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The Producers Guild of America has just announced the remainder of its film categories, and while most of the nominees for the top prize were entirely expected, there were a couple of surprises with both "F1" and "Weapons" joining the rest. As with the DGA, it would appear that Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" remains the one to beat. Winners are announced on February 28th. Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Bugonia

With 2025 about to wrap up, it's time once again to delve into the best films I had the pleasure of seeing this year, so let's get right to it... 10. Dead Man's Wire - Gus Van Sant's "Dead Man's Wire" is a tense & compelling look at a real-life hostage situation in 1977 in which a disgruntled client of a mortgage firm wired a shotgun to the head of the president of the company and made demands. Austin Kolodney's screenplay unfurls the events quite skillfully and at a pretty

The Film: Over the last few years, Oscar-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos has given us quite a fascinating range of films that have also somewhat varied in quality. In 2018, he delivered the marvelous "The Favourite" that told of an intriguing rivalry for a queen's affections. Five years later, this was followed by "Poor Things," a strange tale of a young woman brought back to life who experiences everything anew. The very next year, he sadly dropped off a bit with "Kinds