Director Watch Podcast Ep. 141 – ’49th Parallel aka The Invaders’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1942) 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Last Battle Before the War is Won (2/27/26) 
‘Sinners’ Leads 57th NAACP Image Awards with 9 Going Into Final Night 
Producers Guild (PGA) and Screen Actors Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Television Predictions: Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before 
41st Casting Society Artios Awards (CSA): ‘Sinners,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Studio’ and More 
César Awards: ‘The Ties That Bind Us’ Wins Best Film; Richard Linklater Becomes Second American-born Filmmaker to Win Best Director 
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films 
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films 
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films 
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Last Battle Before the War is Won (2/27/26) 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Pre-BAFTA Conclave Begins, Will a New Frontrunner Be Anointed? (2/20/26) 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Paul Thomas Anderson Inches Closer (2/13/26) 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26) 
2026 Producers Guild of America (PGA) Award Documentary Nominees: ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ and More
Today, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominees for Documentary Motion Pictures and finalists for the PGA Innovation Award. As part of the 37th Annual... Read More
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Kate Hudson to Receive Icon Award, Actress for ‘Song Sung Blue’ from Palm Springs International Film Awards
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Kate Hudson is the recipient of the Icon Award, Actress for her performance in Focus Features’... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Checks In After Week One of Precursors
In the past week, a slew of major awards bodies handed out prizes or announced nominations. That includes the Gothams, the National Board of Review... Read More
Bearing Witness to a Vanished Lake and the People Who Still Row: First Time Directors Talk ‘Qotzuñi’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
When filmmakers Michael Salama and Gaston Zilberman traveled to Bolivia, they thought they were documenting the disappearance of Lake Poopó. “We even came to the story... Read More
How ‘Marty Supreme’ Composer Daniel Lopatin Created a 1950s Landscape with a 1980s Vibe [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Anachronisms are a funny thing. Sometimes it’s jarring and the clash isn’t playfully incongruent but distractingly bizarre. Sometimes it just makes sense in a ‘you... Read More
Interview: Alexander Skarsgård on His New Dom-Com ‘Pillion’ and Presenting Kink with Care
Alexander Skarsgård’s photo on IMDB is one of the actor “at an event for 2016 MTV Movie Awards” where he showed up without pants. Looking... Read More
Interview: Cinematographer Łukasz Żal on Creating Death’s Point of View and the Magical Realism of ‘Hamnet’
When I learned that Łukasz Żal was the cinematographer for Chloé Zhao’s latest film, Hamnet, I was immediately intrigued. Known for his striking black-and-white photography... Read More
Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead with 12; Eva Victor Lands Most Individual Nods
The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2025. Leading with twelve total nominations each are Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle... Read More
The Lung of the Earth: Richard Ladkani’s Defining Portrait of Juma Xipaia in ‘Yanuni’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
For more than a decade, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Richard Ladkani has shaped some of the most urgent environmental documentaries of our time. With films like The Ivory Game and Sea of... Read More
Ego Nwodim to Host 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling, announced this morning that acclaimed actress and comedian Ego Nwodim... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 141 – ’49th Parallel aka The Invaders’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1942) 
‘Sinners’ Leads 57th NAACP Image Awards with 9 Going Into Final Night 
Producers Guild (PGA) and Screen Actors Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Television Predictions: Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before