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Frontrunner Friday: No one knows anything (and that’s a good thing)

Erik Anderson September 28, 2018

Frontrunner Friday has returned after a month to digest the impact that Venice, Telluride and Toronto had on the Oscar playing field and it was... Read More

New trailer for GKids’ animated feature Oscar contender ‘Mirai’

Erik Anderson September 28, 2018

From Gkids and Fathom Events comes a new trailer for Mirai, the acclaimed animated feature from Studio Chizu and director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children). When... Read More

First look at Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers in biopic from Marielle Heller

Erik Anderson September 27, 2018

Tri-Star Pictures has revealed the first look at two-Academy Award winner Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers in Marielle Heller’s Untitled Mr. Rogers/ Tom Hanks Project, a... Read More

Listen: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper drop “Shallow” from ‘A Star Is Born’ and it’s a scorcher

Erik Anderson September 27, 2018

A Star Is Born isn’t out for another week but the full single and video for “Shallow,” the film’s sure-fire Original Song Oscar contender is... Read More

Gotham Awards: Tributes set for Rachel Weisz, Willem Dafoe, Paul Greengrass

Erik Anderson September 26, 2018

Weisz and Dafoe will receive the Actress and Actor Tributes and Greengrass the Director Tribute at the IFP Gotham Awards, set this year for November... Read More

Killer new ‘Creed II’ trailer sets up a Creed/Drago battle royale

Erik Anderson September 26, 2018

Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson return to the ring in sequel that brings back an old rival “If we don’t do what... Read More

‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, to close AFI Fest

Erik Anderson September 25, 2018

Hot off the news that On the Basis of Sex would open AFI Fest as its world premiere, another Focus Features film that’s been absent... Read More

Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic ‘On the Basis of Sex’ to open AFI Fest

Erik Anderson September 25, 2018

AFI Fest has landed the world premiere of Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex, starring Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (The... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)

Erik Anderson September 21, 2018

What a difference the fall festivals make. The top 10 for September is teeming with green as Venice, Telluride and Toronto brought the top Oscar... Read More

Kenyan judge lifts ban on ‘Rafiki,’ making the LGBTQ film Oscar-eligible

Erik Anderson September 21, 2018

The film will screen in Nairobi from September 23rd-29th, making it eligible for Oscar consideration. A Kenyan judge has temporarily lifted the ban on Wanuri Kahiu’s... Read More

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