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
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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
2018 Oscars: Can you get an acting Oscar nomination with no precursors?
The short answer? Yes. It’s happened quite a bit, actually. In all but three of the last 14 years we’ve had at least one... Read More
Interview: Ann Marie Fleming on why WINDOW HORSES is one of the year’s most timely animated features in the Oscar race
At a time where multiple nations are battling xenophobia and striving to achieve tolerance and cultural exchange, Asian-Canadian filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming brings an animated... Read More
2018 Oscars: ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘Dunkirk’ Among 141 Scores Eligible for Original Score Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 141 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2017 are in contention for nominations... Read More
SAG Noms: Where is the Race Now?
The Screen Actors Guild nominations gave us another piece of the Oscar puzzle today. Some of it made things much clearer while some of it... Read More
2018 Oscars: Final Predictions for the Foreign Language Film Shortlist
It’s been an exciting 10 weeks during which we analyzed almost 30 films in the Foreign Language Film Oscar race, a number that represents around... Read More
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