2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (December)
The Screen Actors Guild nominations threw a few wrenches into predictions last week when they gave us Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Rich Asians... Read More
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‘Black Panther,’ ‘Beale Street’ are Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) winners
Black Panther is Black Film Critics Circle winner for Best Picture of 2018. It also picked up wins for Ryan Coogler as Best Director and... Read More
10 Best Films of 2018
Don’t let anyone tell you that <insert film year here> was ‘not a good year’ for movies. Every year is a good year if you’re... Read More
With the reveal of the shortlists in Original Score and Original Song yesterday (the first in these categories since 1979), did predicting get easier or... Read More
Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) nominations
Houston Film Critics gave The Favourite and If Beale Street Could Talk the most nominations for their annual awards, with 7 and 6, respectively. A... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Did SAG lay down the gauntlet on some Oscar hopefuls?
Last week, the Golden Globe nominations put Vice on the Oscar map after months of wondering how that film might factor in. They loved The... Read More
Review: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ (★★★★)
Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar-winning Moonlight with another masterpiece; a lush, visual love story and the first English-language film adaptation of James Baldwin’s work It... Read More
‘Black Panther,’ ‘Beale Street’ lead Black Reel Awards nominations
The largest grossing domestic film of the year, Marvel’s Black Panther continued it’s historic run as it shattered the record for most nominations in a single year.... Read More
Interview: Barry Jenkins – From ‘Moonlight’ to ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and that living room scene
I first interviewed Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins before he was an Oscar winner at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October of 2016. We met... Read More
SAG Noms: 10 Biggest Snubs and Surprises
It’s no secret that the Screen Actors Guild, which is comprised of over 160,000 members of SAG and AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio... Read More
‘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 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’