A peculiar category where there are three pretty clear leaders in Emma., Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank, who hit CDG, BAFTA and Critics Choice.... Read More
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A rich category full of fascinating and complicated work and a shortlist that features three films that focus on traditional Black hair for the first... Read More
Soul, News of the World and Mank are locked in pretty tight here. Then it’s a three-way race for two spots. Or is it four…... Read More
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has chosen Judas and the Black Messiah as the best film of 2020, also awarding Daniel Kaluuya and... Read More
The nominations 73rd Directors Guild of America (DGA) were announced on Tuesday and for the first time ever, two women, Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)... Read More
With most of 2020’s blockbusters pushed off to later in 2021 (or beyond), the Visual Effects category looks very different this season, and that’s a... Read More
Truly one of the more difficult categories this year with a wealth of great films, some very timely, but with incredibly mixed crossover of precursors... Read More
While Soul and Wolfwalkers are the only locked nominees here, I’m sticking with the PGA five to round it out. In the past, the PGA... Read More
Carey Mulligan misses Best Actress, Olivia Colman misses Supporting Actress as their films place second in nomination totals, four women nominated in Director We knew... Read More
One of this year’s most acclaimed foreign films is Another Round, a Golden Globe nominee and Denmark’s shortlisted Oscar submission for Best International Feature. Mads... Read More

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