2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December) – Casey Affleck Dominates; Andrew Garfield x 2 Could Be a Problem
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] We’re just a week into critics’ awards for 2016 and already Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) is dominating. Winning citations... Read More
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2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Very little to report for Best Actor this month as we have the same lineup as last month, minus Joe Alwyn... Read More
‘La La Land’ gets Centerpiece Gala treatment at AFI Fest
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Not that it needed more festival presence, La La Land, the current frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar, is going to... Read More
Review: ‘La La Land’ (★★★★)
La La Land is a film that often fights and challenges itself. It complains about Hollywood as much as it adores it (a line from... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Denzel Washington (Fences) and Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) are locked in their #1 and #2 positions, respectively, and even... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] As we saw with Best Picture and Best Director, we see in Best Actor for Nate Parker (The Birth of a... Read More
Venice Review Roundup: La La Land, Arrival and Nocturnal Animals
Three of Oscar season’s biggest titles made their debuts in Venice this week and the reviews so far have been pretty stellar. Sometimes a Venice launch of... Read More
New Trailer for ‘La La Land’ Features Original Song “Audition”
A new trailer for Damien Chazelle’s highly anticipated follow-up to Whiplash, La La Land, is here and with it a glimpse at another of the modern-day... Read More
2017 Screen Actors Guild Predictions – Film
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Predictions for the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have become a much harder nut to crack recently. In 2012, SAG merged... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] While the top five in Best Actor this month is the same as last month, Denzel Washington (Fences) eeks up over... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
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‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman