FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank and News of the World should be good to go here, they’ve hit what they needed to and Mank looks to be in line... Read More
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2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (February)
Many moves up this month, with News of the World peaking at #2 and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey re-entering the top 10 after its... Read More
Interview: Production Designer Donald Graham Burt and Costume Designer Trish Summerville on Making ‘Mank’
One of the most acclaimed films of all time is Citizen Kane, released in 1941 and starring a young Orson Welles, who also directed. David... Read More
Interview: Production Designer Jim Bissell and VFX supervisors Chris Lawrence and Matt Kasmir on their process and inspirations of creating ‘The Midnight Sky’
George Clooney is back behind – and in front of – the camera after successful films like Good Night, and Good Luck. and The Monuments... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (January)
I think I slept on Tenet for too long here. Nathan Crowley is a 5-time nominee in this category, four of them for Christopher Nolan... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (December)
Although most of the action in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom takes place in just a few locations, I think the film will have more broad... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (November)
Emma. makes her debut in Production Design this month, pushing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom down into other contenders. The Personal History of David Copperfield climbs... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (October)
There are enough elaborate period pieces and fantasy films to populate production design this year even as those summer tentpoles (and winter ones) disappeared. Moving... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (September)
There usually isn’t much room for subtlety or nuance in the Oscar for Production Design so don’t expect Frances McDormand’s fall leaves plates from Nomadland... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION and COSTUME DESIGN (December)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is storming through the guild nominations and it continues its hold of the top spots in both categories this... Read More
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