26th SCAD Film Festival Lineup: ‘NYAD’ to Open, Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ to Close, First Look at ‘The Color Purple’
The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, the largest university-run film festival in the U.S., will return in person... Read More
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2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (September)
With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals now behind us, films seen and awards given out, we’re in a better place to visualize Oscar... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (August)
We’re just a week away from the fall festival kick off with Venice in August 30 and Telluride on August 31, both of which will... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (June)
As I expected in May, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest were the top Cannes winners last month,... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (May)
Last year, I kicked off my Oscar predictions just after Cannes, after Ruben Östlund won his second Palme d’Or and took that win all the... Read More
Trailer: The film adaptation of the Tony-winning musical ‘The Color Purple’ with Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo and Halle Bailey
Today, Warner Bros released the first trailer for the upcoming movie musical adaptation of the Tony Award-winning production The Color Purple, produced by Oprah Winfrey... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (May)
I’m kicking off my early 2024 Oscar predictions this season with Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay, a full four months earlier than last year. Why?... Read More
Oscar winner H.E.R. to make acting debut in ‘The Color Purple’ movie musical
Oscar- and Grammy-winning R&B star H.E.R. is setting her sights on Hollywood. The 24-year-old songstress is set to appear in the upcoming film adaptation of... Read More
Tony and Grammy-winning star Cynthia Erivo to perform at Oscars Governors Ball
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Award-winning singer-songwriter Cynthia Erivo is set to perform at the Governors Ball, the Academy’s official post-Oscars® celebration, on Sunday, February 26.... Read More
59th Grammy Awards: Adele Wins Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year Again
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Adele’s 25 was named the Grammys Album of the Year, upsetting Beyoncé’s Lemonade and making the singer/songwriter only the second female... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
‘I Saw the TV Glow,’ ‘The Substance’ Lead 16th LGBTQ Critics Dorian Film Award Nominations (GALECA) 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 81 – ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966) with Special Guest Louis Virtel 
2024 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Nominations: ‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘The Brutalist’ Lead