Frontrunner Friday – Annapurna in flux; category changes
After last week’s drops of trailers for Vice and The Mule, this week’s Frontrunner Friday brings us a few changes that may or may not... Read More
oscars 2019
Oscars: Shortlists to be revealed in nine categories on the same day
For the first time since 1979 we’ll have shortlists in Original Score and Original Song The Academy announced yesterday that instead of dropping shortlists in... Read More
Netflix lines up its Oscar hopefuls: ROMA, 22 July, Buster Scruggs, Kindergarten Teacher main pushes
Netflix lines up its Oscar hopefuls: ROMA, 22 July, Buster Scruggs, Kindergarten Teacher main pushes
Netflix, which broke through the Oscars last season with above-the-line Academy Award nominations for Mudbound (and also establishing two pieces of Oscar history in the... Read More
87 Countries to Compete for Foreign Language Film Oscar
The final list is in and 87 countries have qualified to compete for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. Afghanistan’s entry, Rona, Azim’s Mother, was not on... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Mule,’ ‘Vice’ trailers take aim at Oscar voters
Two big trailer drops both impact multiple Oscar races in this week’s Frontrunner Friday. First was Vice, Adam McKay’s satire of the rise of Dick... Read More
Double and Triple Takes: How actors with multiple films this season can boost their awards prospects
Double and Triple Takes: How actors with multiple films this season can boost their awards prospects
Sometimes an actor can knock a single performance out of the park so definitively that an Oscar nomination or even a win can seem inevitable.... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
What a difference the fall festivals make. The top 10 for September is teeming with green as Venice, Telluride and Toronto brought the top Oscar... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
Bradley Cooper makes not only the biggest jump on this month’s chart he shoots all the way to the #1 spot. The hype is real... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
Alfonso Cuarón has emerged from Venice, Telluride and Toronto as the one the beat in the Best Director Oscar race with ROMA and he is... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (September)
I’m still holding on to Spike Lee pulling off a competitive Oscar win with BlacKkKlansman but Barry Jenkins is a real threat to win this... Read More
Interview: Celine Song on Creating a Victorian Romance in 2025 and Knowing Dakota Johnson was Her Working Girl in ‘Materialists’ 
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Ira Sachs on His New Film ‘Peter Hujar’s Day,’ Coming of Age in the 80s, and the Art of Creating Art [VIDEO INTERVIEW]