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An Oscars comeback? How the film academy went global and found its footing again

By LINDSEY BAHR
Mar 02, 2024 9:09 am - For a few years, the Oscars looked to be hanging on by a thread. Viewership was plummeting. The pandemic didn't help. Then a funny thing happened: Interest started increasing both in and outside the academy.
African American Film Critics group celebrates Black Hollywood and beyond while building its stature

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Mar 02, 2024 8:51 am - Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics Association. Now, two decades later, AAFCA has grown in size and scope and built an admirable reputation in Hollywood.
Black Film Summit returns to NIU Naperville March 20-23

Submitted by The Black Film Summit
Mar 01, 2024 6:51 pm - The Black Film Summit returns to the Northern Illinois University-Naperville Conference Center March 20-23. It is a celebration of Pan African achievement in the cinema...
We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year’s Oscars are evidence

By JAKE COYLE
Mar 01, 2024 10:25 am - Filmmaking, a rough-and-tumble business that requires an army of collaborators and millions in financing, can be a grueling endeavor. It’s not historically been the providence of octogenarians. But we may be living in the golden age of the aged filmmaker.
Movie review: It’s lonely out in space for Adam Sandler in pensive sci-fi psychodrama ‘Spaceman’

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Feb 29, 2024 6:59 am - When Adam Sandler, as moody Czech astronaut Jakub in Johan Renck's “Spaceman,” is asked during a broadcast to Earth if he's lonely, he answers in platitudes, but his eyes betray the truth. Yes, he is lonely. Very lonely.
Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste set to perform at the Oscars

By LINDSEY BAHR
Feb 28, 2024 4:57 pm - The Oscars just got an infusion of Kenergy. Ryan Gosling will sing the pop power ballad “I’m Just Ken” at the show Sunday, March 10.
‘Dune: Part Two’ sustains the dystopian dream of ‘Part One’

By JAKE COYLE
Feb 27, 2024 10:07 am - Like its predecessor, “Dune: Part Two” thrums with an intoxicating big-screen expressionism of monoliths and mosquitos, fevered visions and messianic fervor — more dystopian dream, or nightmare, than a straightforward narrative.
What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, ‘Elsbeth’ sleuths and Japan shines in ‘Shogun’

Feb 26, 2024 9:49 am - Adam Sandler playing an astronaut on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system in the sci-fi drama “Spaceman” and Disney+'s animated coming-of-age story “Iwaju” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Oppenheimer’ keeps devouring awards with top prize at Producers Guild, with Oscars up next

By ANDREW DALTON
Feb 26, 2024 7:47 am - With two weeks to go before the Oscars, “Oppenheimer” looks unstoppable. Director and producer Christopher Nolan’s tale of the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birt...
Writers Read to highlight the ‘Golden Age of Entertainment’ March 14

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Feb 26, 2024 12:17 am - College of DuPage English Professor Brian Brems and WDCB’s “Those Were the Days” host Steve Darnall will present “Writers Read Visits the Golden Age of Entertainment” on...

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