2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (August)
With the confirmation that Amazon’s The Aeronauts is an adapted screenplay, that opens up a spot in this month’s chart, in the top five, no... Read More
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2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (August)
Production Design and Costume Design are two fantastically intertwined categories. The last 20 years have given us so many examples of films winning both in... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (August)
The below the line categories of Film Editing and Cinematography are getting their first predictions of the season and we know how integral film editing... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (July)
As in Best Director, the most substantial moves up go to A24’s The Farewell and Neon’s Parasite, the latter of which enters the top 10... Read More
A much, much richer category than Adapted, the sheer volume of high-level contenders in Original Screenplay this year is overwhelming. The box office may be... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June)
Is Fox’s Ford v Ferrari a commercial or awards push? Is it both? I’ve elevated the film in all categories this week, largely in part... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (June)
Original Screenplay sees some green this month as I move A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood over to Adapted, bumping up The Farewell, Harriet and... Read More
Cannes Review: Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’ is one of his most nuanced, poignant and entertaining films to date
Quentin Tarantino’s latest is a delicious, subversive and audacious takedown of Hollywood In one of his most nuanced, poignant and entertaining films to date, Quentin... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (May)
A Best Picture lineup consisting of classic Oscar themes like gangsters, war, adaptations of classic novels, bold takes on old tales and female-fronted and directed... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (May)
The screenplay categories are a bit convoluted with some contenders muddied as to whether or not they are truly original or truly adapted. We’ve seen... Read More
2024 North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) Nominations 
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