Kemp Powers (’One Night in Miami,’ ‘Soul’) could join an elite group and make Oscar history
Playwright and screenwriter Kemp Powers could make Oscar history this year, in more ways than one. As a co-screenwriter of the animated Pixar film Soul,... Read More
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Oscars: Academy to honor Tyler Perry, Motion Picture & Television Fund with Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards
The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards to filmmaker Tyler Perry and to the Motion Picture... Read More
In ‘Malcolm & Marie,’ Zendaya and John David Washington are ready to kick down Oscars’ door
It’s not often that film work gets compared the days of John Cassavetes/Gena Rowlands/Ben Gazzara but that’s exactly what happened on Friday night when Netflix... Read More
Film Academy moves museum opening once again, to September 2021
Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, today announced that the new institution’s much-anticipated opening will be moved from Spring... Read More
Oscars: Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher, Jesse Collins to produce 93rd Academy Awards
Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Collins, Oscar-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the 93rd Oscars, Academy President David Rubin announced today. It... Read More
Kino Lorber acquires Poland Oscar hopeful ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’ for North America
Kino Lorber has acquired the North American rights to Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert’s Never Gonna Snow Again. Szumowska directed, produced and co-wrote alongside Englert who co-directed, co-wrote,... Read More
Meryl Streep, James Corden, Jo Ellen Pellman take the lead for ‘The Prom’ category placements
Netflix has announced the category submissions they will be campaigning this awards season for actors in the Ryan Murphy-directed movie-musical adaptation of the Tony-nominated The... Read More
Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are tuned for Oscar gold with ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Last night was the premiere of Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, one of the year’s most anticipated films and the final film from the late... Read More
Horror and the Oscars: A Match Made in Hell
When looking at the Best Picture line-up of nominees of any given year, it’s likely there will be a common theme. The category is usually... Read More
What TIFF20 told us about the 2021 Oscar race
Often heralded as one of the most important fall film festivals that may announce new contenders– and end others chances– for the rest of awards... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
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