2018 Oscars: Did the WGA help clear up Best Picture?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Well…yes and no. The predictions of who would win the Writers Guild award for Original Screenplay were generally pretty varied among... Read More
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‘Call Me By Your Name,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Win USC Scripter Awards
Call Me By Your Name and The Handmaid’s Tale won the USC Scripter awards for film and television (respectively) last night. The University of Southern... Read More
2018 Oscars : 6 Observations on this year’s Animated Short Film Race
Two weeks ago, AMPAS announced its Oscar nominations in all 24 categories and like every year, there were surprises and snubs. The Animated Short Film... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Showgirls and Braveheart (1995)
Showgirls – “From the deer in the headlights performance of Elizabeth Berkley, to the so far over the top that you need a telescope to look... Read More
2018 Oscars: Best Picture is beginning to take ‘Shape’
We’re just a month away from the 90th Academy Awards and…we sort of have a frontrunner now? The Directors Guild of America (DGA) bestowed their... Read More
90th Oscar Nominations Return to Live Announcement
90th Oscars® Nominations Announcement Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:22 a.m. PST/8:22 a.m. EST/1:22 p.m. GMT/9:22 p.m. CST After last year’s not very well-received pre-taped announcement of... Read More
2018 Oscars: Is this the year Meryl Streep finally misses?
The always venerable Meryl Streep finally vulnerable in an Oscar race? I feel like we have this discussion every other year. Will the Academy’s most-nominated... Read More
Interview: Feras Fayyad on how his Oscar-shortlisted LAST MEN IN ALEPPO is an Urgent Cry for Humanity
At a time where hope seemed lost in many of Syria’s shattered cities, a group of aid workers wearing white helmets emerged from the shadows... Read More
2018 Oscars: Foreign Language Film – The Cases for THE WOUND (South Africa) and IN THE FADE (Germany)
In this week’s analysis, we look at two films which some pundits are considering as longshots for an Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination while others... Read More
Key Dates and Deadlines Between January 1st and the Oscars (March 4th)
It’s the new year and we now enter what is essentially Phase II of awards season. The majority of critics’ groups have announced winners (or... Read More
83rd Golden Globe Award Winners [Updating Live] 
Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP Winners: ‘Hamnet’ Takes Best Picture 
Cinema Eye Honors (CEH) Awards: ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Wins Top Honor 
Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 20