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You’re more than forgiven if the Academy Awards have not been on your radar this year. Aside from several gigantic, earth-shaking distractions, the movie business went through unprecedented shifts in 2020, both due to the pandemic and as part of the overall change to where, when and how we watch films. There were few blockbusters — and even the marquee films that appeared on streaming services did not, for the most part, light the world on fire. Many movies struggled to pull attention in a ...

Disney-owned Hulu acquired the rights to “Changing the Game,” a documentary on biological boys and girls in high school who wish to compete in sporting events of the opposite sex. The documentary will begin streaming July 1 and is part of the streaming service’s “LGBT Pride Month.” As one could have predicted in today’s woke entertainment space, “Changing the Game” has received high acclaim. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. That year, it took honors as Best Docum...

Its completely blown our minds - My Octopus Teacher bags Bafta Award 14 April 2021 1:04 PM South African documentary film My Octopus Teacher has won a Bafta Award for Best Documentary. The 2021 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards took place during a virtual ceremony on Sunday 11 April. The film, which was produced for Netflix, follows South African filmmaker Craig Foster as he develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus while exploring a kelp forest near Simons...

Maury Phillips/Getty Images With the Oscars just around the corner, here’s a question for you: What do the following movies have in common? “Blade Runner” (1982) “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” (2003) “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012) “Hail, Caesar!” (2016) “Pearl Harbor” (2001) No, they’re not all Academy Award winners — “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” got robbed! — but they all made use of L.A.’s Union...

Notes On The Season: Oscars’ Global Nominees Head West; Carey Mulligan On Hosting ‘SNL’, Her Nail Surprise And How Bradley Cooper Saved Her Deadline 3 hrs ago A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. This weekend marks the first-ever movie awards season Deadline Contenders featuring only nominees. After first doing three different Contenders Film events in January, we are now narrowing it to those who made the cut at the Oscars, BAFTA, and various guilds. A t...

SXSW Film Alumni Releases – April 2021 We know you just got off the couch reeling with excitement from all of the Film Festival screenings last month during SXSW Online, but we have some more goodies for April. Buckle up! SXSW Film Festival alumni films on release this month include WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn – a documentary following the rise of frenetic founder Adam Neumann; a journey through the halls of high school from the view of a 14-year-old pubesce...

Amy Winehouse’s mother has come forward to share her late daughter’s story. On Wednesday, the BBC announced that Janis Winehouse will be releasing a documentary about the singer titled "Amy Winehouse: 10 Years On," marking the 10th anniversary of her death. "I don’t feel the world knew the true Amy, the one I brought up," the matriarch said in a press release, per the outlet. "I’m looking forward to the opportunity to offer an understanding of her roots and a deeper insight into the rea...

My Octopus Teacher and Time. Of these, three are available to watch in India and one of them actually has an Indian connection. NDTV veteran and nature documentary filmmaker Swati Thiyagarajan is the production manager and one of the associate producers on My Octopus Teacher. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, the 85-minute documentary follows the unusual relationship that develops between filmmaker Craig Foster and a female octopus in a kelp forest in South Africa. The film has stunni...

How to Stream the 2021 Oscar Nominees Mar 26, 2021 Oscar season is upon us, and with that comes the anxious need to check all the nominated films off your to-watch list ahead of the ceremony. In the time of quarantine, most of the year’s nominated films are available to stream, meaning you barely have to move from your couch, bed, or pillow fort to get a quality cinematic experience. Peruse the nominated features available below, and keep checking back between now and the 93rd Acad...

  Films from South Africa and Tunisia are in the running for next months Oscars, which have been delayed because of the pandemics impact on production schedules. My Octopus Teacher is a documentary focused on a friendship forged between a South African filmmaker and a creature in the Atlantic Ocean.