Well Go USA acquires Lee Chang-dong’s Cannes favorite ‘Burning’ for 2018 US release
It was announced today that Well Go USA has acquired all North American rights to auteur director Lee Chang-dong’s BURNING. Based on a story by Haruki... Read More
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New TV spot for Glenn Close Oscar vehicle ‘The Wife’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Glenn Close earned her first Oscar nomination for her feature film debut in 1982’s The World According to Garp. From there... Read More
The ‘A Star Is Born’ trailer is here and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are legit Oscar contenders
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] So much has been rumored, buzzed and talked about with Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, a fourth version of A Star Is... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (May) – A Star Is Born, The Front Runner enter the top 10
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] I know, I know, it’s laaate. I was going to do May predictions ahead of the Cannes Film Festival and then... Read More
2019 Oscars: New Rules in Music and Doc Feature categories and more for 91st Academy Awards
Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced some big changes to the eligibility, campaigning and qualifications for films that want to be... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (April) – Chalamet Tops, Stephan James Rises
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Timothée Chalamet, who earned his first Oscar nomination earlier this year in Best Actor for Call Me By Your Name, is... Read More
2019 Oscars: The State of the Foreign Language Film Race Before Cannes
Following our analysis two weeks ago of next year’s Animated Feature Oscar race, we turn our attention to the 2019 Foreign Language Film race... Read More
Why Black Panther Should Be Considered a Serious Contender for the Oscars in 2019
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Black Panther has made a huge impact and is certainly good enough to be nominated for Oscars in certain categories. The... Read More
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project Among 2018-19 Academy FilmCraft and FilmWatch Grant Recipients
Additional Support Awarded to Film Archives Impacted by Natural Disasters: Cinemateca de Cuba, Permanencia Voluntaria and Archivo de Imagenes en Movimiento LOS ANGELES, CA –... Read More
2018 Cannes: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Everybody Knows’ with Oscar winners Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem will open 71st Cannes Film Festival
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] This year’s forthcoming Festival de Cannes will open with a screening of Asghar Farhadi’s new film Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) in Competition at... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW