Frontrunner Friday – Annapurna in flux; category changes
After last week’s drops of trailers for Vice and The Mule, this week’s Frontrunner Friday brings us a few changes that may or may not... Read More
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Netflix lines up its Oscar hopefuls: ROMA, 22 July, Buster Scruggs, Kindergarten Teacher main pushes
Netflix lines up its Oscar hopefuls: ROMA, 22 July, Buster Scruggs, Kindergarten Teacher main pushes
Netflix, which broke through the Oscars last season with above-the-line Academy Award nominations for Mudbound (and also establishing two pieces of Oscar history in the... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Mule,’ ‘Vice’ trailers take aim at Oscar voters
Two big trailer drops both impact multiple Oscar races in this week’s Frontrunner Friday. First was Vice, Adam McKay’s satire of the rise of Dick... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: No one knows anything (and that’s a good thing)
Frontrunner Friday has returned after a month to digest the impact that Venice, Telluride and Toronto had on the Oscar playing field and it was... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
What a difference the fall festivals make. The top 10 for September is teeming with green as Venice, Telluride and Toronto brought the top Oscar... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
Alfonso Cuarón has emerged from Venice, Telluride and Toronto as the one the beat in the Best Director Oscar race with ROMA and he is... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (September)
I’m still holding on to Spike Lee pulling off a competitive Oscar win with BlacKkKlansman but Barry Jenkins is a real threat to win this... Read More
2018 TIFF: What Did We Like and What Did We Learn
As awards watchers, the Toronto International Film Festival is the biggest jumping off point for Oscar season. Venice and Telluride come first (just by a... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September) – Regina King is Queen
Regina King is the new queen of the Supporting Actress Oscar race as If Beale Street Could Talk had its world premiere at the Toronto... Read More
Toronto Film Festival Winners: ‘Green Book’ drives into the Oscar race
The Peter Farrelly race relations road comedy Green Book, starring Academy Award winner Mashershala Ali (Moonlight) and Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, Captain... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November) 
Interview: John Lithgow on ‘Conclave’ Being a Career Highlight, Oscar Buzz and Comparing Director Edward Berger to David Lean [VIDEO] 
Interview: In ‘Gladiator II,’ Costume Designer Janty Yates Turns Rome into Her Runway 
Interview: Production Designer Arthur Max on Rebuilding Rome and Filling the Colosseum with Water in ‘Gladiator II’