Oscar Shocker: The Past and Wadjda Don’t Make the Foreign Film Shortlist
The shortlist for the Foreign Language Film Oscar was revealed today and most notably for what was missing rather than what made it. Iran’s The... Read More
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Oscars® Trailer with Ellen DeGeneres and a lot of dancing
The teaser for the Oscars is here and it’s a light little frolic and a damn bit of fun, too.... Read More
Gold Rush Gang Predictions – Post SAG/GG/BFCA
With the first round of major industry and critics nominations revealed, the Gold Rush Gang has unleashed their updated predictions in all categories. Taking into... Read More
Critics Societies Roundup 5
If you have been following these posts for the past two weeks, you will have noticed that 12 Years A Slave is cleaning up quite... Read More
Oscar Podcast #7: December 17, 2013
On this Oscar podcast, recorded Tuesday, December 17, 2013, Erik, Peter and Richard discuss the crazy week of SAG, Golden Globe and BFCA nominations. Who... Read More
Critics Societies Roundup 4
A big haul today, with no less than seven organizations announcing their nominees or winners. The winners of the Chicago Film Critics Association are updated... Read More
Sing me a song: 75 songs on the Best Song longlist
Yesterday, AMPAS released the list of 75 songs that are eligible this year for the Oscars. Notable absence: “Please Mr. Kennedy”, from Inside Llewyn Davis,... Read More
Critics’ choices or Oscar predictions? BFCA announces nominations
“The single most accurate precursor to the Oscars….“. If ever it was more blatantly clear what the Broadcast Film Critics Association is actually trying to... Read More
AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of December 16, 2013
What Michael Ward is listening to this week… Beyoncé Forget some of the overstatement surrounding the release of Beyoncé’s self-titled album earlier this week. It’s... Read More
Critics Societies Roundup 3
Another day, another roundup of critics organizations. First, the San Francisco Critics Circle chose their winners (updated list to be found here). Then we have... Read More
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