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Interview: Bill Groom, Emmy-winning production designer for ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Erik Anderson August 9, 2018

Bill Groom is no stranger to the Emmys, he’s a four-time winner for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. With its expansive sets and designs of Atlantic City,... Read More

75th Venice Film Festival welcomes the Coen Brothers, Lady Gaga, Luca Guadagnino, Jennifer Kent, Orson Welles

Erik Anderson July 25, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After previously announced Damien Chazelle’s First Man as the opening night film the lineup for the 75th Venice Film Festival will... Read More

‘Underground Railroad’ Set for 2019 Bow; Barry Jenkins to Direct All Episodes

Erik Anderson June 5, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Amazon officially announced today that Barry Jenkins’ in gestation project to bring Colson Whitehead’s book The Underground Railroad to life has been ordered... Read More

Cannes 2018: What We Could See, What We Want to See on the Croisette

Erik Anderson March 21, 2018

We’re just over three weeks from the announcement of the official lineup of the 71st Cannes Film Festival (April 12) but I’ve been mulling over... Read More

Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Beautiful Boy’ Gets Fall Awards Release Date from Amazon

Erik Anderson February 15, 2018

Timothée Chalamet, the Oscar-nominated star of Call Me By Your Name, will be seen this fall in Beautiful Boy from Amazon Studios. The streamer has... Read More

Frontrunner Friday or: How Late September Doesn’t Have an Oscar Frontrunner

Erik Anderson September 22, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] It’s the first day of fall and the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals have wrapped and by now a Best... Read More

55th New York Film Festival Dominated by Amazon, Netflix as Mudbound, Meyerowitz Stories Join Slate

Erik Anderson August 8, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The main slate for the 55th New York Film Festival has been announced and it’s hard not to notice the domination... Read More

Emmy Podcast #18: Writing, Directing and Guest Acting Categories

Erik Anderson June 14, 2017

This 18th Emmy podcast I am joined by former and current Emmy Experts Peter Cioth and Chris Pepper to break down the newly revealed nomination... Read More

2017 Cannes Film Festival Lineup; Four Nicole Kidman Projects to Hit the Croisette

Erik Anderson April 13, 2017

The lineup for the 70th Cannes Film Festival has been announced but this year it might as well be called the Nicole Kidman Film Festival... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: Female Directors, Auteurs, Oscar Favorites and a WWII-heavy slate

Erik Anderson March 17, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Detroit Riots Project, Downsizing, The Post and Mudbound head up this week’s Frontrunner Friday So early, still so many predictions... Read More