2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (January)
Beginning to feel pretty good about this top five, as it stays the same as last month. I toyed with the idea of Newton Thomas... Read More
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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
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
Featurette: Casting director Laray Mayfield on the art of casting David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ (Exclusive)
Featurette: Casting director Laray Mayfield on the art of casting David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ (Exclusive)
Emmy-winning casting director Laray Mayfield has collaborated with David Fincher for over 20 years, since 1999’s Fight Club. For Mank, his acclaimed new film about... 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
2021 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (January)
Finally a little bit of action in this category. With nearly all of the major player blockbusters that would have dominated this category moved off... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (January)
War is hell. It’s also a prime Sound Oscar contender zone. Even with the newly merged sound categories, war films and films with lots of... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (January)
A handful of scores from major releases were revealed as ineligible ahead of the official list from the Academy (reported by Variety) largely based on... Read More
North Texas Film Critics nominations: ‘Minari,’ ‘Nomadland’ lead
The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) revealed its nominations on Saturday and two films led the field with four apiece, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari... Read More
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