The Ceremony

Nov 5, 2021 — Kenneth Branagh and Philip Barantini lead the race for this year’s British Independent Film Awards.

Aug 13, 2019 — Something uncanny is brewing in George Sikharulidze’s Fatherland. This darkly comedic film transports us to a spring evening in Joseph Stalin’s birthplace—Gori, Georgia—where the townspeople have gathered on the sixty-third anniversary of their long-departed leader’s death. What follows is part...

Jan 5, 2006 — A gray flannel ghost story in which the living haunt the dead, the least appreciated of Akira Kurosawa’s midperiod collaborations with Toshiro Mifune throws open the windows of Japanese corporate corruption.

Oct 2, 2026 — As we mark the Andrzej Wajda centennial, Paweł Pawlikowski looks back on the twentieth century from another angle. Plus: Rohmer, Burnett, Fosse, and Wiene.

Jan 30, 2025 — The next four days see the spotlights hit Frederick Wiseman, Jerry Schatzberg, Chantal Akerman, and more.

Jan 23, 2025 — While Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez takes the lead, the Academy has popped a few surprises.

Feb 14, 2024 — Portraits of Stanley Kubrick and Agnès Varda, a memoir from Ed Zwick, and a history of Blaxploitation are among the highlights.

May 31, 2023 — It’s not every year that so many critics are pleased with the juries’ choices.

Mar 14, 2023 — After an evening of comebacks and righted wrongs, now’s a good time for a quick glance back to previous campaigns and ceremonies.

May 31, 2022 — The jury gave awards to nearly half the competition, but some critical favorites missed out.