When Oscar Bait Fails: How Film Festival Response Makes or Breaks a Film
What has happened to this Oscar season? The Toronto International Film Festival, currently underway, is normally the jumping off point, or in some cases... Read More
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Official Trailer and Poster for Fox Searchlight’s Oscar Contender ‘YOUTH’
Fox Searchlight has revealed the official trailer and poster for what is likely its main Oscar contender Youth today and like the European trailer from... Read More
Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, VISUAL EFFECTS (August)
Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, VISUAL EFFECTS (August)
Next up in the Gold Rush Gang’s 2016 Oscar predictions are three categories that always come with eligibility stipulations and sometimes controversy. Accusations of cronyism,... Read More
‘Beasts’ Gets a Boost from the Golden Globes New Rules
The Hollywood Foreign Press is at it again. The organization that runs the Golden Globes has released another batch of new rules that will affect... Read More
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sets the submission dates for 88th Oscars
Scientific and Technical Awards: Friday, July 10th Documentary Short Subject: Tuesday, Sept. 1st Documentary Feature: Monday, Sept. 21st Animated Short Film: Thursday, Oct. 1st... Read More
Academy Welcomes a Record 322 New Members (incl. Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne)
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has invited a record 322 new members to join the Academy and in breaking down the list... Read More
Academy Makes Rule Changes, But Not the One You Think
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) met yesterday and had a few things to say about the... Read More
Oscar Podcast #22: Michael Keaton or Eddie Redmayne? Birdman or Boyhood?
Living in a post-SAG, post-PGA world our Oscar race has been turned upside down. In this podcast Gold Rush Gang member Peter Cioth, For Your... Read More
2015 Oscars: The Best Actor Buffet
With just over a week to go until the 87th Academy Awards Oscar nominations come out, Best Actor has become the most volatile category of... Read More
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 271 artists and executives who... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November) 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 72 – ‘Three Colours: Blue’ (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993) 
2025 Oscars: Eligibility Lists for Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards 
Nava Mau, Sean Wang Among 2024 BAFTA Breakthroughs Championing New ‘Must-Watch’ Creatives