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39th Mill Valley Film Festival to Spotlight Aaron Eckhart

Erik Anderson September 24, 2016

MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES A SPOTLIGHT ON AARON ECKHART OCTOBER 15TH, 2016 SAN RAFAEL, CA (September 23, 2016) – The Mill Valley Film Festival is... Read More

Can Natalie Portman Crash the Best Actress Ball with Jackie?

Erik Anderson September 8, 2016

May I Have This Dance? Natalie Portman has her eyes set on Oscar #2 with her rave reviews in ‘Jackie’ [divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Yesterday,... Read More

Oscar Podcast #42: Fall Festivals Kick Off Oscar Season with La La Land, Moonlight, Arrival, Nocturnal Animals

Erik Anderson September 4, 2016

The Venice and Telluride Film Festivals have kicked off the beginning of Oscar season (even though we’ve been at it for months!), giving us a... Read More

Oscar Podcast #38: Cannes Predictions, Oscar Talk, Story of Your Life Gets a New Title

Erik Anderson April 11, 2016

In our 38th podcast, I am joined by three Gold Rush Gang members – Júlia, Evan and Kenneth – to first discuss the name change... Read More

2016 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture – The Revenant Leads heading into BAFTA

Erik Anderson February 11, 2016

In the most exciting Best Picture race in years, we have a true three-horse race. Spotlight won SAG, The Big Short won PGA and... Read More

PGA Preview and Winner Prediction: Spotlight, The Revenant or The Big Short?

Erik Anderson January 20, 2016

The Producers Guild of America announces their winner this Saturday with the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures and... Read More

MVFF38 Review: ‘Spotlight’

Erik Anderson October 9, 2015

Telling the story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporters whose 2001 investigation broke through the systemic cover-up of Catholic priests sexually abusing kids... Read More

Oscar Podcast #28: After Venice, Telluride & TIFF – Who Fell, Who Rose and Who’s in the Lead with special guest Gregory Ellwood

Erik Anderson September 28, 2015

In this podcast I welcome HitFix co-founder and longtime Oscar pundit Gregory Ellwood (currently at the helm of awardscampaign.com) as we talk about the state of... Read More

When Oscar Bait Fails: How Film Festival Response Makes or Breaks a Film

Erik Anderson September 14, 2015

What has happened to this Oscar season? The Toronto International Film Festival, currently underway, is normally the jumping off point, or in some cases... Read More