Katie Walsh’s Top 10 Films Of 2016
Every year when I do this, I try to find a theme among the films that stuck with me for the year. Sometimes it’s women directors or the American Dream or the triumph of the human spirit. I find that those theme...
Download Over 40 Oscar-Contending Screenplays: ‘Silence,’ ‘Moonlight,’ ’20th Century Women’ ‘Arrival’ & More
Have you been struggling to type out that script? The one you’ve sat on for the past few months/years or so? Trying to figure out how to make it work? Hell, do you need some help getting it started in the first...
4 Quadrant Podcast Ep 7: Top 10 Movies Of 2016 With Peter Debruge
We are joined this week by Variety's Chief Film Critic Peter Debruge and just in time to talk top 10s. There was a lot of crossover with both of our lists, but even when we agreed it got...interesting. But, do...
Gregory Ellwood’s Top 10 Movies of 2016: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Personal Shopper,’ ‘Rogue One’
2016 needs to end for so many reasons. Frankly, I’m not convinced 2017 will actually be better, but at least there is always the hope great new movies will distract us from the authoritarian government that is ...
The 25 Best Action Sequences Of 2016
A few weeks into our annual year-end binge of the Best and Worst of the movies in 2016, and we’ve looked at the finest trailers and posters, the best movies and TV shows, the breakthrough directors and actors, ...
We Knew The 2017 SAG Awards Nominations Would Surprise But…’Captain Fantastic’?
Now in its 23rd year, the SAG Awards and its nomination committee in particular are starting to get a reputation. It might not be a good one. In the film categories, the actors had competitive races in Femal...
‘Manchester By The Sea’ Leads SAG Award Nominees
The march toward the Oscars continues, and if you want an idea of how the acting nominations might shake out there, the SAG Awards are good place to start. "Manchester By The Sea" led the way with four nomin...
The 25 Best Films Of 2016
Those of us who call it home can kind of take it for granted, but it's an honor and a pleasure to be part of a collective effort like The Playlist, and that's never made more abundantly clear than when we compi...
Best & Worst Of The 2017 Golden Globe Awards Nominations: Thandie Newton, ‘Deadpool,’ ‘Moonlight’
The HFPA gives birth to awards season dreams and the HFPA crushes them. Well, that's what they like to think. The Golden Globe Awards are nothing more really than a marketing exercise to get people to buy ticke...
‘La La Land’ Leads 2017 Golden Globes Nominations
The past few weeks have seen countless critics guilds and other organizations start handing out their honors for the best of 2016, but now it's time for the big guns of the awards season with the Golden Globes ...