09 Dec AFI Top 10 Announced: No Major Misses as This Year’s Contenders Become Much Clearer
The AFI awards are announced over a month before nominations are released yet are consistently one of the most consistently strong predictors of the Best...
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08 Dec National Board of Review Releases Their Top 10; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Named Best Film
'Top Gun: Maverick' won its first major award and the second major critics award of the year (after Tar won NYFCC on December 2nd). Claudio...
10 Nov My 200(ish) Favorite Shots of All-Time
Even though I wasn't able to choose only one shot from these movies I wanted to recognize the cinematography of 'Far From Heaven', 'The Thin...
26 Jul Venice 2022 Lineup Announced: Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’ To Open Festival
The lineup for this year's Venice Film Festival was just announced. This is the first major festival lineup announcement of the Oscar season and it...
28 Mar Oscars 2022: ‘CODA’ Wins Best Picture
It was a simultaneously crazy and unsurprising night. Will Smith punched Chris Rock live on television yet the favorite won in any every category except...
20 Mar PGA Awards: ‘CODA’ Becomes a Very Possible Best Picture Contender
CODA now has won both PGA and SAG, a combination that no film since Birdman (2015's Best Picture winner) has had. Couple that with a...
19 Mar PGA Preview: ‘The Power of the Dog’ Should Continue Rolling and Can ‘Mitchells’ Beat ‘Encanto’?
The Producers Guild Awards are tomorrow and are the last piece of the puzzle in the Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, and Best Documentary Feature...
14 Mar Critics Choice Awards: Campion, Smith, and DeBose Complete Their Sweeps
Jane Campion, Will Smith, and Ariana DeBose have swept all four major precursors in their respective categories and are essentially locked for wins come Oscar...
13 Mar BAFTA Awards: The Power of the Dog, Will Smith, and Others Win Big
The recipients of this year's BAFTAs were announced today. The most surprising moment, though inconsequential for the Oscar race, was veteran British actress Joanna Scanlan's...
13 Mar DGA Awards: Campion Wins Another Major Precursor En Route to Oscar
Of all the above-the-line categories, Best Director is the closest to being locked as Campion will likely sweep the precursors on her way to Oscar...