5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (99+ words) Courtesy of Apple TV We close our podcast, as always, with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week. Clarence Moye is a proud co-founder of The Contending where he writes about film, television, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (107+ words) LA BOLA NEGRA. Guitarricadelafuente as Sebastián in La Bola Negra. Cr. Carla Oset/Netflix © 2026. Ohhhh, Netflix isn’t playing around! Joey is a co-founder of The Contending currently living in Columbus, OH. He is a proud member of GALECA and Critics…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (245+ words) The 2026 Telluride Film Festival is right around the corner, meaning we’re gearing up for another awards season. This year looks like a doozy, with past Oscar winners like Julianne Moore in the mix, newbies like Jordan Firstman campaigning their first…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (384+ words) Joey is a co-founder of The Contending currently living in Columbus, OH. He is a proud member of GALECA and Critics Choice. Since he is short himself, Joey has a natural draw towards short film filmmaking. He is a Rotten…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (245+ words) Courtesy of Apple TV Do you remember the first marketing you saw from Widow’s Bay? It might have been that teaser, later featured in the second episode, where the man asks visitors to come with him in a long take....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (397+ words) Turton in GYPSY 83. Courtesy of Altered Innocence. Gypsy is searching for her estranged mother. Clive is needing to figure out whether he is really gay. Both character go on their own respective emotional journeys, together. The film played a few…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (286+ words) Why don’t you have a seat right there at the Dolby Theatre, Robert Pattinson? That’s how a lot of us felt after watching the electrifying trailer for Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime, which follows Chris Hansen (Pattinson) at the height of Dateline…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1196+ words) The Overall Audience Choice Award and $1,000 cash prize were awarded to “A FAMILY WOMAN” (Anna Arden and Linnea Arden, Denmark), which had its World Premiere at Indy Shorts. The World Premiere of “The Method” (Luke Howe, United States) also caught…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (330+ words) Sam Neill in 'The Piano.' Image courtesy of Miramax. 1981 would prove to be a significant one for Neill. Cast as Damian in The Final Conflict (the third film in The Omen trilogy), Neill was chilling as the adult fulfillment of…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (370+ words) Lauren Pritchard & Stephen Michael Spencer ©Jeremy Daniel There are gifted singers and gifted actors. The twain doesn’t always meet. Stephen Michael Spencer is a great example of that dynamic artistic collision meeting and melding with his outstanding performance in the…...