BEST ACTOR

One of the big Oscar movies maybe going to Telluride but might hit the Venice/Telluride one two punch is Damien Chazelle's third major feature, after Whiplash and La La Land. First Man is directed by Chazelle, written by Nicole Perlman and…

Directed by Chris Weitz, Operation Finale is about "The 1960 covert mission of legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin as he infiltrates Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that…

The pic comes from Fox Searchlight, written and directed by David Lowery about a 70 year-old man who escapes San Quentin prison.

If you've seen Darkest Hour, you know Gary Oldman's incredible portrayal of Winston Churchill. It's a jawdropping transformation and a commanding performance of the British leader. To recreate that familiar Churchill profile, Oldman spent…

I asked my followers on Facebook what they wanted me to write about, and it turned out to be whether or not there could or would be upsets in the acting categories, which feel pretty locked right now. So there are a few things to know…

The Santa Barbara Film Fest is off to a great start with all of the major nominees attending one event or another. Gary Oldman just received the Virtuosos Award, with his Darkest Hour co-star Ben Mendolsohn there to give him his award, with…

Probably you all will be disappointed that there isn't enough Timothee Chalamet in this.  But these are pretty cute overall.

Charlie Plummer has been acting since he was nine years old. He's appeared on stage, starred in Boardwalk Empire, and now he's featured in Ridley Scott's All The Money In The World as J. Paul Getty III. The billionaire's grandson was…

Here is how I personally measure stats: The big guilds > any other award that precedes them. What I mean by that is simply this: that Lady Bird and Get Out were shut out from the Best Director race at the Globes makes their fate a…

Tomorrow morning, the Screen Actors Guild will reveal their awards nominees for the year. So far, the potential nominees are a bit all over the place. We used to build charts to compare the Globes with the SAGs and with the Oscars, but…

There's an air of greatness to Kenneth Branagh, certainly for me encountering him as a fellow Brit. His body of work is extraordinary both behind the camera and in front of the camera. As President of RADA (Royal Academy of Drama and Arts)…

Gary Oldman's pitch perfect performance as Winston Churchill might be one of the last of the great performances where the actor's work alone is the greatest visual effect. As Hollywood moves away from relying solely on the actor and towards…

"I've been really happy with the reception and it keeps going and going. I've not had a day off for so long." Sean Baker says of the buzz surrounding The Florida Project. Swept up in the crest of its success, he has not had a moment to…

The Santa Barbara Film Fest will once again celebrate the Oscar contenders when it begins its 33rd festival year on January 31st. Gary Oldman will be fetted with the Modern Master Award for his work in Darkest Hour, a well deserved honor…

In 2013, two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that would change some lives forever. Three people lost their lives, hundreds were injured, and sixteen people lost limbs. One of the people with devastating injuries was…

This is a year of great ensemble work across the board. Often SAG voters will look at the bold names and be more familiar with them, which means they remember and admire their work in previous films, which is why films with many well-known…

Idris Elba is sitting in a Beverly Hills Hotel on a Sunday morning recalling the time he saw A Few Good Men and thinking how lucky Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson were to recite lines like those. Theat 1992 screenplay by Aaron Sorkin is…

PTA did an interview with Entertainment Weekly and gave some juice tidbits about Phantom Thread (how excited are you for this?) How long have you been toying with this idea? It’s very new. It’s a new idea, really within the past few…

I loved the Disaster Artist before I ever even watched The Room, believe it or not. I found the characters compelling, the idea hilarious and if you live here in Los Angeles, not that out of the realm of what people do out here to get…

One of the first interviews I did when I moved to LA a little over three years ago was with Jason Hall when I spoke to him about writing the screenplay for American Sniper. Chris Kyle's story was near and dear to him as he got to know…