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Film Feature: Carrie and Chad Pick the 2024 Oscars

Film critics Carrie and Chad on who will – and who should – win the 96th Academy Awards

The 96th Academy Awards air tomorrow, Sunday, March 10th, on ABC at a new, earlier 4:00 pm PST start time. Friendly reminder to fellow film fans: don’t forget to spring forward for daylight savings, or you might miss the start of the show! Below, Spinning Platters film critics Carrie Kahn and Chad Liffmann share their predictions and thoughts for the major categories. Although we feel smug when our picks win, we don’t mind some upsets to keep things interesting! You can print your own ballot here. Good luck to all!

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Film Feature: Carrie’s Top 10 Films of 2023

Here’s what you’ve been waiting for: my 2023 cinematic favorites! You can also check out fellow film critic Chad Liffmann’s list here to compare and contrast and see who you agree with more. Will Oscar voters agree with us? We’ll find out when the nominations are announced on January 23rd!

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Film Feature: Chad’s Top 20 Films of 2023

It’s been a great year for movies. All the hubbub about the ‘worst films of the year’ list that Variety put out is making a lot of noise, so I’d like to fire back with a Top 20 of the year list. There are so many to choose from, just look at the thirty movie posters above, all of which I’d consider very good films, great films, and even a few masterpieces. This is not a year to point out the worst, but rather one in which we should highlight the surplus of quality films released. Without further ado, here’s my ranked top twenty of 2023:

Fancy Dance

A criminally underseen indie film in which Lily Gladstone gives another memorable performance playing a resident of the Seneca–Cayuga Nation Reservation searching for her missing sister.

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Single of the Week: “Past Lives” by kohanna

I accept artist submissions for Single Of The Week. All you need to do is email me at promo@spinningplatters.com. But I get literally a hundred songs sent to me a day. I can’t listen to all of them. But I listen to the ones that I can, and hopefully, I can find a story to tell with the song, so you have some reason to listen. That being said, I found “Past Lives” by kohanna during a week of listening to a LOT of new songs, and this one’s hook just stuck with me. The opening notes- what I think is an African thumb piano- kept bringing me back. This gem of an electro-folk single reminds me of the debuts from Lorde and Sylvan Esso, putting her in great company.

You can learn more about kohanna here. She has a pretty extensive YouTube archive, and you can also find “Past Lives” on all the DSPs.