‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice Film Festival
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s 1960s woman meets fish fantasy has captured the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion... Read More
A24
Gorgeous first trailer and poster for A24’s ‘The Florida Project’
Ever since A24’s surprising Best Picture for Moonlight at the Oscars everyone’s been wondering what they’d bring to the race this year. With quite a... Read More
Venice Film Fest: Paramount Sets Triple Play with Downsizing, Suburbicon and mother!
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The lineup for the 74th Venice Film Festival is here and it looks like Paramount is playing some serious ball this... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Female Directors, Auteurs, Oscar Favorites and a WWII-heavy slate
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Detroit Riots Project, Downsizing, The Post and Mudbound head up this week’s Frontrunner Friday So early, still so many predictions... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions – BEST PICTURE (March)
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Moonlight‘s surprise win in Best Picture just over a week ago should have lit a fire under the collective asses of... Read More
2018 Oscar Contenders: Best Actress
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After what most felt was a stellar year for lead female performances in 2016, resulting in one of the most competitive... Read More
Oscar Podcast #52: Oscars Post-Mortem with Ryan Adams and Sasha Stone of AwardsDaily
On this 52nd Oscar podcast, the last of the 2016-2017 awards season, I’m honored to have AwardsDaily‘s Sasha Stone and Ryan Adams as guests for... Read More
2016 African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA): Moonlight, Fences, Loving, Hidden Figures Shine
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The winners of the 8th African American Film Critics Associations have been announced with Moonlight taking Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Independent Film... Read More
INTERVIEW: Barry Jenkins on being an active ally, who he’s influenced by and the ensemble of MOONLIGHT
I recently sat down for a conversation with writer/director Barry Jenkins to talk about his extraordinary new film Moonlight. The film tells the story of... Read More
‘Lion’ and ‘Moonlight’ Win 39th Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Awards
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Weinstein Company’s LION and A24’s MOONLIGHT walked away with the top Audience Awards from the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival,... Read More
DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 20 
Pittsburgh Film Critics Association (PFCC) Winners: 9 Wins for ‘Sinners’ 
Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Wins 7 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 134 – ‘Dick Tracy’ (Warren Beatty, 1990)