2009 was the first year of the preferential or ranked-choice ballot. Avatar came in at the end of the year,...
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Read moreIt has been a difficult year for me to cover the Oscar race. Having missed all the film festivals due...
Read moreA new video posted by All Talking Pictures on Youtube is an excellent, must-watch overview of the history of Best...
Read more"The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction." "Maybe so, sir. But not today." When Mark Harris...
Read moreFirst off, a belated Happy Thanksgiving to you, dear readers. We really are grateful to have you here, especially those...
Read moreVariety's Brent Lang asks why Oscar movies are struggling at the box office, specifically related to She Said, but you...
Read moreAs we head into the final act of this year's awards race, we're waiting for two big movies to drop....
Read moreHere is the description from YouTube: Inspired by a true story, one man fights through unthinkable terrors in an attempt...
Read moreThe Academy was packed for a screening of Damien Chazelle's eagerly awaited film, Babylon. Big stars were in attendance for...
Read moreFor the first time in a long time, the Oscars this year have a chance to be big again, or...
Read moreNo film can win Best Picture if it's difficult to understand. This is one of the hardest thing for hardcore...
Read moreIn the last few days, we've seen some moves in the Best Actor race, which is far from settled. There...
Read moreWest Point, 1830. A world-weary detective is hired to discreetly investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet. Stymied by the...
Read moreIt's hard not to notice the juxtaposition of another Oscar race unfolding and high-profile trials of Oscar winners in the...
Read moreThroughout the season, we check in with "frontrunners and challengers." Here we are in late October, and we haven't seen...
Read moreIn the film Primary Colors, a movie that could not be made today in any way, shape, or form (because...
Read moreThe Maria Schrader film She Said has just screened at the New York Film Festival (I will be seeing it...
Read moreThe best way to see Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin is to see it cold. The less you know...
Read moreWomen Talking was all the rage at Telluride, and followed it up with second place at the Toronto Film Festival's...
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