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The coveted Golden Globe, Critics Choice, SAG and BAFTA statues BAFTA has spoken and we now have our annual list of which actors have the holy quartet of nominations from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and BAFTA. Oscar voting began on Monday, January 7th and lasts until Monday, January 14th. That gives voters knowledge of Golden …

2018/2019 Film Awards Calendar This calendar will be updated throughout the year as new dates for film’s biggest and best awards are announced. OCTOBER 2018 Critics’ Choice Documentary Nominations (BFCA) – October 15, 2018 Gotham Awards Nominations (IFP) – October 18, 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards (BFCA) – November 10, 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations – November 16, …

HBO’s Game of Thrones won its first BAFTA awards at this weekend’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Craft Awards, earning two competitive prizes and one special award. The Emmy-winning saga, which is closing in on its run, won for its Production Design and Costume Design. Netflix’s The Crown, another Emmy favorite, won sound and cinematography prizes. BBC’s Blue …

In this 64th Oscar podcast, I am joined by Gold Rush Gang member Matt Dinn the day after the BAFTA awards where Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri won Best Film and the four acting frontrunners – Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Allison Janney (I, Tonya) all …

It all starts tomorrow. Voting on the 90th Academy Awards begins tomorrow, February 20th and lasts just one week. Voters have had a full month since nominations in January to watch and evaluate the nominated films and pick their winners. All of the major guilds and industry awards have announced their winners, but will AMPAS just fall in line with …

Stop me if you think you’ve heard this won before… Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has won the BAFTA for Best Film of 2017. The film was the big winner of the night with five awards (of its nine nominations) that also included Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay. It becomes the first film in BAFTA history …

BAFTA is this weekend and, like the Oscars, there’s a lot that seems up in the air – especially in the top category. There are legitimate cases to be had for Dunkirk, The Shape of Water or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to capture the Brits’ top film prize. This is also the last opportunity for an awards body to …

Well…yes and no. The predictions of who would win the Writers Guild award for Original Screenplay were generally pretty varied among seasoned Oscarologists. Get Out, the winner, was seen as the favorite but there were also trumpets blared for Lady Bird‘s last stand to stake a claim of a guild win (it did not) and then the creeping feeling that …

We’re just a month away from the 90th Academy Awards and…we sort of have a frontrunner now? The Directors Guild of America (DGA) bestowed their 70th honor to Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) this weekend. He also has the Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice and will probably win the BAFTA too, which should at least secure his position as …

When the Oscar nominations were announced this week there probably wasn’t a bigger surprise than the huge surge and strength of Paul Thomas Anderson’s very late-breaking Phantom Thread. The film had been ignored by every major guild, including SAG, DGA and PGA, yet managed to earn six Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress …