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Las Vegas Film Critics Society: Once Upon a Time…is Best Picture, Director and more

Erik Anderson December 13, 2019

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) has chosen Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as the Best Picture of 2019, also awarding Quentin Tarantino... Read More

Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCC) nominations

Erik Anderson December 9, 2019

The Irishman leads with 10, followed by Parasite with 9, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with 8; Little Women and 1917 with 7 The... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)

Erik Anderson November 26, 2019

Parasite moves into the top 5 for Film Editing this month as its Best Picture prospects grow. That pushes 1917 back down into the Next... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Keeping the ‘Spirit’ alive post-AFI FEST

Erik Anderson November 22, 2019

It’s the end of AFI FEST 2019 and just a day after the nominations for the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards. How much did these... Read More

Spirit Award nominations: ‘The Lighthouse,’ ‘Uncut Gems’ lead with 5

Erik Anderson November 21, 2019

Honey Boy and Give Me Liberty earn 4 noms apiece; Marriage Story is the Robert Altman Award winner The 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards will... Read More

Independent Spirit Awards predictions: ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Waves’ should prevail

Erik Anderson November 20, 2019

Former AMPAS president John Bailey said last year that the Oscars were looking too much like the Spirit Awards. Like it’s a bad thing. Some... Read More

Box Office Estimates (Nov 1-3): ‘Dark Fate’ gets terminated, ‘Harriet’ exceeds expectations

Jonathan Boehle November 3, 2019

The winter box office season got off to a relatively quiet start this weekend, with Terminator: Dark Fate opening to a soft $29 million. Despite being the... Read More

Box Office Preview and Predictions: ‘Current War’ somehow unlikely to be bigger disaster than Box Office Mojo’s redesign

Jonathan Boehle October 24, 2019

After eight weekends in a row with $20+ million new openers (seven of which were above $30 million!), the weekend box office is in for... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING & CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2019

Some movement in Film Editing this month with James Mangold’s race car drama Ford v Ferrari moving into the pole position. It’s a tough call... Read More

Interview: Robert Pattinson on the red carpet for ‘The Lighthouse’ at MVFF42

Erik Anderson October 6, 2019

October 5, 2019 – The 42nd Mill Valley Film Festival hosted the West Coast premiere of Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and star Robert Pattinson was... Read More