2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
With both the Gothams and Spirit Awards announcing nominations, we’re just starting to see how some of these acting races and narratives can take early shape. Both groups have... Read More
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2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
Not much to fuss with this month in the top 5, with Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)... Read More
Interview: Charlotte Wells and Paul Mescal on ‘Aftersun’ reactions, working with a child actor, and filming in Turkey
Sometimes a director makes their feature film debut, and the movie is so transcendent that it seems impossible that it’s their first film. Charlotte Wells... Read More
‘Aftersun’ review: Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio are mesmerizing as a father and daughter in limbo in Charlotte Wells’s extraordinary debut
In the opening minutes of Aftersun, a camcorder goes back through footage, stopping on a young girl asking her father, in the middle of showing... Read More
Cannes Review: Paul Mescal plays a troubled father in Charlotte Wells’ delicately stunning debut, ‘Aftersun’ [Grade A-]
What can we do with our fickle memories of childhood, especially the ones painting our parents with idealistic brush strokes, as if they were something... Read More
Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson star in the haunting trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
Netflix has released the trailer for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal’s feature film directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, starring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman. In The Lost... Read More
Venice Review: With ‘The Lost Daughter,’ Maggie Gyllenhaal exposes mother-daughter relations in their vile, discomforting essence [Grade: B]
Leda, a middle-aged comp-lit professor, arrives at a lavish Greek island accompanied solely by her books. Played by an overwrought Olivia Colman, she frets and... Read More
FINAL Emmy Predictions: Limited Series, Reality, Variety and Music
It seems inevitable that HBO’s Watchmen, with its field-best 26 nominations, will fare the best in the Limited Series categories, but just how many will... Read More
2020 Emmy Nominations: Biggest Shocks, Snubs and Surprises
As I hit on in the nominations announcement, shocks and surprises happen every year but this year seemed to ratchet that up even more. We... Read More
2020 Emmy Nominations reactions: Kerry Washington, Lynn Shelton’s family, Paul Mescal and more
Emmy nomination reactions are coming in from stars and craft nominees alike. I’ll be updating as they come in. Kerry Washington, nominated for four Emmys:... 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