2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November)
Best Actress remains the toughest and most competitive acting category with so many stellar performances, so many first-timers going up against previous winners and a... Read More
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2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)
The fall festivals are good bellwethers for Best Actress with Venice and Telluride ripe with contenders that have proven track records in recent years. Since... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)
Obviously the big news for this month’s predictions was the announcement yesterday from Apple that Lily Gladstone will officially be campaigned as Best Actress for... Read More
‘Poolman’ Review: Chris Pine Skims the L.A. Underbelly in Homage to Classic Noir | Toronto
Chris Pine loves noir films. Mostly Chinatown, but really just noir films in general. This much is clear from his directorial debut Poolman, in which... Read More
‘NYAD’ Review: Annette Bening and Jodie Foster Just Keep Swimming | Telluride
Known for crafting edge-of-your-seat documentaries (Free Solo, The Rescue), Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin venture into uncharted territory with their first narrative feature, NYAD.... Read More
Let’s take a look at how crucial the fall festival presence in Best Actress is, or at least offer a cross section for reference. Venice... Read More
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s ‘NYAD’ to Open 31st Hamptons International Film Festival
HamptonsFilm, the home of the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF), announced today that the festival will open on Thursday, October 5, with the East Coast... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (July)
News of films possibly or definitely moving out of 2023 and into 2024 as the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike prevents actors from promoting their films at... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (June)
After the one-two punch of Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall winning the Palme d’Or and the Grand Prize going to Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (May)
It’s only May but between Sundance and the currently underway Cannes Film Festival, Best Actress is already a buffet this season with two major pick-ups... Read More
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