Oscar Podcast #42: Fall Festivals Kick Off Oscar Season with La La Land, Moonlight, Arrival, Nocturnal Animals
The Venice and Telluride Film Festivals have kicked off the beginning of Oscar season (even though we’ve been at it for months!), giving us a... Read More
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2016 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture – The Revenant Leads heading into BAFTA
In the most exciting Best Picture race in years, we have a true three-horse race. Spotlight won SAG, The Big Short won PGA and... Read More
2016 Oscars: SAG/GG Post-Mortem and Michael Shannon?
With the two major critics groups (LAFCA and NYFCC), the National Board of Review (NBR), Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and now The Golden Globes... Read More
2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE – Spotlight, Bridge Rise; Steve Jobs’ Stock Plummets
In the new set of Best Picture Oscar predictions from The Gold Rush Gang you’ll see some big changes and watch the race really... Read More
Paramount Enters the Oscar Fray with ‘The Big Short’ starring Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling
After months of test screenings, a few set pictures and virtually no word on if Paramount Pictures was going to have a film ready... Read More
2015 Oscars: The Imitation Game, Foxcatcher and Selma – How Controversy Becomes Campaigning
It happens almost every year at this time. No, not post-Christmas malaise or New Year’s celebrations but emergence of controversies about Oscar films based on... Read More
In this juicy edition of the AwardsWatch Oscar Podcast, Richard and I dive deep into the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (tomorrow!) and our nomination... Read More
2015 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Kristen Stewart (Still Alice) Enters the Race
After entering last month’s chart as a dark horse, Still Alice‘s Kristen Stewart is now officially in the Gold Rush Gang top 5. Her support... Read More
In this new Oscar podcast, Erik, Kenneth, Matt M and Peter discuss where Selma and Unbroken are in the race. Have they fallen? Are they steady? With... Read More
Contender or Pretender Series: Interstellar
Welcome to the latest Contender or Pretender 2014. Today we take a look at what will likely be the biggest film in the awards race... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10