2021 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN (January)
One of the more potentially open races this season, Oscar-winning and nominated designers like Mark Bridges (News of the World) and Alexandra Byrne (Emma.) will... Read More
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2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (January)
I think I slept on Tenet for too long here. Nathan Crowley is a 5-time nominee in this category, four of them for Christopher Nolan... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (January)
Things are moving in makeup and hairstyling this month ahead of the official Oscar shortlists coming February 9. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom makes a big... Read More
National Board of Review (NBR) preview and predictions: Will they fall in line or forge a new path?
Normally, the National Board of Review sit in the driver’s seat of awards season. They’re always the first major group to announce ‘Best in Film’... Read More
Black Film Critics Circle Awards: ‘Ma Rainey’ is Best Film, Regina King is Best Director
The Black Film Critics Circle have named Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom the best film of 2020, also awarding it Best Actress (Viola Davis), Best Actor... Read More
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle go mad for ‘Ma Rainey,’ Amanda Seyfried and ‘Da 5 Bloods’
The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle gave Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom its first Best Picture win of the season and with it Viola Davis’s second Best... Read More
Interview: The hair and makeup artisans who turned Viola Davis into Ma Rainey [VIDEO]
Catherine Springer dives deep with master creators Matiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera and Mia Neal Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom may look and feel like an intimate... Read More
Houston Film Critics nominations: ‘Minari’ leads with 7
Minari, director Lee Isaac Chung’s study of a family from Korea starting a farm in Arkansas, led nominees for the 14th annual awards from the Houston Film Critics... Read More
Music City Critics winners: ‘Promising Young Woman’ is Best Picture
Focus Features’ Promising Young Woman may have only had four nominations from the Music City Film Critics Association but it still pulled off a surprise... Read More
San Diego Film Critics nominations: ‘Sound of Metal’ leads with 8
The San Diego Film Critics Society announced their nominations on Friday and Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal earned a field-best eight mentions, including best picture,... Read More
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