2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (December)
With Critics Choice and the Golden Globe nominations in as well as a deluge of critics’ nominations and wins, we have a real race on... Read More
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2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November)
The Gotham and BIFA nominations have given us their usual inside look at what the Spirit Awards and BAFTA might look like, a peripheral version... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (October)
As the major fall festivals have just about ended – AFI FEST kicks off this week – festival awards from the regionals, combined with Cannes,... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (September)
With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals now behind us, films seen and awards given out, we’re in a better place to visualize Oscar... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (August)
We’re just a week away from the fall festival kick off with Venice in August 30 and Telluride on August 31, both of which will... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (July)
With Toronto and Venice lineups announced and Telluride in a month’s time the fall festival season is taking shape in the midst of the ongoing... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (June)
As I expected in May, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest were the top Cannes winners last month,... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (May)
Last year, I kicked off my Oscar predictions just after Cannes, after Ruben Östlund won his second Palme d’Or and took that win all the... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE
A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once from The Daniels premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival on March 11, 16 days before the 94th Academy... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE
Here we are. The campaigns are over (for now), the parties are done (for now) and we’re days away from the Best Picture Oscar nominations... Read More
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