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Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Glenn Close

Erik Anderson November 13, 2020

You could feel it coming. After months of wondering how Hillbilly Elegy was going to land with critics and with it, the potential Oscar hopes... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Lady Sings the Blues

Erik Anderson November 6, 2020

As the tallying of votes of this week’s Presidential election rages on (and as of this writing, Joe Biden is the leader and will be... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)

Erik Anderson October 23, 2020

We’re finally getting our first looks at Netflix’s fall and winter slate with trailers for Hillbilly Elegy, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank and the... Read More

Chloé Zhao, Aaron Sorkin announced as first SFFILM Awards Night honorees

Erik Anderson October 20, 2020

SFFILM Awards Night has quickly become one of the top stops of an ever-growing awards season and this year is no different. The 2020 edition... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)

Erik Anderson October 20, 2020

Like Adapted Screenplay, things are verrry quiet on the Original Screenplay front. So quiet I haven’t made any changes. That’s odd, right? It’s a pretty... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)

Erik Anderson October 19, 2020

A lot of new blood this month with A24’s Minari, Sony Classics’ Nine Days and Netflix’s The Prom joining the fray. Minari has some very... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)

Erik Anderson October 19, 2020

Not to beat a dead horse but, two top contenders – Warner Bros Dune and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die have vacated 2020/2021 eligibility, which... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (October)

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

With delayed tentpoles like Dune from Warner Bros and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die, Emile Mosseri’s elegant score from A24’s Minari pushes him all the... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

Always one of the weirdest categories, as the music branch often reaches into the abyss to find an obscure nominee (Alone Yet Not Alone, anyone?),... Read More