Director Watch Podcast Ep. 4 – ‘Carol’ (Haynes, 2015)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
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‘Women Talking’ review: Writer/director Sarah Polley returns with a harrowing and hopeful chamber piece of the power and fortitude of women [A] | Telluride Review
In a small colony, in an undisclosed location in the United States, lies a community of Mennonite-like religious conservatives living in a massive imbalance of... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)
My #1 may stay the same but there’s quite a bit of movement this month, just before we head into festival season and the majority... Read More
Interview: ‘Nightmare Alley’ hair & makeup designers Cliona Furey and Jo-Ann MacNeil on those challenging carnival creations and working with Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro’s vivid imagination and flare for fantastical worlds has made him a master of fantasy. His latest, Nightmare Alley, transports audiences to a... Read More
‘Nightmare Alley’ review: Another gorgeous but safe outing from Del Toro [Grade: B-]
There’s something beautiful, admirable, yet frustrating about Guillermo Del Toro’s recent works. With films like The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Hellboy films, he... Read More
Lies, treachery and deceit highlight the first teaser for Guillermo del Toro’s star-studded carny saga ‘Nightmare Alley’
“Is he man or beast?” Searchlight Pictures has released the first teaser for Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro’s long-anticipated Nightmare Alley, where an ambitious carny (8-time... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (July)
It may be only (late) July but I’m feeling comfortable with establishing two category placements that have been a bit up in the air that... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (June)
As I mentioned in Supporting Actor, fluidity between roles and category placement will be a big factor in Supporting Actress as well. Is there a... Read More
2021 Oscars: The Best Supporting Actress Contenders (February)
The list of contenders in supporting actress is bound to give us a host of previous winners and nominees here and from best actress but... Read More
Principal Photography on Searchlight Pictures’ ‘Nightmare Alley’ from Guillermo del Toro begins
Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn Star Searchlight Pictures announced that principal photography on NIGHTMARE ALLEY began this... 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