Film news: ‘One Battle After Another’ wins top prize at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards
One Battle After Another picked up more Oscar momentum by winning Best Picture at Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards.
Sinners entered festivities with the most nominations, 17, and wound up collecting four awards in total.
Film News Blitz’s Dan Lawrence takes a look at the big winners from the 31st Critics Choice Awards.
Film opinion: ‘Sinners’, ‘Weapons’ & more - the best of 2025 in cinema
There was a lot to like about going to the cinema and watching films last year.
As the industry continued to recover from COVID and strikes, some absolute gems graced the big screen.
So, before looking at the year ahead, Film News Blitz wants to look back on our top five films of 2025.
Film analysis: ‘Sinners’ - From cultural nuance to vampirism; an unrivaled blend of race, Irish identity, and music
Sinners is a horror film that appears at first glance to be about vampires invading a Southern Black community, but beneath that premise lies a very intentional and symbolic racial story.
What makes the film more complex is its choice to make the primary vampire figure Irish, a decision that is not decorative, but rather anchored in real historical and racial dynamics.
Film News Blitz’s Anna Ferraz analyses all the notable, nuanced concepts in Ryan Coogler’s hit-sensation, Sinners.
Film awards: ‘Sinners’ leads Critics Choice nominations with 17 nods
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners took the most nominations, 17, for the 31st Critics Choice Awards, the organisation revealed on Friday.
A major component of the film awards season will take place on Sunday, January 4 2026.
Film News Blitz’s Dan Lawrence takes a look at the nominees.
Film news: ‘Sinners’ is returning to cinemas in the best way possible
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is one of the best films of 2025 so far.
After breaking several box office records during its original cinema run, Sinners is about to make its way back to the big screen.
Film News Blitz’s Dan Lawrence celebrates this development.
Podcast: ‘A Friendly Film Take’ - Is ‘One Battle After Another’ the film of the year?
On the latest episode of A Friendly Film Take, Film News Blitz chums Dan Lawrence and Joe Matthews review the brilliant One Battle After Another.
Directed by the legendary Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and brilliant newcomer Chase Infiniti, this could be one of the films of the year.
Dan and Joe compare One Battle After Another with the likes of Sinners and Alex Garland’s Warfare.
Film news: Record Memorial Day box office weekend brings hope back to cinemas
Due to the turbulent last few years, box office milestones are celebrated with widespread joy in the film industry.
Covid and several strikes have threatened the theatrical experience amid the continued rise of streaming.
But, as Film News Blitz’s David Bason writes, a record Memorial Day weekend at the U.S. box office gives cause for celebration.
Film news: Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ continues its phenomenal box office surge
Director Ryan Coogler’s new chapter in his fast-becoming iconic filmography, Sinners, is breaking all the right records to stamp its authority on the year 2025.
Coogler’s vivid, vibrant and violent vampire western finds itself on an unrivaled box office surge with plenty of the gangster period drama’s stars set to carry the mantle of the feature’s success.
Film News Blitz’s Aidan Leo expresses his thoughts on the unequivocal 2025 rise of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.
Film news: Pedro Pascal, Tom Cruise and more praise Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’
Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s new film, Sinners, was released to cinemas on April 18 and has quickly been regarded by many as one of the films of the year so far.
Starring the aforementioned Jordan, alongside Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell and Wunmi Mosaku, many celebrities have taken to social media to make their thoughts on the film clear.
Film News Blitz’s Joe Matthews has been having a look at the widespread praise for Sinners.