Oscar Podcast #57: Entering Awards Season Without a Frontrunner
It’s the first Oscar podcast after the big summer film festivals – Venice, Telluride and Toronto – and usually by now we have a frontrunner.... Read More
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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
‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice Film Festival
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s 1960s woman meets fish fantasy has captured the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion... 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
Oscars: Can Guillermo del Toro Unseat Christopher Nolan as the Best Director Frontrunner?
The Best Director is always an interesting category to follow at the Oscars – not only because the 5 final nominees tend to the strongest... Read More
Oscar Podcast #56: Fall Festivals, Pre-Festival Release Contenders and Oscar Predictions Take Shape (of Water)
With the Venice, Toronto and New York Film Festivals all having announced their slates for this year it was the perfect time to podcast. I... Read More
Venice Film Fest: Paramount Sets Triple Play with Downsizing, Suburbicon and mother!
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The lineup for the 74th Venice Film Festival is here and it looks like Paramount is playing some serious ball this... Read More
The Stunning First Trailer and Poster for Guillermo del Toro’s THE SHAPE OF WATER
The first trailer and poster for The Shape of Water, from visionary director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) is here and it’s a stunner. An... Read More
TRAILER: First Look at Emma Stone and Steve Carell in ‘Battle of the Sexes’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Fresh of her Academy Award win for Best Actress, Emma Stone (La La Land) hits the court with Academy Award nominee... Read More
Wes Anderson’s Stop-Motion ‘Isle of Dogs’ Gets Release Date and Poster
Wes Anderson’s next film, and his second stop-motion feature film (after Fantastic Mr. Fox), has a release date and an international poster. Isle of Dogs... Read More
2024 Camerimage Film Festival: Danish Oscar Entry ‘The Girl With the Needle’ Wins Golden Frog 
Interview: ‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer John Mathieson on Reuniting with Ridley Scott and Continuing the Legacy and Lore 
Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler 
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November)