TV Academy: No more double dipping with the Oscars
The Television Academy has ruled that it will no longer allow Oscar-nominated films to compete for an Emmy. The new rule will go into effect... Read More
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FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
A complicated category in a banner year for documentaries with precursor wins going to films not even nominated. PGA and DGA went to Won’t You... Read More
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) winners: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘Free Solo,’ Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
The musical biopic of rock band queen and its frontman Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody, the death defying documentary Free Solo and the stop-motion Isle of... Read More
IDA Nominations: ‘Minding the Gap, ‘Free Solo;’ ‘RBG,’ ‘Three Identical Strangers’ snubbed
The nominations for the 34th Independent Documentary Association IDA) awards were announced today with some surprising snubs, even in a newly expanded field of nominees.... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (October)
The predictions for Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and Foreign Language Film have been live for a month (you can always check back here to see... Read More
‘Free Solo,’ ‘Minding the Gap,’ Wild Wild Country’ lead Critics’ Choice Documentary nominations
The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) and the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) collectively known as the Critics’ Choice, have revealed nominations for the 3rd... Read More
Frontrunner Friday – Annapurna in flux; category changes
After last week’s drops of trailers for Vice and The Mule, this week’s Frontrunner Friday brings us a few changes that may or may not... Read More
Alexander Valley Film Festival: The Little Festival That Could
Fall brings us three things every year like clockwork; Daylight Savings Time, pumpkin spice lattes and film festivals. It seems that new festivals pop up... Read More
Telluride Film Festival to world premiere ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?,’ ‘The Front Runner’ and more
The Telluride Film Festival may only reveal its lineup the day before it begins but intrepid festival watchers can largely figure out what’s going to... Read More
TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers on this year’s slate and the rise in popularity of documentary film
TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers on this year’s slate and the rise in popularity of documentary film
Thom Powers has been the documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival since 2006. He oversaw TIFF’s Mavericks conversation series for nine years and created the TIFF... Read More
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