Focus Features Nabs U.S. Rights to Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley
Focus Features has won the domestic distribution rights to Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao’s next film, Hamnet, based on the best-selling historical novel by Maggie... Read More
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 235: Best Director Oscar Winners Tier Ranking – Part 2
On episode 235 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello and AwardsWatch contributors Dan Bayer, Cody... Read More
‘Eternals’ review: Chloé Zhao takes the reins and creates one of Marvel’s best films yet [Grade: B+]
‘Eternals’ review: Chloé Zhao takes the reins and creates one of Marvel’s best films yet [Grade: B+]
Since its emergence as a powerhouse populist franchise that delivers box office behemoth after behemoth, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has prided itself on a static... Read More
Here’s the first teaser trailer for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Eternals’
This morning, Marvel Studios debuted the exciting teaser trailer and new poster for Eternals, the third film in the MCU’s Phase Four, opening on November... Read More
What Oscar winners Chloé Zhao, Daniel Kaluuya and more have coming up next
The names are barely engraved on the statues but, as Frances McDormand said accepting her third Best Actress Oscar win, “I love work!” Here’s what... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR
Making history at the Oscars is always a great thing to celebrate but it’s also a measured response tempered by the fact that it took... Read More
2021 DGA Awards winners: Chloé Zhao makes DGA history, ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ keeps sweeping
The 73rd Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards are tonight, awarding directorial achievements in feature film, documentaries, television and more. It might not have been... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Nom, Nom, Nom
The Oscar nominations are in and before you can say “And the Oscar goes to…” we’ll have the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards on... Read More
The best trivia, history and stats of the 2021 Oscar Nominations
I don’t know about you but when it comes to the Oscar nominations, one of the best parts is digging into the history and finding... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR
While I am comfortable predicting that we will get two female directors in this category for the first time in Oscar’s 93-year history, the question... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 78 – ‘The Holiday’ (Nancy Meyers, 2006) 
Hollywood Biopics and Mental Health Through the Lenses of ‘The Aviator’ (2004), ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001) and ‘Love & Mercy’ (2014) 
2024 Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘The Substance” Dominates 
2024 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations