National Board of Review (NBR) Predictions
The National Board of Review (NBR) is set to kickstart the 2018-2019 awards season with its 88th year of handing out awards for the best... Read More
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Gotham Awards Predictions: Will ‘The Favourite’ be the favorite?
Can Barry Jenkins make it two for two? Two years ago Moonlight began its critics’ award run at the Gotham Awards and carried it all... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)
That might not be that unique year to year but what is unique this year is amount of black directors who top tier contenders helming... Read More
Spirit Awards Nominations Predictions: Bet on ‘Beale Street,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
When John Bailey, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the Oscars were starting to look like the Independent Spirit... Read More
Listen to a track from Nicholas Britell’s score of ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and swoon
Lakeshore Records has released a sneak peek of the original motion picture score of If Beale Street Could Talk from Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell entitled “Agape.”... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: ‘Green Book’ rises, ‘ROMA’ gets advanced theatrical run
Green Book won another film festival audience award this week, its fourth, cementing the film as one of fall’s biggest crowd pleasers and pushing it... Read More
Oscar Box Office Predictions: ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Widows,’ ‘Green Book, ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Beale Street’
When I first wrote about the box office potential of Oscar films back in 2014, I noted that while financial success is not as significant... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: More category changes, ‘Widows’ rises, Best Actress is a fight
It’s been yet another week of category changes but this time two about faces; just a week after Paramount announced Emily Blunt would be positioned... Read More
Oscar Podcast #69: Breaking Down the Acting Categories with guest Kyle Buchanan
In this titillating 69th Oscar podcast, I am joined by returning guest Kyle Buchanan, newly of The New York Times where he has his own... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
Everything in this month’s top 10 moves except, interestingly, the #1 and the #10 films. As with Best Director, ROMA is still on top after... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November) 
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