The New Yorker’s Best Films Of 2021 Include ‘Zola,’ ‘Passing’ & Quite A Few Docs

The New York Film Critics Circle anointed “Drive My Car” as the Best Film of 2021 and now the West Coast critics have had their say. After almost six hours of overall deliberations, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association also selected “Drive My Car” as their Best Film of the year with “The Power of the Dog” as runner-up.

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Eskreis has signed on to direct ClearMind, a thriller about the dark side of Virtual Reality therapy and the slippery slope of using simulated life to avenge the real.

The New Yorker is responding to all of the backlash surrounding their recent profile on Jeremy Strong.

New Yorker profile, with celebs like Anne Hathaway and Adam McKay calling the Emmy and SAG Award-winner on his “powerful intelligence and extraordinary sensitivity.”Strong was the subject of a lengthy and revealing New Yorker profile earlier this week that dug deep into his biography and career… and also provoked astonishingly intense, heavily divided reactions from Strong’s fans and friends, with some even declaring the profile a hit piece.Brian Cox, who plays Strong’s father on the HBO series,

Anne Hathaway is the latest star to speak out with support for Jeremy Strong after his acting method was criticized on social media.

The New Yorker, slamming the piece as a “distorted picture” in a lengthy statement posted online. “After reading Michael Schulman’s profile of Jeremy Strong — a profile in which I participated — I wanted to speak up,” Sorkin wrote.

Aaron Sorkin is speaking out after reading the New Yorker profile on Jeremy Strong.

Aaron Sorkin posted an open letter today disputing what he calls the “distorted picture” of actor Jeremy Strong created by a recent New Yorker profile. Strong is currently receiving raves for his work on HBO’s Succession, to which the profile is pegged.

Jessica Chastain is standing up for Jeremy Strong.

EXCLUSIVE: New Yorker Studios will release the Eddie Alcazar and Darren Aronofsky short film on Dec. 13 across The New Yorker’s digital platforms as part of its “Screening Room” series.

We certainly have not resumed full normalcy as we continue to battle this pandemic, but at least we have movies—even more than last year.

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Sam Heughan and his Outlander co-star Graham McTavish released their second book Clandlands: The Almanac last month, and already it has made the New York Times Best Seller list.

NEW YORK -- Paul Thomas Anderson's “Licorice Pizza” has been named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review.Anderson also won best director honors and the film's stars Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman were picked for their breakthrough performances in the coming-of-age comedy.

Academy Awards. It's only the second time in the last four decades that the critics' top honor went to a non English-language film.

The New York Film Critics Circle announced their annual year-end honors, giving an awards season boost to one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, Ryusuke Hamaguchi‘s “Drive My Car.” Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” took three honors including Best Director, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), and Best Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee).

NYFCC plans to hold its annual Gala Awards dinner on Jan.