The Best Picture Oscar race in Venice so far – who has the best shot?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Three major American films backed by key studios were unveiled this week at the Venice Film Festival with several more films... Read More
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Oscar Podcast #56: Fall Festivals, Pre-Festival Release Contenders and Oscar Predictions Take Shape (of Water)
With the Venice, Toronto and New York Film Festivals all having announced their slates for this year it was the perfect time to podcast. I... Read More
First Official Teaser for ‘mother!’ is Appropriately Weird and Crazy
Darren Aronofsky’s mother! has been the most secretive and one of the most anticipated films of the year. We hadn’t even had so much as... Read More
Venice Film Fest: Paramount Sets Triple Play with Downsizing, Suburbicon and mother!
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The lineup for the 74th Venice Film Festival is here and it looks like Paramount is playing some serious ball this... Read More
Oscar Podcast #55: New Academy Members, Fall Festivals and July Oscar Predictions
This 55th Oscar podcast I’m joined by no less than three esteemed Gold Rush Gang members – Jason Osiason, Richard Anthony and Matt Dinn. We... Read More
73rd Venice Film Festival WINNERS: La La Land, Lav Diaz take top honors
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Filipino director Lav Diaz took home the top prize from the 73rd Venice Film Festival with his newest (and one of... Read More
Can Natalie Portman Crash the Best Actress Ball with Jackie?
May I Have This Dance? Natalie Portman has her eyes set on Oscar #2 with her rave reviews in ‘Jackie’ [divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Yesterday,... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] As we saw with Best Picture and Best Director, we see in Best Actor for Nate Parker (The Birth of a... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Boy, can a lot change in a month. Last month, The Birth of a Nation was tied with Silence at #2... Read More
The Venice and Telluride Film Festivals have kicked off the beginning of Oscar season (even though we’ve been at it for months!), giving us a... Read More
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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 72 – ‘Three Colours: Blue’ (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993) 
2025 Oscars: Eligibility Lists for Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards 
Nava Mau, Sean Wang Among 2024 BAFTA Breakthroughs Championing New ‘Must-Watch’ Creatives