2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (September)
A heavily male-dominated category this season (but then, when isn’t it?) and with a frontrunner so clear and so far out ahead it almost makes... Read More
the trial of the chicago 7
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (September)
The amount of potential doubled up nominees in Original Score this year is impressive if not entirely surprising as this year is packed with previous... Read More
Film Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ favors sensationalism over social impact
“The Democratic Convention is about to begin in a police state.” – Walter Cronkite 1968 was a year of global social upheaval. Mass student protest erupted... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (September)
When you look at even just the recent history of the Film Editing Oscar you’ll generally find two things; winners come from Best Picture nominees... Read More
“The whole world is watching!” Today Netflix dropped the trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, detailing the initial peaceful protest at... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (August)
Is it Oscar season yet? It’s kiiinda starting to look like it, or a semblance of it. The fall festivals, virtual as they are, are... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (August)
Biggest news and move this month comes from LaKeith Stanfield in the freshly titled Fred Hampton biopic Judas and the Black Messiah. A spectacular first... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (July)
It’s been two weeks since my predictions in Supporting Actor and I held off on my Best Picture and Best Director contenders for July until... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions (March): Where Do We Go From Here?
SXSW canceled. Tribeca postponed. Cannes on the brink of postponement or cancelation. No new film releases until….? The film industry has never been in a... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW