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Nantucket Film Festival Announces Full Program for 29th Edition
The Nantucket Film Festival has solidified its place as one of my favorite yearly events. Now in its 29th year, it continues to excel in highlighting exceptional screenwriting and storytelling. From its thoughtfully curated film selection to its engaging programs and lively celebrations, the festival never fails to captivate its audience. The Screenwriters Tribute and Late Night Storytelling events are standout experiences not to be missed. I am grateful for the opportunity to return to the island for the fourth time to cover this remarkable festival in mid-June. Stay tuned for comprehensive coverage of the event, and check out the full program below for more...
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2025 Oscars: New Rules to Force Streamers into the Multiplex
I sure wish they'd shrink their Best Picture contenders down to five. I know they're not ready for that yet, but that is the best thing they could do to bring back the power and glory of the Oscars. At any rate, the new rules mostly deal with forcing streamers like Netflix to screen their movies in theaters in large...
David Fincher’s Masterpiece Se7en Gets a Remaster
Tonight at the TCM Film Festival, David Fincher's Se7en will screen in 8K on IMAX: SE7EN (1995) was filmed in 35mm and released in 2.39 aspect ratio. Motion Picture Imaging scanned the original camera negative in 8k with all restoration work completed by David Fincher’s post-production team in 8k. Color by Eric Weidt. The original 5.1 sound elements were restored...
A Note About Comments
Hello there, from time to time we've had to fix our comments. We've been using Disqus for a very long time, but at some point, it just stopped syncing the comments. I tried everything I knew how to fix it, but instead Ryan and a few of us manually synced them several times per day. That means syncing them from...
Can the Oscars Survive the Imminent Death of Hollywood?
The Oscars are barreling toward their 97th year, and will turn 100 not too long from now. Yet, the industry and the Oscars, are facing a reckoning -- an existential crisis that could topple the empire. Not that you'd ever hear much about this. With Jay Penske having a monopoly on coverage you can pretty much be assured it will...
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s ‘Los Frikis’ Wins Marimbas Award at 41st Annual Miami Film Festival
Miami, FL (April 16, 2024) – “Los Frikis,” directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz, took the festival’s top jury prize, the $20,000 MARIMBAS Award, at the 41st edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival. The event ran from April 5 - 14, 2024. The award is an international competition for the jury-selected new narrative feature film...
The SAG Awards Will Have No Impact on Oscar Voting
The SAG/AFTRA awards have released their calendar for this year. Here is how it shakes out, vis a vis the Oscars. It's a hit and miss prospect, whether the Oscars will match the SAG awards. Last year, Lily Gladstone won the SAG and lost the Oscar to Emma Stone, on account of the Oscars mirroring the BAFTAs almost exactly. It...
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‘The Jinx Part Two:’ Revisiting the Trial, Conviction, & Cultural Impact of the Shocking HBO Documentary Series
We're back together at the Water Cooler this week to review the newest season in an old favorite. Andrew Jarecki's The Jinx first aired in 2015 and provided an amazingly in-depth and compelling look into the life and mysterious deaths surrounding millionaire Robert Durst. As the series ended with a seemingly shocking confession, audiences have since clamored for behind-the-scene details...
If ‘Tokyo Vice’ Ends With Season 2, It Does So In Grand Fashion
From the first moment of the first season, you could feel that Tokyo Vice was something special. Created by award-winning playwright JT Rogers (and starring Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, and Rachel Keller, and Show Kasamatsu in primary roles, the series began under the tutelage and pilot direction of the great Michael Mann. Mann created a moody and kinetic...
NATAS Announces 2024 Daytime Emmy® Nominations
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards. The Daytime Emmy® Awards telecast will be presented live on Friday, June 7, at 8 PM EDT / delayed PT, on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*. The Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle...
‘Expats’ Production Designer Yong Ok Lee Explains How She Recreated Hong Kong in Los Angeles
The crux of Yong Ok Lee's production design for Lulu Wang's Expats was initially supposed to consist of a handful of sets built in Hong Kong, including apartments for Nicole Kidman's Margaret and Sarayu Blue's Hillary. Then COVID hit. And production had to move to L.A., meaning Lee and her team had to rebuild and recreate their sets and build...
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Oscars 2024 – Closing It Out with One Last Podcast
We got together for one last podcast to close out the season. This time it's me, Sasha Stone, Ryan Adams,...
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Best PictureDune 2
Best ActorTimothee Chalamet, Dune 2
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Director Denis Villanueve, Dune 2
Adapted Screenplay
Original Screenplay
Cinematography
Dune 2
Best EditingDune 2
Production Design Dune 2
Sound Mixing + EditingDune 2
CostumesDune 2
Visual EffectsDune 2
Original ScoreDune 2
Original Song
Makeup and Hair
Animated Feature
Documentary Feature
International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short