Oscars

In our second piece analyzing this year’s indie contenders in the unpredictable Best Animated Feature Oscar race, we turn our attention to two Japanese animated features which bowed in Annecy earlier this year and won major prizes at this festival, considered as the largest and most prestigious animation film festival. We were there to cover the festival and watch several ...

Here’s our third piece on this year’s exciting Foreign Language Oscar race. As the BFI London Film Festival comes to a close, we’ve seen three very surprising and sublime FLF contenders that we fell in live with. We’re predicting these 3 films will have strong chances for a nom, not just because we love the storytelling and honest approach in ...

It would be impossible to not start an Oscar race piece without mentioning the explosive accusations against, and fallout of, one of Hollywood’s most ferocious Oscar players – Harvey Weinstein. Long known for his bullying, aggressive behavior and shady awards techniques, not of that compared to the allegations from literally dozens of women, from actresses to journalists, who said that ...

Previously, we took a look at this year’s Animated Feature Oscar race and especially the indie contenders. In a first of a series of articles, we’ll be analyzing the Oscar chances of some of the year’s most prominent indie animated contenders, all from one this category’s favorite distributors, GKIDS. You can also check out our Foreign Language Film analysis series ...

Welcome to the second of our Foreign Language Film series, we analyze the Oscar potential of 7 more contenders from Asia, Europe, and Africa. You can visit the first in the series here. From France: 120 BEATS PER MINUTES (BPM) (Trailer) 1) The Story: In France, a group of activists organizes themselves to carry out AIDS prevention awareness initiatives and call for the ...

The BFI London Film Festival kicked off a few days ago and we’re watching over 35 films including 20+ Foreign Language Oscar submissions from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Brimming with ideas, viewpoints and excellent filmmaking, these films offer a fresh look at countries and stories rarely told on screen – and they all deserve to be seen and ...

These are the official 2018 Oscar Predictions in Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for October from the Gold Rush Gang. Keep an eye on all of the Gold Rush Gang’s 2018 Oscar predictions updated LIVE throughout the month. Green – moves up from last month Red – moves down from last month Blue – debut/new entry FILM EDITING ERIK ANDERSON BRYAN BONAFEDE GREG HOWARD ...

These are the official 2018 Oscar Predictions in Cinematography, Production Design and Costume Design for October from the Gold Rush Gang. Keep an eye on all of the Gold Rush Gang’s 2018 Oscar predictions updated LIVE throughout the month. Green – moves up from last month Red – moves down from last month Blue – debut/new entry CINEMATOGRAPHY ERIK ANDERSON BRYAN BONAFEDE GREG HOWARD EVAN KOST ...

No major changes in Original Score, Visual Effects or Animated Feature this month but Original Score does see some movement. The Shape of Water has closed in on Dunkirk and is now just a single point from the top spot. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Coco and Phantom Thread all rise while The Greatest Showman, Blade Runner 2049, mother! and ...

The lead for Call Me By Your Name in Adapted Screenplay actually managed to get stronger this month, now securing a perfect score of 100. Incredibly, it’s the only film that doesn’t make some move this month Mudbound reaches a high point to land at #2 as Last Flag Flying dips to #3. Two films make major moves into the top ...