Oscar Podcast #30: Box Office Flops and Successes, Screen Actors Guild predictions
In this, our 30th Oscar podcast, I welcome back a couple of Gold Rush Gang members (one current, one former) to talk about the most... Read More
our brand is crisis
2016 Oscar Predictions: Post-TIFF, Venice and Telluride Finds Spotlight Rising, Joy Still at #1
So, it’s been a month since I updated the Gold Rush Gang’s Oscar predictions. The 1-2-3 punch of the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film... Read More
When Oscar Bait Fails: How Film Festival Response Makes or Breaks a Film
What has happened to this Oscar season? The Toronto International Film Festival, currently underway, is normally the jumping off point, or in some cases... Read More
Sandra Bullock’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Gets a Poster and a Trailer
Debuting just ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, David Gordon Green’s comedy/drama Our Brand Is Crisis gives us Academy Award winners... Read More
Forum Oscar Poll Results – August 2015: The Danish Girl and The Revenant TIED in Best Picture
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Boy, are these races getting close! Each month seems to find the top three in most categories getting closer to each... Read More
Our Brand Is Crisis and The Danish Girl Land Top Slots at TIFF
Sometimes timing is everything. If you look at past schedules for the Toronto International Film Festival you’ll notice a few things; which films get... Read More
In this summertime podcast I’m joined by special guest Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood at IndieWire. Anne is a gal in the know and... Read More
TIFF40 Adds I Saw the Light, Our Brand Is Crisis, Truth, 45 Years, About Ray
You didn’t think the first announcement was all there was, did you? TIFF director Cameron Bailey is still dead set on Toronto being the... Read More
Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (August)
Phyllis Nagy’s script for Carol, based on the book “The Price of Salt” by Patricia Highsmith, reigns supreme on the Best Adapted Screenplay chart this... Read More
Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (August)
Robert De Niro (Joy) sees his lead increase, putting his vote total to a near perfect score and maintaining his #1 status. His strength in... Read More
Academy Elects Haifaa al-Mansour, Effie T. Brown, Annie Chang as New Governors-at-Large 
Interview: As the Effervescent Claude on ‘The Four Seasons,’ Marco Calvani is Back and He’s Still the One 
2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR and SUPPORTING ACTRESS (June) 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 104 – ‘The Hobbit Trilogy’ (Peter Jackson, 2012/2013/2014)