2020 Oscars: Can Lupita Nyong’o or Alfre Woodard win Best Actress as their film’s lone nomination?
It’s not easy entering Oscar night as the lone nominee from your film. Just ask Glenn Close (The Wife) and Isabelle Huppert (Elle), both of... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Keeping the ‘Spirit’ alive post-AFI FEST
It’s the end of AFI FEST 2019 and just a day after the nominations for the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards. How much did these... Read More
AFI FEST review: ‘Queen & Slim’ is a searing and sobering story that must be told
The opening of Queen & Slim, a Tinder first date between a Black couple (Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith, both excellent), is at first a... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)
Although I still very comfortable with Renée Zellweger singing her way to a 2nd Oscar win in Judy, Charlize Theron in Bombshell is going to... Read More
AFI Alumna Melina Matsoukas’s Feature Film Directorial Debutto Launch 33rd Edition of Festival on Thursday, November 14 AFI FEST announced today that the debut feature... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (August)
Things are starting to pick up in Best Actress but I’m still not budging on Cynthia Erivo completing her EGOT with Focus Features’ Harriet. The... Read More
Universal Pictures has released the first images and trailer for Queen & Slim, the upcoming feature film debut from Melina Matsoukas based on the novel... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (June)
Original Screenplay sees some green this month as I move A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood over to Adapted, bumping up The Farewell, Harriet and... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (May)
The screenplay categories are a bit convoluted with some contenders muddied as to whether or not they are truly original or truly adapted. We’ve seen... Read More
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