2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
We’re finally getting our first looks at Netflix’s fall and winter slate with trailers for Hillbilly Elegy, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank and the... Read More
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Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel show true grit in new trailer for ‘News of the World’
Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for News of the World, starring two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks, written and directed by Paul Greengrass, reuniting... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (October)
Very little movement this month in Adapted Screenplay, which feels surprisingly solid with this top five. But, it’s still early, all things considered. Netflix’s Ma... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)
A lot of new blood this month with A24’s Minari, Sony Classics’ Nine Days and Netflix’s The Prom joining the fray. Minari has some very... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (October)
There are enough elaborate period pieces and fantasy films to populate production design this year even as those summer tentpoles (and winter ones) disappeared. Moving... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)
Not to beat a dead horse but, two top contenders – Warner Bros Dune and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die have vacated 2020/2021 eligibility, which... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (October)
With Dune gone, Sound of Metal moves up (a Hamptons Film Q&A revealed the sound designers worked for two years with 23 weeks of sound... Read More
Tom Hanks hits the old West in first teaser for ‘News of the World’
Universal Pictures dropped the first teaser for News of the World, starring two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks, written and directed by Paul Greengrass, reuniting... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
My top 10 is eerily quiet this month, even after Venice and Toronto are over and NYFF is underway. Ammonite drops to make room for... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (September)
One of the more competitive categories this season and one packed with stage to screen adaptations by the playwrights themselves like Florian Zeller’s The Father... Read More
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