26 Jul Venice Announces Their 2021 Lineup
Venice, after Toronto of course, is the most important festival when it comes to the Oscar race. The last four winners there (The Shape of...
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26 Apr ‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Picture; Hopkins and McDormand Triumph
Nomadland (unsurprisingly) won Best Picture after starting its winning spree with a victory at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in September. Chloe Zhao became the second...
23 Apr Film Independent Spirit Awards: ‘Nomadland’ Wins and Mulligan Rebounds
The Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last night and while there were not many surprises ("Nomadland" won for example), Chadwick Boseman lost to Riz...
11 Apr BAFTA Day 2: ‘Nomadland’ takes Best Film, Hopkins and McDormand Get First Major Wins
Nomadland and Chloe Zhao continued their onslaught of the major precursors with BAFTA wins and this time they brought Frances McDormand along with them. The...
11 Apr BAFTA Day 1: No Real Surprises Among the Techs
There were no big surprises in the below-the-line technical categories and most of them should correspond with the Oscars. Here are the winners: CASTING: CALM WITH HORSES Shaheen...
11 Apr DGA Essentially Confirms That Zhao Will Win Best Director
Chloe Zhao continued her sweep of all the major directing precursors with a win at DGA. If anybody somehow thought she could lose Best Director...
05 Apr SAG Awards: Trouble for Mulligan and ‘Trial’ has Re-entered the Top-3
MOVIES Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Female actor: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Supporting actor: Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Supporting female actor: Youn...
25 Mar PGA Awards Announced: ‘Nomadland’ Racks Up Another Major Win On the Way to Oscar
After a win here, it seems highly improbable that anything other than Nomadland can win Best Picture. The last major precursors for Picture are DGA,...
22 Mar WGA Winners Announced: ‘Promising Young Woman’ triumphs over ‘Trial’
A win here was important for The Trial of the Chicago 7 since I believed that it needed at least this and SAG under its...
18 Mar 2021 Oscar Nominations List: ‘Mank’ leads with 10
Best Picture “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.) “Mank” (Netflix) “Minari” (A24) “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) “The Trial...