The cast of Lulu Wang’s feature film debut THE FAREWELL. L to R: Jiang Yongbo, Aoi Mizuhara, Chen Han, Tzi Ma, Awkwafina, Li Xiang, Lu Hong, Zhao Shuzhen. Courtesy of Big Beach. The lineup of the 62nd SFFILM Festival (April 10-23)), the longest running film festival in the US, has revealed its full slate including Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which …

The 2018-2019 awards season pulled itself across the finish line last night with the 91st Academy Awards giving Best Picture to Green Book.  The night gave us the widest spectrum of wins where Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book sit beside BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther and If Beale Street Could Talk as Oscar winners in the same year, from the same voting …

Ruth E. Carter (Getty Images)Hannah Beachler (Getty Images) It was a banner year for breaking records, setting new ones and trivia that we’ll put to use in coming years. We saw the strength of the Telluride Film Festival fall (one of the last solid stats we had), the SAG Cast nomination not matter for a second year in a row …

The cast and crew of Green Book (photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images) The race dramedy Green Book has won Best Picture at the 91st Oscars, along with Original Screenplay and Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. It was only the 5th film ever to win the top Oscars’ prize without a Best Director nomination. The film overcame tremendous controversy and backlash to …

The 34th Film Independent Spirit Awards, hosted by a fiery and funny Aubrey Plaza (that The Cold Open cold open) were held today at the Beach in Santa Monica and If Beale Street Could Talk, from director Barry Jenkins, took home the wins for Best Feature and Best Director. Two years ago Jenkins did the same thing with Moonlight, which …

The Favourite (Fox Searchlight) The group also had a case of ‘Burning’ love, which earned three wins The Favourite, from Yorgos Lanthimos, has been named the Best Picture of 2018 by INOCA, the AwardsWatch forum community awards that are voted on by forum members. The film was the nomination leader with 12 mentions, ultimately winning Best Actress (against her co-star …

The Academy Awards, with its yearly dwindling ratings, has been behind the curve in how it gets the show in front of viewers in the ever-changing landscape of television watching. For the first time, you’ll be able to livestream the Oscars telecast through services like Hulu and YouTubeTV. Link here. https://www.oscars.org/how-to-watch/index.html You can also find out how to watch via …

I have revealed my winner predictions for the 91st Academy Awards in all 24 categories (which you can find here) and I include them all here but now also unveil what and who I think should win and should have been nominated in the craziest Oscar year I can remember. BEST PICTUREWill win: RomaShould win: RomaShould have been nominated: If …

Roma (Netflix) Here we are. After the most tumultuous Oscar season in memory, the biggest award of the night, Best Picture, is still up in the air. It’s one of the great ironies of Oscar watching and predicting; we hate it when everything is predictable and “boring” yet panic when things are truly up in the air. Damned if you …

Glenn Close in The Wife (Sony Classics) The time has come. After seven nominations, Glenn Close (The Wife) will finally be an Oscar winner. With the Golden Globe, SAG and Critics’ Choice in her pocket she’ll enter the Dolby as the frontrunner in the strongest position she’s ever been in before. BAFTA winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) will give her …