Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: It’s a New Dawn, it’s a New Day
The new year is bringing us the final pieces of the Oscar puzzle, even if we’re nearly four months away from the big show itself.... Read More
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists choose ‘Nomadland,’ Emerald Fennell, Radha Blank for top film awards
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) named Nomadland the best film of 2020 as well as Chloé Zhao for best director and star Frances... Read More
Columbus Film Critics Association nominations: ‘Minari’ leads with 10
Lee Isaac Chung’s thoughtful American dream drama Minari led the 2020 Columbus Film Critics Association nominations on Sunday with 10 mentions, including Best Film, Best... Read More
Chicago Indie Critics: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ dominates with 7 wins including Best Film; Chadwick Boseman earns three awards
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by George C. Wolfe and adapted from August Wilson’s stage play, dominated this year’s CIC Awards, winning seven of its... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Should Auld Pandemics Be Forgot?
Happy New Year, everyone! We made it out of 2020 but it doesn’t mean that Oscar predictions fall by the wayside just because we’re all... Read More
Chicago Indie Critics nominations: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ leads with 9
The Chicago Indie Critics announced their nominations on Monday and leading all films with an impressive nine nods was Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom helmed by Best... Read More
‘Mank’ leads Discussing Film Critics nominations with 13
The Discussing Film Critics Awards, in their second year, announced their nominations on Sunday and David Fincher’s Mank led the field with 13 nods, including... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (December)
This year, the first we go back to a single Sound category (a terrible idea), is going to offer us a lot of variety even... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (December)
Although most of the action in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom takes place in just a few locations, I think the film will have more broad... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (December)
Jumping into the top 5 this month are moves from Bill & Ted Face the Music (this branch lovvves old man makeup) and a debut... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes