Monday, Dec. 5, 2016

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association was captivated by Moonlight, bestowing upon writer-director Barry Jenkins’ film a total of four awards-Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography (for James Laxton) and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). La La Land was named...

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016

Damien Chazelle’s Los Angeles musical “La La Land” was named best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle.

The group announced their picks Thursday on Twitter, spreading around their awards to a variety of Oscar contenders. The top award came as something of a twist after the...

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016

At a Gotham Independent Film Awards overshadowed by the election of Donald Trump, Barry Jenkins’ coming-of-age drama “Moonlight” shined brightest.

A celebrated film about a boy growing up gay, black and poor in Miami, “Moonlight,” virtually swept the night, taking best feature, best...

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016

It's hard to overstate the magnificence of Kenneth Lonergan's "Manchester by the Sea." His third feature following "You Can Count on Me" and "Margaret" is one that swells with the spectrum of human emotion. Humor, anger, cynicism and love all crash into one another to create an elegant...

Monday, Nov. 14, 2016

The filmmaker and playwright Kenneth Lonergan, a self-described "ultra-naturalist" whose eloquently empathic stories tremble with the richness of daily life, began his writing career, surprisingly, awash in science fiction.

He was (and still is) a die-hard Trekkie. He has seen "2001: A...

Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016

Making a major splash with its debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and recently topping the Gotham Awards with four nominations--for Best Feature, Best Screenplay (writer-director Kenneth Lonergan), Best Actor (Casey Affleck), and Best Breakthrough Actor (Lucas Hedges)--Manchester by...

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016

The Producers Guild of America's (PGA) third annual Produced By: New York Conference held this past Saturday, October 29, provided insights into recent television and film projects and explored topics ranging from collaboration and diversity to technological and economic innovations. Produced By...

Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016

Director-screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea (Amazon Studios) topped the 2016 Gotham Awards with four nominations--for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Breakthrough Actor for Lucas Hedges.

In the running for Best Feature along with...

Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016

No one shows the landscape of human grief and trauma quite like Kenneth Lonergan.

It sometimes seems like the playwright turned director of both "You Can Count On Me" and "Margaret" knows us better than we know ourselves. His movies look and feel...

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