2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
Everything in this month’s top 10 moves except, interestingly, the #1 and the #10 films. As with Best Director, ROMA is still on top after... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday: No one knows anything (and that’s a good thing)
Frontrunner Friday has returned after a month to digest the impact that Venice, Telluride and Toronto had on the Oscar playing field and it was... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (August)
Black Panther’s fate hangs in the balance It’s impossible to discuss this month’s Best Picture predictions without first addressing the hugely controversial decision by the... Read More
The Oscars add ‘Popular Film’ category, shorten telecast, move some awards to commercial breaks
There are some major changes coming to very next Oscars telecast and ceremony On Tuesday night, the Board of Governors convened to re-elect current president... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (July) – On the Eve of Festival Announcements ‘Roma,’ ‘A Star Is Born’ Rise
Roma, Widows, A Star Is Born and Boy Erased could all find festival bows that boost their odds [divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] We are just... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June) – ‘BlacKkKlansman’ back on top, ‘The Favourite’ moves up
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June) – ‘BlacKkKlansman’ back on top, ‘The Favourite’ moves up
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Some change is a comin’ in Best Picture. Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman from Focus Features moves back to the #1 spot, where... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (May) – A Star Is Born, The Front Runner enter the top 10
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] I know, I know, it’s laaate. I was going to do May predictions ahead of the Cannes Film Festival and then... Read More
2019 Oscars: New Rules in Music and Doc Feature categories and more for 91st Academy Awards
Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced some big changes to the eligibility, campaigning and qualifications for films that want to be... Read More
2019 Oscars: The Best Picture Contenders (March)
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Now that the dust has started to settle on the 90th Academy Awards, it’s time to set our sights on the... Read More
‘The Shape of Water’ is NOT a conventional Best Picture winner
I suppose it was inevitable. Almost immediately after Guillermo del Toro’s adult fantasy The Shape of Water was announced as Best Picture by Warren Beatty... Read More
‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried is Mother (Ann) in Mona Fastvold’s Miraculous Musical Drama [A] 
With ‘Song Sung Blue,’ Craig Brewer Pays Tribute to Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman, Joy Amongst Sadness, and the Creation of Art [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 131 – ‘High Life’ (Claire Denis, 2019) 
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead