A column about how this unusual awards season recalls a year when the Academy moved away from blockbusters to independent productions.
Matt writes: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic preventing our writers from attending the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival in person this year, our Managing Editor Brian Tallerico is still screening all of the highlights remotely. Keep your eyes peeled each day for his latest dispatches from the festival, which kicked off September 10th and runs through Sunday, September 20th. A few of the hotly anticipated titles he's reviewed thus far are Francis Lee's "Ammonite," starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, Regina King's "One Night in Miami," starring Leslie Odom Jr., and Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland," starring Frances McDormand.
A Far-Flung Correspondent looks back at Alan Parker's powerful visual presentation of racial hatred and its virulent terror.
An article about the TIFF Tribute Awards being presented this year on television with Chloé Zhao being awarded the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
A tribute to the versatile director.
An interview with the star of Fargo, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Love, and the upcoming Hulu comedy Palm Springs, with Andy Samberg.
An interview with Gil Robertson, president of the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), which will hold its 11th annual ceremony on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020.
Far Flung Correspondent Gerardo Valero on the 2017 Oscar-winning film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
A look back at one of the messiest awards seasons in Oscar history.
A report from the first day of the Television Critics Association press tour, with the latest on "Deadwood," "Sharp Objects," Jennifer Garner's "Camping" and more.
A special edition of Thumbnails spotlighting the efforts being made to amplify diverse voices in film criticism following the report by Dr Stacy Smith at USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
A look at the disparity between male and female directors and the people fighting to correct it.
