Something very interesting happened at BAFTA this morning and something I didn’t see coming but now makes perfect sense. While the expected films were nominated... Read More
Cinematography
We won’t have guild nominations for film editing (ACE) and cinematography (ASC) until next month but there are a few critics groups who expand outside... Read More
Every couple of years, the Oscars and other awards groups like to trot out ‘The Year of the Woman’ in a way that acts more... Read More
As I mentioned in production and costume design, Dune should be at or near the top of anyone’s lists at this point and they are... Read More
Normally I’d have already begun my below the line predictions in the below-the-line/technical and feature categories but I’ve taken it a bit slower this season,... Read More
After a season long domination with critics awards and BAFTA, Nomadland was stopped right at the end of the awards season run before the Oscars... Read More
Glad I waited until the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced their nominations this morning because they dropped a Cherry bomb on the Oscar race.... Read More
With 21 critics’ wins, Nomadland‘s Joshua James Richards is the overwhelming critics’ frontrunner with Erik Messerschmidt (Mank) in a relatively distant second. Hoyte van Hoytema... Read More
Beginning to feel pretty good about this top five, as it stays the same as last month. I toyed with the idea of Newton Thomas... Read More
As alluring as it sounds to have a category like cinematography be composed entirely of first-time nominees, it’s not going to happen. Regardless of branch,... Read More

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