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Women Film Critics Circle Announces 2021 Awards

The Women Film Critics Circle has announced its 2O21 Awards for the best movies this year by and about women - and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically in the film world. Taking top honors as Best Movie About Woman was Passing.  The film also won 3 additional awards - Best Screen Couple: Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson, The Josephine Baker Award for a film that most passionately opposes violence against women, and the Karen Morley Award for best exemplifying a woman's place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity. Kristen Stewart was named Best Actress for her portrayal of Princess Diana in Spencer.

The Women Film Critics Circle is comprised of 75 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media. WFCC was the first women critics’ organization in the United States, and was formed in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully. WFCC also prides itself on being the most culturally and racially diverse critics group in the country by far, and best reflecting the diversity of movie audiences.

As proud members of this prestigious group,The Flick Chicks (Judy Thorburn and Jacqueline Monahan) are delighted to share WFCC's full list of nominees, winners and runners-up in each category.

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Nico Santucci’s film “Sarogeto” headlines the MegaFest Film Festival on July 28 in Las Vegas

Nico Santucci is a very familiar name to Las Vegas, as he is the creator and owner of Capo’s Italian Steakhouse & Speakeasy, the luxurious mob-style restaurant. Inspired by the mobster era, Nico created Capo’s, featuring the actual Al Capone’s Family Secret sauces on "their” man-made pastas.

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THE WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES 2020 AWARDS

The Women Film Critics Circle announced its 2O20 Awards on March 8th, International Women's Day, for the best movies this year by and about women - and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically in the film world. Taking top honors as Best Movie About Woman was Promising Young Woman. The film also won two additional awards. Its star, Carey Mulligan was named Best Actress and the film was honored with The Adrienne Shelly Award for a film that most passionately opposes violence against women.

The Women Film Critics Circle is an association of 80 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media. They came together in 2004 to form the first women critics’ organization in the United States, in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully. WFCC also prides itself on being the most culturally and racially diverse critics group in the country by far, and best reflecting the diversity of movie audiences.

As proud members of this prestigious group,The Flick Chicks (Judy Thorburn and Jacqueline Monahan) are delighted to share WFCC's full list of nominees, winners and runners-up in each category.

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Judy Thorburn’s Top Ten Movies of 2020

The year 2020 was like no other; that’s for sure. With the worldwide pandemic affecting everyone and every business including the film industry, so much has changed.

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented its 78th Golden Globes Awards

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented its 78th Golden Globes Awards on Sunday, February 28. The 2021 awards ceremonies, which was co-hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on separate coasts, aired on NBC at 5pm PST (8pm EST).

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” won best drama film and best director while Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” won both in the best motion picture musical or comedy category as well as best actor.

Chadwick Boseman won posthumously for best actor in a motion picture drama for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

The biggest surprises were Andra Day’s win for best actress in a motion picture drama for “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”, Jodie Foster’s win as best supporting actress in a motion picture for “The Mauritanian” and Rosamund Pike’s win as best actress in a motion picture musical or comedy for "I Care a Lot”.

The full list of winners and nominees are listed below.

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Jacqueline Monahan’s Pandemic Top Ten (2020)

Jacqueline Monahan’s Pandemic Top Ten (2020)

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Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA Lands in Movie Theaters Nationwide for One Night Only on February 2

Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA Lands in Movie Theaters Nationwide for One Night Only on February 2

LOS ANGELES - January 5, 2021- The inspiring true story of how renowned Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols pioneered the NASA recruiting program to hire people of color and the first female astronauts for the space agency in the late 1970s and 1980s, Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA will open in movie theaters nationwide for one night only on February 2, 2021.

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A Dozen Cinematic Masterworks Return to Movie Theaters Nationwide With 2021’s TCM Big Screen Classics Series

From German East Africa to the Mean Streets of NYC to Egypt to South-Central L.A., Movie Lovers Can Take a Trip Around the Globe and Through 80 Years of Movie Magic

DENVER – December 17, 2020 – Next year, film aficionados can enjoy a yearlong journey spanning nine decades of cinema history, through a dozen of some of the movie industry’s greatest titles, as Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies present the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series. Featuring acclaimed films released from 1941 to 1996, and encompassing legendary dramas, iconic musicals, beloved comedies, a thrilling adventure, a stylish film noir, a stirring epic, a crackling mystery, and a suspenseful horror, the TCM Big Screen Classics series has something for everyone in 2021.

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ZACHARY LEVI TO PORTRAY KURT WARNER IN “AMERICAN UNDERDOG” FOR KINGDOM STORY COMPANY AND LIONSGATE

ZACHARY LEVI TO PORTRAY KURT WARNER IN “AMERICAN UNDERDOG” FOR KINGDOM STORY COMPANY AND LIONSGATE

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 1, 2020 – Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate announced today that Zachary Levi will star as two-time NFL MVP and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story. The film will be distributed wide by Lionsgate and is expected to begin production later this year.

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AMAZON STUDIOS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN’S OUTLIER SOCIETY PRESENT “A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN” A CELEBRATION OF MULTI-CULTURAL VOICES IN FILM

A FREE summer series of films will be happening at your local Drive-In.

Screenings kick off July 1 and will take place every other week through July and August. Each week the movies screened will have a specific theme such as Movies to Make You Fall in Love, Movies to Inspire Your Inner Child, Movies to Make You Open Your Eyes and Movie to Make You Laugh. The list of double-features that'll be screened during the series has been curated by Jordan and includes Love & Basketball, Crazy Rich Asians, Black Panther, Creed and Do the Right Thing.

AMAZON STUDIOS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN’S OUTLIER SOCIETY PRESENT “A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN” A CELEBRATION OF MULTI-CULTURAL VOICES IN FILM

Summer Screening Series Curated by Michael B. Jordan will Launch at Select Drive-Ins Nationwide and Play Throughout the Summer at No Cost to the Community

Culver City, CA – June 25, 2020 – Amazon Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society are launching “A Night at the Drive-In”, a nationwide summer screening series featuring a wide selection of films celebrating multi-cultural voices in cinema. In an effort to evoke the nostalgic joy of a summer evening at the drive-in with family and friends, attendance will be at no cost to local communities. Starting Wednesday, July 1, Amazon Studios will host double-features curated by Michael B. Jordan with help from his newly formed marketing arm 8788 and Outlier Society, every other week through the end of August.

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