2027 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s First Look at the 99th Academy Awards 
‘The Pitt,’ ‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Lead 86th Peabody Awards Winners 
2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards Hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers to Air on Bravo and Peacock in June 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 150 – ‘To Sleep with Anger’ (Burnett, 1990) 
Christa Miller on Balancing Her Double-Duty as Actor and Music Supervisor of ‘Shrinking’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
Brittany Allen On Bringing Honor to Roxie’s Final Hours on ‘The Pitt’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
Gerran Howell on Whitaker’s Growth in Season Two of ‘The Pitt,’ Dr. Robby’s Intentions, and His Go-To Karaoke Song [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
‘Leviticus’ Review: Adrian Chiarella Conjures a Timely and Biblically Scary Gay Horror Story [A-] 
2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards Hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers to Air on Bravo and Peacock in June 
2026 Cannes: Short Film and La Cinef Titles Announced 
‘Deep Water’ review: Adrian Lyne delivers an erratic thriller that puts us in a state of Ana-fflecktic shock [Grade: D]
For a director who has only made nine films in forty-two years, Adrian Lyne has mastered the art of choosing a lane and staying in... Read More
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FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT and LIVE ACTION SHORT
Here are my ranked final Oscar predictions for Animated Short, Documentary Short Subject and Live Action Short. ANIMATED SHORT FILM 1. Robin Robin (Netflix)2. Boxballet (Melnitsa Animation Studio) 3. Bestia (Miyu... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS
There would have to be a rift in the time-space continuum for Dune to lose the Visual Effects Oscar. Not only is it a gargantuan... Read More
Interview: Writer-star Riz Ahmed and writer-director Aneil Karia on their Oscar-nominated short ‘The Long Goodbye’ [VIDEO]
Among this year’s five Oscar-nominated live-action short films is The Long Goodbye, which begins with a peaceful family day and quickly erupts into vicious and... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
Such an interesting category as the tides keep turning and crashing into each other. Between Dune‘s Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and House of Gucci‘s Paolo Gucci,... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
There are so many ways to interpret how voters will approach a category like production design; will they go for period recreations that evoke memories... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN
With having nabbed Critics’ Choice, BAFTA and Costume Designers Guild, Cruella is the far out in frontrunner for the Costume Design Oscar. Hitting two quadrants... Read More
‘Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood’ review: To nostalgia and beyond [Grade: B] | SXSW
Over the last couple of years, we have seen directors take themselves back to times in their lives, and retell events or stories of their... Read More
‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ review: Being Nic Fucking Cage [Grade: B+] | SXSW
“Who is Nicolas Cage?” It was the final question to our interview we had a couple of months back with the veteran, legendary actor in... Read More
‘The Lost City’ review: Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum charm in a cute but stale retread of familiar jungle territory [Grade: B-] | SXSW
The phrase “they don’t make them like they used to” is floated around a lot with modern art, whether it is movies, books, television, or... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s First Look at the 99th Academy Awards 
‘The Pitt,’ ‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Lead 86th Peabody Awards Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 150 – ‘To Sleep with Anger’ (Burnett, 1990)