98th Oscars: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture, Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson 
‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Review: BenDavid Grabinski Asks ‘What if Wong Kar-Wai Made a Gangster Love Triangle Sci-Fi Action Buddy Comedy’? [A-] SXSW 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 143 – ‘I Know Where I’m Going’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1945) 
FINAL Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions of the 2025/2026 Season 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR 
‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Boots Riley’s Dressed to Excess Cartoon Revolution is Too Much and Not Enough [B-] SXSW 
‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Season One Review: Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer Momedy Hits the Mark [B+] 
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Winners – Part Two 
17th TCM Classic Film Festival to Open with ‘Barefoot in the Park,’ Tributes for Barbara Hershey, Paul Williams 
New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Announces 2027 Gala Awards Date 
FINAL Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions of the 2025/2026 Season 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR 
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Winners – Part Two 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Winners – Part One 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST SOUND 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST CASTING 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT, LIVE ACTION SHORT 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN 
17th International Cinephile Society (ICS) awards: ‘Pain and Glory’ named Best Picture
The international group chose outside the box winner like Vitalina Varela for Best Actress and eclectic doc Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream in three categories... Read More
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Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – ORIGINAL SONG
Much like Thomas Newman in Original Score, we have another double digit nominee here in Original Song that’s never won: Diane Warren, who earned her... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – ORIGINAL SCORE
It’s going to happen again. Thomas Newman, a 15-time Oscar nominee (14 for Score, one for Song) is going to lose Original Score for a... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – SOUND EDITING and SOUND MIXING
1917 or Ford v Ferrari? 1917 and Ford v Ferrari? The Sound categories, editing and mixing, could go a few ways. 1917 will take both,... Read More
‘Parasite’ to Online Film and Television Association (OFTA) winners
Parasite was named Best Picture by the Online Film and Television Association (OFTA) and led the field with seven wins overall. 1917 was next with... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – ANIMATED FEATURE
Boy oh boy, do we have a race here. Since the inception of the Animated Feature Oscar only one sequel has ever won – Toy... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – VISUAL EFFECTS
2015’s Ex Machina blew the doors off 35 years of the Visual Effects category being the first winner since 1970’s Tora! Tora! Tora! to win... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
One of Oscar night’s most locked categories, Bombshell is the overwhelming favorite here, having won all three MUAHs (the Make Up and Hairstylist guild) it... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Like the International Feature Film branch, the Documentary branch has been the most notoriously insular and withholding branch of the Academy. Continued pressure to change... Read More
Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Whether it’s critics or the Academy themselves, each of this category (formerly called Foreign Language Film) there seems to be one film that is propped... Read More
98th Oscars: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture, Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson 
‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Review: BenDavid Grabinski Asks ‘What if Wong Kar-Wai Made a Gangster Love Triangle Sci-Fi Action Buddy Comedy’? [A-] SXSW 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 143 – ‘I Know Where I’m Going’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1945)