2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October) – Guillermo del Toro and Christopher Nolan Both at #1
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before. Just as in Best Picture, the Best Director race is tied at #1 and by... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday or: How Late September Doesn’t Have an Oscar Frontrunner
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] It’s the first day of fall and the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals have wrapped and by now a Best... Read More
Awards Season Hopefuls, Closing the Gender Gap Highlight the 40th Mill Valley Film Festival
The Current War, Darkest Hour, Rose Marie, Dee Rees, Last Flag Flying and Greta Gerwig highlight the announcement of the lineup of the 40th Mill... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: THE SCREENPLAYS (September) – Call Me By Your Name, The Post Lead
Call Me By Your Name maintains a solid lead in Adapted Screenplay but Last Flag Flying inches up a few more points, it remains a... Read More
Mill Valley Film Festival 40: Mind the Gap – Women in Film and Tech
One of the great things about the Mill Valley Film Festival has been its Gender Equality Initiative Mind the Gap. Now in its third year,... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)
Another month, another top placement for Melissa Leo (Novitiate), albeit this time, for the first time in a while, with a 99 instead of a... Read More
Trailer for Jim Crow era ‘Mudbound’ from Dee Rees starring Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell
The trailer for the highly anticipated fall release Mudbound from acclaimed director Dee Rees (Pariah, HBO’s Bessie) chronicles a tale of two families; one black,... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
The top 4 here remains the same as last month so either we’re doing something right or terribly wrong. It’s a close race for #1... Read More
Some of This Season’s Oscar Favorites Set Sights for Mill Valley Film Festival
The Square, Call Me By Your Name, The Florida Project, Mudbound and A Fantastic Woman are just some of the early announced films hitting the... Read More
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The main slate for the 55th New York Film Festival has been announced and it’s hard not to notice the domination... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘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