Directors Guild of America

The winners of the 70th Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards announce in film and television tomorrow night and I have some thoughts on who’s going to win. Like it says in the title, this is Guillermo del Toro’s to lose. He comes in with Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice wins (plus the most overall critics’ win for the season …

The Directors Guild of America announced their nominees for Television and Feature Documentary today but tomorrow is their reveal of the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures and First Time Feature Film. These are always a mixed bag to predict but one thing is true, the group is still a pretty old-school boys’ club. Not that they haven’t …

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) are announcing their winners at ceremonies tomorrow night (February 4th) but it almost seems perfunctory. The DGA is the last of the three major guilds (along with SAG and PGA) that guide us to the eventual Best Picture winner and La La Land currently has the PGA …

  After the wins for The Big Short at the PGA and Spotlight at SAG, all eyes are focused on the Directors Guild of America with laser intensity. The winner here could tip the balance in favor of one of those films and finally give us a solid Best Picture frontrunner (a mere three weeks before the Oscars), or keep …

This year’s DGA winner is going to really help us figure out what is going on with this Birdman vs. Boyhood situation, right?. Or is it? If Richard Linklater wins, as he’s won with the Golden Globes, the BFCA, NYFCC and LAFCA then it will seem that he and Boyhood are back on track for the Oscars. But if Alejandro …

The awards season is nearly upon us once again, which marks the beginning of yet another installment of the Gold Rush Contest! Do you like listening to those podcasts? Want to be a member of the Gold Rush Gang and have your personal predictions among the best on the web? This is the place to do it. Winners of this …