Golden Globe Predictions (Motion Picture): The Post, Call Me By Your Name, Three Billboards, Get Out, Lady Bird and I, Tonya in the fight
The Golden Globes feel more difficult to predict this year than most. With category placements for films like Three Billboards in Drama, Get Out in... Read More
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Season 7 of Variety’s ‘Actors on Actors’ to Feature Mary J. Blige, Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniel Kaluuya, Hong Chau and more
Variety returns for the seventh season of its ‘Actors on Actors’ series, a co-production with PBS, will be presented by Google Home. Packed full of... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (November)
If there’s a theme to this category this year it’s all about moms. Good moms, bad moms, really bad moms and even a Mother. As... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October) – Allison Janney Rules the Roost but here comes Brooklynn
The mighty Leo has fallen. After spending the entire year so far at #1 in Supporting Actress, the pick up of I, Tonya by Neon... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October) – Guillermo del Toro and Christopher Nolan Both at #1
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before. Just as in Best Picture, the Best Director race is tied at #1 and by... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October) – Last Flag Flailing, Blade Runner Returns
Usually by this time, the first week of October, we’re talking about the film that came out of the late summer film festivals to emerge... Read More
Frontrunner Friday or: How Late September Doesn’t Have an Oscar Frontrunner
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] It’s the first day of fall and the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals have wrapped and by now a Best... Read More
Trailer for Alexander Payne’s ‘Downsizing,’ starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig
After debuting at Venice and Telluride (to largely mixed/missed opportunity reviews) the trailer for Alexander Payne’s social/eco-comedy Downsizing is here. When scientists discover how to... Read More
10 Performances that Lit Up the Lido at the Venice Film Festival
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Venice Film Festival awards will be announced shortly (predictions here) and it will be interesting to see what Annette Bening... Read More
Venice Critics and Audience Grids – Which Films Scored Highest?
Unlike the Cannes Film Festival where only critics get their grids, Venice allocates both critic and audience grids to assess how the public and the... Read More
‘Shōgun,’ ‘Ripley,’ ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Earn Casting Society (CSA) Artios Awards Television Nominations 
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