(SPOILERS) Another generation had its unbearable lightness. In 12 Years a Slave, we repeatedly bear witness to an unbearable stillness....
Read moreSomeone on Twitter asked me recently why I so strongly believed that Best Director needed to be tied to Best...
Read moreThe Hollywood Reporter's Pamela McClintock reports that "Marking her first turn directing a movie, Meg Ryan is teaming with Tom...
Read moreI think there has been some confusion in my State of the Race pieces. As the race has changed over...
Read moreFILM Feature Film: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Documentary: Jehane Noujaim, The Square TELEVISION Movie/Miniseries: Steven Soderbergh, Behind the Candelabra Drama Series:...
Read moreThe DGA breakfast today where Alfonso Cuaron, the expected winner tonight, was a no show -- he was celebrating his...
Read moreThis weekend, on January 25, the DGA will call out their winner for the 2013 film year. There are some...
Read moreThere are just a few years that will always be remembered in Oscar history, either because one film so thoroughly...
Read moreVariations on a theme running through this year's strongest five films in the Best Director category -- Gravity, American Hustle,...
Read moreScott Feinberg does some post-game analysis after the Critics Choice awards. He is still, like most other pundits, predicting a...
Read moreMuch of the world tuned in last night to watch Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host the Golden Globes with...
Read moreAlfonso Cuaron, Gravity Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips David O. Russell, American Hustle Martin Scorsese,...
Read moreTomorrow morning around 10am the DGA will announce its five director nominees for this year. I predict five of the...
Read moreOne of the more interesting questions in this year's Oscar race is wondering what the Directors branch is going to...
Read moreWriters and Actors roundtables after the cut. (thanks phantom!)
Read moreIt’s funny how little our view of the Oscar landscape has changed since Cannes in May. Was a time when...
Read moreThis Variety spread is pretty great, I must say. In addiction to Ben Affleck on Nicole Holofcener. Here is a...
Read moreRobert Sherman, Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Bradley Whitford, photo by Richard Segal Saving Mr. Banks is a force to be...
Read moreOscar season means Oscar parties. Usually you need a star or two in attendance to bring out the journalists because...
Read moreWatch the spankin' new trailer here. It’s unlikely that 2013, despite the slate of exceptionally good films, will equal last...
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