Frontrunner Friday: Date change for ‘Beale Street,’ ‘A Star Is Born’ drops songs and Viggo Mortensen…well
It’s only been a week but we’ve already seen a tidal wave midterm election, the beginning of AFI Fest (where I’ll be for the first... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday: ‘Green Book’ rises, ‘ROMA’ gets advanced theatrical run
Green Book won another film festival audience award this week, its fourth, cementing the film as one of fall’s biggest crowd pleasers and pushing it... Read More
2019 Oscars: A Look at Asian Films in This Year’s Foreign Language Oscar Race
Our weekly Foreign Language Oscar race analysis pieces continue this week with a special look at the Asian films in this year’s race. Asian films... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: More category changes, ‘Widows’ rises, Best Actress is a fight
It’s been yet another week of category changes but this time two about faces; just a week after Paramount announced Emily Blunt would be positioned... Read More
2019 Oscars: A Look at Latin American Films in This Year’s Foreign Language Oscar Race
Our weekly Foreign Language Film Oscar race analysis pieces are back! For the next eight weeks, we will be taking a close look at this... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
Everything in this month’s top 10 moves except, interestingly, the #1 and the #10 films. As with Best Director, ROMA is still on top after... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
The top 5 in Best Director this month stays the same with a bit of movement with that group. In fact, the top 10 is... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)
Best Actress continues to the year’s most stacked and competitive categories and that’s a good thing. It also means that some major names, including previous... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) maintains his #1 status and right now still looks like the one to beat in Best Actor. I think... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October)
The season’s biggest category question has finally been answered; Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz will compete in Supporting Actress for The Favourite while Olivia Colman... Read More
2024 Camerimage Film Festival: Danish Oscar Entry ‘The Girl With the Needle’ Wins Golden Frog 
Interview: ‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer John Mathieson on Reuniting with Ridley Scott and Continuing the Legacy and Lore 
Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler 
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