Sunday, January 25, 2026

Nightcap 1/25/26 updates, Rotterdam is this week, brief Oscar comments


There is a lot going on behind the scenes at Unseen so I’m not doing a long Nightcap post, besides the 7th edition of my filmmakers list will hit shortly. 

However, despite my craziness I wanted to drop a few updates:

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Ariela is at Sundance so expect some on the ground reports. I will be dropping some reports from my igloo here in the New York Metro area.

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I have asked Eden to make a list of under appreciated female directors.

I've created a monster... this is going to be wonderful

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The Rotterdam Film Festival starts Thursday.

I have seen a number of films so expect reviews. I’ve liked everything that I’ve seen.

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I’ve gone through all the materials for Animation First sent to me, so expect a large number of reviews. I have reached out about arranging some special on the ground reporting.

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The slate for the New York International Children's Film Festival is released this week, and tickets go on sale Friday to members.

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There is going to be coverage of The Big Sky Documentary Festival, The Berlin Film Festival, the Santa Barbara Film Festival and Slamdance- I have reviews set to go.

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What are my thoughts on the Oscars?

There were some surprises in the acting awards. A lot of ladies were left out, but then again there were so many great performances. I love that Delroy Lindo was nominated.

The Animated Films are an okay lot but this was largely a weak year.

I am shocked about F1 getting a best picture nod.

Largely I don’t care much. This is actually the first year in a long time where I have no dog in any of the fights

And to those complaining that something was left off- say in the acting or international awards- what would you bump out? The groups are stacked.

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Question:

Would anyone be interested if we reviewed all the Godzilla films? How about the Bond Films? How about the Universal horror films.

Thinking of projects

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And with that back to the darkness and more movies

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