off, angry and defiant to deliver fiery words that would inspire and offer some much needed encouragement. But that did not happen. We just got people sounding off the traditional laundry list of thanking family members, work colleagues and their fellow nominees. Not only did the Golden Globes play it safe but so unexpectedly did Hollywood.

Here are a list the winners of the 2025 Golden Globes Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Picture (Drama): "Hamnet"
Best Picture (Musical or Comedy): "One Battle After Another"
Best Director (Motion Picture): Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Best Screenplay (Motion Picture): Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Motion Picture (Drama): Wagner Moura, "The Secret Agent"
Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Motion Picture (Musical Or Comedy): Timothée Chalamet, "Marty Supreme"
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Motion Picture (Drama): Jessie Buckley, "Hamnet"
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Motion Picture (Musical Or Comedy): Rose Byrne, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture: Stellan Skarsgård, "Sentimental Value"
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture: Teyana Taylor, "One Battle After Another"
Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language): "The Secret Agent" (Brazil)
Best Picture (Animated): "KPop Demon Hunters"
Best Original Song (Motion Picture): "Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters" (Music by: Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun Lyrics by: Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick)
Best Original Score (Motion Picture): Ludwig Göransson, "Sinners"
Cinematic And Box Office Achievement: "Sinners"

MORE 2025 AWARDS NEWS

Award season is moving into high gear with the guilds announcing their nominees for the best in cinema of 2025. The actors, cinematographers, directors and producers have revealed their selections of nominations as well as another major critics group, the National Society of Film Critics selected their winners.

"One Battle After Another" continues its awards sweep with Paul Thomas Anderson's black comedy thriller was named Best Picture during the 2025 awards by the National Society of Film Critics. Anderson received Best Director while co-stars, Teyana Taylor and Benicio del Toro won Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor for their work in the film. Now in their sixtieth year, the NSFC, which has consists of more than sixty of the most prominent film critics in the country, voted on January 3rd during in-person gatherings and virtually. Kathleen Chalfant, the veteran performer was awarded Best Actress for her performance in "Familiar Touch", an indie drama that follows a woman as she transitions to life in assisted living while contending with her cognitive decline while Best Actor went to Ethan Hawke for his transformative work in "Blue Moon" where he plays musical theater composer, Lorenz Hart.

Here is the complete list of winners from the 2025 National Society of Film Critics:

Best Picture: "One Battle After Another"
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, "It Was Just an Accident"
Best Actress: Kathleen Chalfant, "Familiar Touch"
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, "Blue Moon"
Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor, "One Battle After Another"
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, "One Battle After Another"
Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, "Sinners"
Best Film Not in the English Language: "The Secret Agent" (Brazil)
Best Nonfiction Film: "My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow"
Best Experimental Film:"Morning Circle"
Special Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution: "Landmarks"

SAG-AFTRA announced the nominations for their 2025 acting awards with them now being called "The Actor Awards" in their 31st year. "One Battle After Another" leads in the nominations with seven while Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" follows with five. The most glaring outcome from these nominations is the complete omission of the acclaimed performances by actors in films that are not in the English language like "The Secret Agent", "Sentimental Value" and "No Other Choice". I'm fairly certain that when the Oscar nominations are revealed in a few weeks that we will see a few actors from some of these films being recognized in the acting categories. Netflix will stream the Actor Awards on March 1st.

Here is the list of nominations for the 2025 Actor Awards (Motion Picture):

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture:

"Frankenstein"
"Hamnet"
"Marty Supreme"
"One Battle After Another"
"Sinners"

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role:

Jessie Buckley, "Hamnet"
Rose Byrne, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Kate Hudson, "Song Sung Blue"
Chase Infiniti, "One Battle After Another"
Emma Stone, "Bugonia"

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role:

Timothée Chalamet, "Marty Supreme"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "One Battle After Another"
Ethan Hawke, "Blue Moon"
Michael B. Jordan, "Sinners"
Jesse Plemons, "Bugonia"

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role:

Odessa A’zion, "Marty Supreme"
Ariana Grande, "Wicked: For Good"
Amy Madigan, "Weapons"
Wunmi Mosaku, "Sinners"
Teyana Taylor, "One Battle After Another"

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role:

Miles Caton, "Sinners"
Benicio Del Toro, "One Battle After Another"
Jacob Elordi, "Frankenstein"
Paul Mescal, "Hamnet"
Sean Penn, "One Battle After Another"

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture:

"F1"
"Frankenstein"
"Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning"
"One Battle After Another"
"Sinners"

The Directors Guild of America revealed their feature film nominees on January 8th for the 78th DGA Annual Awards and the filmmakers behind "One Battle After Another", "Sinners", "Frankenstein", "Marty Supreme" and "Hamnet" were recognized for Best Direction of a Feature Film. Nominations for direction in Feature Documentaries and First-time Feature film were also announced. The DGA Awards ceremony is set to be presented on February 7th at the Beverly Hilton.

Here are the nominations of the 2025 DGA Awards (Feature Films):

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film:

Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Ryan Coogler, "Sinners"
Guillermo Del Toro, "Frankenstein"
Josh Safdie,"Marty Supreme"
Chloé Zhao, "Hamnet"

First Time Theatrical Feature Film:

Ava Victor, "Sorry, Baby"
Hasan Hadi, "The President’s Cake"
Harry Lighton, "Pillion"
Charlie Polinger, "The Plague"
Alex Russell, "Lurker"

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Feature Film:

Mstyslav Chernov,"2000 Meters to Andriivk"
Getta Gandbhir,"The Perfect Neighbor"
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, "Cutting Through Rocks"
Elizabeth Lo, "Mistress Dispeller"
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus, "Cover-Up"

The American Society of Cinematographers have delivered their nominees for the year’s best in cinematography for the 2025 ASC Awards. The technicians behind the camera of the films, "Frankenstein", "One Battle After Another", "Sinners", "Marty Supreme" and "Train Dreams" were honored. The winners of the 40th annual ASC Awards will be revealed at the Beverly Hilton on March 8th.

Here are the nominations for the 2025 ASC Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Theatrical Feature Film Cinematography:

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, "Sinners"
Michael Bauman "One Battle After Another"
Darius Khondji, "Marty Supreme"
Dan Laustsen, "Frankenstein"
Adolpho Veloso, "Train Dreams"

Best Documentary Cinematography:

Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko, "2000 Meters from Andriivka"
Brandon Somerhalder, "Come See Me in the Good Light"
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen, "Folktales"

And today, the Producers Guild of America has released their picks for the 37th Annual PGA Awards. The producers behind the feature films, "Bugonia", "F1", "Frankenstein", "Hamnet", "Marty Supreme", "One Battle After Another", "Sentimental Value", "Sinners", "Train Dreams" and "Weapons" have been nominated this year. The PGA Awards will be held on February 28th at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Here are the nominations for the 2025 PGA Awards (Motion Picture):

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, "Bugonia"
TBD, "F1"
Guillermo Del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, "Frankenstein"
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Nicolas Gonda, "Hamnet"
TBD, "Marty Supreme"
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, "Sentimental Value"
Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian, "Sinners"
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, William Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, "Train Dreams"
Zach Cregger and Miri Yoon, "Weapons"

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Damon Ross, "The Bad Guys 2"
TBD, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle"
Mary Alice Drumm, "Elio"
Michelle L.M. Wong, "KPop Demon Hunters"
Yvett Merino, "Zootopia 2"

COMING SOON

Happy 2026 and here’s to a new year filled with more exciting and intriguing movies. One of the upcoming films I’m looking forward to seeing is "Mother Mary", the latest feature from David Lowery, the director behind the innovative features, "Ain't Them Bodies Saints", "A Ghost Story" and "The Green Knight". This psychological thriller takes place in the outlandish world of modern pop music.

Anne Hathaway plays Mother Mary, a pop superstar who is in need of a show-stopping dress for an upcoming tour. Mary approaches Sam (Michaela Coel), a costume designer that she had previously worked with but they hadn't spoken to each other in many years due to a falling out. Sam, who had a very close friendship with Mary, agrees to do this project however the dress will be created under her terms.

Original songs in "Mother Mary" have been provided by pop musicians, Charli XCX, FKA Twigs (who also makes an appearance in the film) and one of current top producers working in popular music today, Jack Antonoff. Hunter Schafer and Kaia Gerber also co-star in the film.


"Mother Mary" will be in US theaters on April 17, 2026