Critics Choice + Golden Globe + Screen Actors Guild: Who’s Got ‘Em
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] One of the more fun elements I have every awards season is compiling lists and groupings of the major precursors to... Read More
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Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Nominations – FILM: La La Land Snubbed! Captain is Fantastic
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] As always, the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations provided us with some juicy head-scratching fodder. Right off the top, in the... Read More
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Predictions – FILM
Trying to predict the Screen Actors Guild award nominations is a lot like the photo of the group’s statue above; the comic smiling face and... Read More
2016 African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA): Moonlight, Fences, Loving, Hidden Figures Shine
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The winners of the 8th African American Film Critics Associations have been announced with Moonlight taking Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Independent Film... Read More
San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Moonlight Wins Best Pic, Washington/Huppert/Ali/Davis Take Acting
San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Moonlight Wins Best Pic, Washington/Huppert/Ali/Davis Take Acting
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] San Francisco Film Critics saw magic in the Moonlight as the group gave its top award to the film. Moonlight also... Read More
San Francisco Film Critics Nominations: Arrival, La La Land, Moonlight, Hell or High Water Get Bay Area Love
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The San Francisco Film Critics Circle nominations are in, including a shocking snub for Emma Stone in La La Land despite... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December) – Casey Affleck Dominates; Andrew Garfield x 2 Could Be a Problem
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] We’re just a week into critics’ awards for 2016 and already Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) is dominating. Winning citations... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December) – The Rise of Barry Jenkins
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Damien Chazelle (La La Land) still holds onto a perfect score of 50 in our Best Director predictions but the real... Read More
NEW ‘Fences’ trailer is an acting showcase for Denzel Washington and Viola Davis
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] “Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in.” A new trailer for... Read More
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The response to this weekend’s first official screening of Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (and directed by Washington), was... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman