Now that you've seen it, what did you think? "Today? Why, it's Disclosure Day!" 👽 Do you believe? Now in theaters worldwide is Disclosure Day, the highly anticipated sci-fi movie from master filmmaker Steven Spielberg. With a script by his regular collaborator David Koepp & a story direct from Spielberg's mind that he crafted during the UFO/UAP craze a few years ago, comes a grand adventure…

Are film festivals still important? How relevant are they nowadays? Is there something strange going on with film festivals worldwide that no one is talking about? These are some of the prominent questions on my mind in 2026 as the year rattles on. From Sundance to Berlinale to SXSW to Cannes and eventually right to Telluride/TIFF/Venice in the fall, there's always another edition of each…

The 98th Academy Awards are finally upon us and it's time to watch the show and discover the winners of the most prestigious award in Hollywood. The Oscars have played out over a long winter, finally wrapping up this year's awards season in mid March – which feels a bit too much of a wait. Now it's time to hand out all the golden statues. Awards will be marked below in the list alongside noms.…

Big news from London! I don't usually cover the BAFTA Awards from the UK but this win deserves a special mention. Last night at the BAFTA ceremony in London, which is essentially the UK version of the Academy Awards, a young English actor named Robert Aramayo won the Best Actor award. He took the top prize for Best Actor over other more well-known names like Leonardo DiCaprio (for One Battle…

"When it's 50% figured out, let's just start. I just want the cameras to be rolling when s&!t falls down." Listen in! The Directors Guild of America has posted their full-on 2 hour, 20 minute conversation with the five nominated directors from this year for the DGA Award (full list of winners here). This conversation was recorded at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles on February 7th - right before…

"What we do here and what we support is something that cannot be corralled by straight business." Time to wrap it up. I'm on my way home from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival after viewing a grand total of 54 films across 10 days. It was also a very special celebration. This was my 20th year in a row (believe it!) covering the Sundance Film Festival in Utah for FirstShowing. A monumental…