‘The Farewell,’ ‘Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘Uncut Gems’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations
Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, Joe Talbot’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Uncut Gems from the Safdie Brothers topped... Read More
the farewell
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
Where there was green, now there is a sea of red. The top is pretty much the same as last month (just one drop and... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
I haven’t been as high on Martin Scorsese for The Irishman as virtually all of my peers and colleagues have been so either I’m on... 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
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October)
Margot, oh Margot, what to do. Before we had much of an inkling as to what Bombshell would look like, Margot Robbie has been riding... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
Now this is a juicy category. Unlike Adapted Screenplay, Original is jam-packed with so many contenders it’s going to be a bit of a bloodbath... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: It’s peach season as ‘Parasite’ ripens this weekend
The big news this week was the official list from the Academy of the record-breaking 93 countries that will compete for the (newly named) International... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Irishman,’ ‘1917,’ ‘Richard Jewell,’ light up the Oscar race
It’s the first Frontrunner Friday of the 2019-2020 Oscar season and for good reason: since the September Oscar predictions we’ve had Netflix’s The Irishman screen... Read More
Screen Actors Guild Predictions (Motion Picture)
What do we know about the Screen Actors Guild when it comes to nominations? First, the group represents about 160,000 actors, radio personalities, even puppeteers.... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
In a post-Venice/Telluride/TIFF world there’s a lot of green to be seen on this month’s Best Picture chart. Some films found their places locked and... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN (December) 
2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS (December) 
Interview: Director Robert Eggers (‘Nosferatu’) on the Consequences of Temptation, Training Hundreds of Rats, and Playing with Vampire Lore 
Interview: Guy Pearce on the Beauty and Violence of ‘The Brutalist’ and Van Buren’s Call to His Therapist