Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Catwoman’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (2004)
“If you like this movie like i do, your rolling on the floor. Every second is purely genius. If you liked it for real, your... Read More
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FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
Is it just me or do you feel weirdly calm about what’s making it into Best Picture and that it’s going to be the PGA... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (May)
Last year, I kicked off my Oscar predictions just after Cannes, after Ruben Östlund won his second Palme d’Or and took that win all the... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE
A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once from The Daniels premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival on March 11, 16 days before the 94th Academy... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE
Here we are. The campaigns are over (for now), the parties are done (for now) and we’re days away from the Best Picture Oscar nominations... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (December)
As we close out the calendar year, it’s really just the beginning of the Oscar race. We have Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe nominations and... Read More
20 years ago ‘Chicago’ promised a new era of razzle dazzle movie musicals but Hollywood had… artistic differences [Retrospective]
It remains one of the most effective stylistic gambits in cinema history: Over the course of five cuts in about two seconds, we watch as... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (November)
The Gotham Awards may only be a handful of critics that decide nominations and winners but as the first group to reveal winners, they can... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
Three films that have been in limited theaters go wider today – The Banshees of Inisherin, TÁR and Till – and they all make significant... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
As mentioned in Best Director, The Fabelmans, which just won the TIFF People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival where it world premiered,... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (December) 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 76 – ‘What Women Want’ (Nancy Meyers, 2000) 
2025 Oscars: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Dominates the Shortlists with 6, ‘Wicked,’ Alien: Romulus,’ ‘Gladiator II’ Among Top Mentions 
Interview: Lily-Rose Depp on Pushing Boundaries and Unlocking Ellen in Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ [VIDEO]