According to Oscar/DGA history, no director has ever won the DGA, lost an Oscar nomination for directing, then won Best Picture. It’s not happened ever, going back to 1949. So if this is a crazy year, as everyone keeps saying, you will see something happen that has never happened. On the other hand, it’s possible that (I don’t know for sure) the...
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The Gurus have shifted position after Ben Affleck won Best Director and Best Picture from both the BFCAs and the Globes. The folks over at Gold Derby are similarly split up — with most choosing either Argo or Lincoln. Here is how they think it will go at Movie City News: We’re at that time of year again when pundits are predicting a director but...
The Oscars are the Land of Oz, complete with illusionary finery and the jarringly ordinary old man behind the curtain. The Yellow Brick Road gets us there. All of the characters and traumas along the way are all part of this crazy season. Winners and losers, all in the name of the game. The momentum usually builds, with each nomination announcement whipping up the frenzy...
In anticipation of today’s DGA announcement (ETA, 9am Pacific), it’s time to do a little No Guts, No Glory. Hopefully, you all have entered our “Predict the DGA” contest. But in the meantime, the DGA seems to be more unpredictable than it has been in years. We really have no idea what five names will be called out tomorrow, and the reason for...
Kris Tapley says that Jim Cameron will take the Directors Guild top prize. He gives his reasons here: The answer is in the populist leanings of the guild, a vast, diluted membership that is TV-heavy, rules against sending screeners (which is a definite thorn for Kathryn Bigelow, whose film pulled down minuscule box office), etc. So the race will be back and forth one...
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