2018 Oscars: Analyzing the chances of Foreign Language Film contenders from Brazil, United Kingdom, Iraq and Algeria
Our seventh piece on this year’s Foreign Language Oscar race turns to the Middle East, Europe and Latin America to analyze 4 new contenders. These... Read More
Predictions
2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Winner Predictions
With the NYFCC announcing their winners just days ago and giving their top prize to Lady Bird and Director to The Florida Project‘s Sean Baker,... Read More
2018 Oscars: Animated Feature – Analyzing the Chances of Mary and the Witch’s Flower and Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
In our sixth piece on this year’s animated feature race, we look at one semi-high profile anime and another under-the-radar film no one was expecting... Read More
What the National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Told Us About the Oscar Race
It’s December 1st and we’ve just barely carved into the first helpings of the first critics’ awards, mainly two of the oldest organizations in the... Read More
New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Predictions
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) announces their best of 2017 film tomorrow and I have my predictions. I’m expecting a lot of love... Read More
National Board of Review (NBR) Predictions
The National Board of Review is the oldest organization in the U.S. to hand out film awards. Not industry, not exclusively critics or journalists, the... Read More
2018 Oscars: Analyzing the chances of Foreign Language Film contenders from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Kyrgyzstan
Our sixth piece on this year’s Foreign Language Oscar race turns Eastern Europe with Bulgaria and Bosnia’s Oscar submissions as well as Asia’s Kyrgyzstan. 2018... Read More
Gotham Awards Winner Predictions: Call Me By Your Name vs Get Out
The Gotham Awards aren’t usually looked at as a serious precursor but in a year where everything is so up in the air, I’ll take... Read More
Independent Spirit Award Nominations Predictions: Good Time, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, Florida Project Could Be Top Contenders
The nominations for the 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards are tomorrow and here’s your 11th hour predictions. Lily Collins and Tessa Thompson will announce the... Read More
2018 Oscars: Animated Feature – Analyzing the Chances of A Silent Voice and Ethel & Ernest
In our fifth piece on this year’s exciting animated feature race – and its fascinating indie contenders – we turn to two under-the-radar indie films... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
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