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
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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
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)
What a difference a month can make. Telluride and Venice saw the premieres of a large swath of as-of-yet unseen Best Actress contenders and the... Read More
With mother!, is Jennifer Lawrence in or out of the Best Actress race?
mother! premiered this morning at the Venice Film Festival and as expected, the film was…polarizing to say the least. Some critics loved it, others hated... Read More
4 Reasons Why Frances McDormand Can (and Should) Earn an Oscar nomination for THREE BILLBOARDS
Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri premiered this morning at the Venice Film Festival and the buzz on the Lido can be summarized as:... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
The top 4 here remains the same as last month so either we’re doing something right or terribly wrong. It’s a close race for #1... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
The Venice and Telluride Film Festivals are still under way at the time of these new predictions with world and US premieres of some of... Read More
Is Judi Dench a lock for a Best Actress nomination for Victoria and Abdul?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Stephen Frears’ new film Victoria and Abdul premiered at the Venice Film Festivals and the reviews – including ours – were mixed. The... Read More
2018 Oscars: Can Downsizing’s Hong Chau become the 6th Asian Actress to get a Supporting Actress nom?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Alexander Payne’s Downsizing opened the Venice Film Festival and while the film itself is a polarizing, uneven story, it boasts a... Read More
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