10 Performances that Lit Up the Lido at the Venice Film Festival
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Venice Film Festival awards will be announced shortly (predictions here) and it will be interesting to see what Annette Bening... Read More
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Predicting the Venice Film Festival Awards: Which Films Will Win Big Tomorrow?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Venice Film Festival wraps up tomorrow with its much-anticipated awards ceremony. As with Cannes and other film festivals, it’s almost... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ANIMATED FEATURE, VISUAL EFFECTS (September)
No changes in the top spots; Dunkirk leads Original Score once again, Coco is #1 in Animated Feature and Blade Runner 2049 holds onto Visual... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, SOUND EDITING, SOUND MIXING (September)
Dunkirk holds the beach in Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing as it did last month and again by significant margins. Only Blade Runner... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY, PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN (September)
Blade Runner 2049 continues to top the Cinematography and Production Design charts and Phantom Thread still looms despite not even a single production still or... Read More
Venice Critics and Audience Grids – Which Films Scored Highest?
Unlike the Cannes Film Festival where only critics get their grids, Venice allocates both critic and audience grids to assess how the public and the... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: THE SCREENPLAYS (September) – Call Me By Your Name, The Post Lead
Call Me By Your Name maintains a solid lead in Adapted Screenplay but Last Flag Flying inches up a few more points, it remains a... Read More
Venice Film Festival: Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Sam Rockwell, Hong Chau Spark Oscar Buzz
The Venice Film Festival isn’t over – but four standout supporting performances are already getting considerable buzz. From The Shape of Water to Three Billboards... Read More
Technical Achievement Oscar Contenders at the Venice Film Festival – The Shape of Water, Downsizing, Victoria and Abdul
Typically, it’s the stars who get all the attention when films screen at film festivals. They walk the red carpet, get all the media attention... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)
Another month, another top placement for Melissa Leo (Novitiate), albeit this time, for the first time in a while, with a 99 instead of a... Read More
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