38th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Writers Panel featuring Sarah Polley, Ruben Östlund, Rian Johnson, Kazuo Ishiguro and more [VIDEO]
Always one of the most popular events of the annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, today’s writer’s panel featured nine of the ten Oscar nominees... Read More
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FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR
As we get to the end of the long, long phase of Oscar season leading up to the nominations and as it often happens, we... Read More
2023 Directors Guild of America (DGA) Feature Film nominations: ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Top Gun’ in, women shut out of main category
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) have announced their two feature film categories, where men reigned in one and women in another. For Outstanding Directorial... Read More
Interview: Todd Field reflects on his influences, intentions and collaborations that formed his long-awaited return with ‘TÁR’
In the opening conversation in TÁR, Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) speaks to the idea of time and how a conductor controls it within a performance. By... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
In a year with so many big names and previous winners in the best director race like Steven Spielberg,, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, James Cameron, Damien... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
We’ve already talked about how rich Best Actress is this season (and then added yet another contender in Michelle Williams) but Best Director is a... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Basic Instinct 2’ and ‘The Departed’ (2006) 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 14 
On the Shelf: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’ trilogy, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,’ ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia,’ ‘Walking Tall’ and the ‘Babe’ Films Arrive on 4K Blu-ray Releases for Week of December 15 
Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Named Best Picture