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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media As streaming continues to dominate the film and TV industry, many Gen Z movie watchers are opting out and choosing physical formats instead.

DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

'Avatar: Fire And Ash' arrived on the lower end of expectations in North America with $88 million.

Full weekend box office chart: bit.ly/4oJSW9F#box-office

‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ Review: The Bikini Bottom Crew Triumphs in Another Rollicking Undersea Comedy Regulars Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Bill Fagerbakke return to the franchise, along with guests George Lopez, Sherry Cola, Regina Hall and Mark Hamill.

For a fun-filled family flick, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS delivers another rib-tickling, delightfully frantic fourth installment! My @THR review.

Director Rob Reiner’s impact on film spans seven decades and some of the most beloved movies ever made. THR rounds up his best films:
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Thank you so much for following along as we selected our winners and runners-up for this year. You can see our complete results here: www.lafca.net/Years/2025.php

Big win for Brazil's Oscar submission, the marvelous "O Agente Secreto," definitely one of the best films of the year!

Another win for OBAA - Can anything stop this awards run?!

So now we are getting around to the BIG prize categories. For ya'll on the lookout for bold-face names, an awards frontrunner is our Best Director winner...

Voting has begun for Best Director. #LAFCA

A remarkably scrappy and dynamic DIY indie is our Best Doc winner

Best Screenplay goes to a foreign language film of incredible compassion and understanding

Best Lead Performance, Winners: Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, and Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON #LAFCA

Best Supporting Performance, Winners: Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, and Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA

Afternoons of Solitude

Our selection for the Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award is Albert Serra’s AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE. #LAFCA grasshopperfilm.com/film/afterno...

Best Animation, Winner: LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN #LAFCA

Our Best Editing award goes to a true New York sports yarn...

Best Production Design, Winner: Hannah Beachler, SINNERS #LAFCA

For all you EDM fans who haven't seen it yet, highly recommend our winner for Best Music Score SINNERS

And we're off - @lafilmcritics.bsky.social voting begins with the Cine award going to TRAIN DREAMS!

In only a couple of hours, @lafilmcritics.bsky.social begin voting on our 50th anni round of awards-winners. Join us to follow along with the action!

‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ Review: The Bikini Bottom Crew Triumphs in Another Rollicking Undersea Comedy Breathlessly enthusiastic trailers and cheeky online promotional campaigns (“This Christmas, They’re in Deep Ship”) have been popping up everywhere for the new SpongeBob SquarePants movie and it doesn’t even open until December 19. The enduring popularity of the long-running TV series and feature-film franchise with kids, teens, Gen Z and even Millennial fans would seem to make such intensive outreach almost unnecessary, perhaps even redundant.

‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ Review: The Bikini Bottom Crew Triumphs in Another Rollicking Undersea Comedy

‘No Other Choice’: First Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Latest Masterpiece Reveals a Korean Dad Driven to Darkness The first official trailer for Korean maestro Park Chan-wook‘s pitch-black comedy thriller No Other Choice has arrived.

The first official trailer for Korean maestro Park Chan-wook‘s pitch-black comedy thriller No Other Choice has arrived.

Daniel Day-Lewis has emerged from his retirement in a first-look photo of his new film, #Anemone. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Lewis’ son, Ronan Day-Lewis, and was co-written by both men. bit.ly/4fwXxZc

Jackie Chan Charms Locarno as He Receives Career Award: “I Am 71. I Still Can Fight” Hong Kong and global film icon Jackie Chan got a rapturous reception at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Saturday evening as he was honored with the Pardo alla Carriera, or Career Leopard award, on the Swiss town’s Piazza Grande square.

Hong Kong and global film icon Jackie Chan got a rapturous reception at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Saturday evening as he was honored with the Pardo alla Carriera, or Career Leopard award, on the Swiss town’s Piazza Grande square.

M3GAN 2.0's Very Bad Box Office Opening Raises Serious Concerns For The Future Of Blumhouse - SlashFilm

M3GAN 2.0's box office performance is just the latest in a string of flops for Blumhouse. Can the Halloween season save them?

‘Social Network’ Sequel in the Works With Aaron Sorkin Writing, Directing for Sony Aaron Sorkin is plotting a return to Facebook. The screenwriter behind The Social Network has written a sequel script he intends to direct as a feature for Sony, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Aaron Sorkin is plotting a return to Facebook. The screenwriter behind The Social Network has written a sequel script he intends to direct as a feature for Sony, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Francis Ford Coppola Is Taking ‘Megalopolis’ on Tour With Screenings and Q&As About the Future Francis Ford Coppola is going on tour.

Francis Ford Coppola is going on tour.

Netflix’s ‘Frankenstein’ Trailer Has Fans Clamoring for Theatrical Release When it comes to producing exclusive movies, Netflix, in a way, cannot win.If the streamer makes a lousy movie, the project will be criticized for its quality.If the streamer makes what appears to be a fantastic movie, the company will be criticized for not releasing the movie in theaters. Call it the Road House paradox. (The sweet spot, it would seem, is to release movies that are perfectly watchable yet mediocre — which, coincidentally, Netflix does quite a bit).On Sunday, the streamer released the first teaser trailer for director Guillermo del Toro’s longtime passion project take on Frankenstein. The prospect of yet another adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel might seem wearisome, as there have been nearly 200 filmic versions of the tale already. Yet the trailer (below) looks absolutely stunning — and hugely cinematic. The film stars Oscar Isaac as the mad doctor, Jacob Elordi as his monster and Mia Goth as Victor’s fiancée and features a sumptuous visual feast of Victorian and Arctic imagery.

Netflix’s ‘Frankenstein’ Trailer Has Fans Clamoring for Theatrical Release

Cannes: Mubi Buys Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ for Multiple Territories Continuing its buying ways in Cannes, Mubi has acquired Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident for Latin America, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Turkey and India.

Continuing its buying ways in Cannes, Mubi has acquired Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident for Latin America, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Turkey and India.

Darren Aronofsky Launches AI-Driven Storytelling Venture, As Google Unveils New Gen AI Video Tool Google is forging deeper into AI video generation, launching a new version of video model Veo 3, a new AI video tool called Flow, and a strategic partnership with director Darren Aronofsky, who is launching a new storytelling venture called Primordial Soup which will seek to use the emerging tech to create compelling content.

Darren Aronofsky Launches AI-Driven Storytelling Venture, As Google Unveils New Gen AI Video Tool