How big of an Oscar contender will ‘The Irishman’ be?
On Friday, September 27th, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman had its premiere at the New York Film Festival. The 3 and a half hour mob epic... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Irishman,’ ‘1917,’ ‘Richard Jewell,’ light up the Oscar race
It’s the first Frontrunner Friday of the 2019-2020 Oscar season and for good reason: since the September Oscar predictions we’ve had Netflix’s The Irishman screen... Read More
Senegal selects ‘Atlantics’ for International Feature Film Oscar
Grand Prix winner Mati Diop made history as the first black female director to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
In a post-Venice/Telluride/TIFF world there’s a lot of green to be seen on this month’s Best Picture chart. Some films found their places locked and... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
As with every year, the director’s branch of the Academy has an opportunity to both recognize great artists and make history. Last year saw a... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)
We have a new Best Actress frontrunner. Renée Zellweger leapfrogs from the #5 spot all the way to #1 this month, portraying one of the... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
Adam Driver (Netflix’s Marriage Story) is #1 again this month after receiving the best reviews of his career. He also has Amazon’s The Report in... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (September)
A much more competitive category than adapted, Original Screenplay this month sees some moves up, a big fall, a ‘new’ entry and what’s starting to... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (September)
Discussions, arguments and confirmations have come in since last month for a few screenplays that found themselves with one foot dipped into each of the... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (September)
Tom “I haven’t been nominated since 2000” Hanks and Brad “I’m not going to campaign” Pitt remain atop the Supporting Actor list for September because... Read More
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