Dune
Denis Villeneuve’s Artful Universe
Paul Atredies in Dune is plagued by dreams that anticipate fearsome realities, and to read Frank Herbert's novel is to...
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DGA Preview and Predictions – The Fifth Slot Killer
Best Director used to drive the Best Picture race: in the 69 years of Oscar history where there were five...
Contest: Predict the Producers Guild and Directors Guild Nominations!
For the first time ever, the PGA and the DGA are announcing nominations on the same day: January 27th. We...
DGA Announces Documentary Nominees
DOCUMENTARY The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2021 are (in...
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DGA Preview and Predictions – The Fifth Slot Killer
Best Director used to drive the Best Picture race: in the 69 years of Oscar history where there were five Best Picture nominees, the top two categories matched 77% of the time (53/69). Now in the current era of the expanded Best Picture lineup, it doesn't: since 2009, Picture and Director have agreed only 54% of the time (7/13). In other words, splits have occurred twice as often as before. So now, even if the director category is dominated by one...
Contest: Predict the Producers Guild and Directors Guild Nominations!
For the first time ever, the PGA and the DGA are announcing nominations on the same day: January 27th. We are running a contest for both. Although the WGA will also be announcing on the 27th, we will post a Writers Guild contest separately. Thanks to Marshall, as always, for building the forms.
‘The Dress’ Director Tadeusz Lysiak On How Everybody Has the Right to Love
There is a brutal honesty that permeates through Tadeusz Lysiak's powerful short, The Dress. The director turns his attention to a woman of short stature, and he focuses on her desires and her need for love. You will go through a gamut of emotions while you are watching Lysiak's film, but you will leave it with affirmation that we all deserve to be seen and felt. (Please note that this interview discusses the entire film, and it should be seen before...
Costume Designers Guild Announces 2022 Nominations
Here are your 2022 nominations from the Costume Designers Guild. FILM Period Cruella - Jenny Beavan Cyrano - Massimo Cantini Parrini & Jacqueline Durran (Roxanne) House of Gucci - Janty Yates Nightmare Alley - Luis Sequeira West Side Story - Paul Tazewell Contemporary Coming 2 America - Ruth E. Carter Don't Look Up - Susan Matheson In the Heights - Mitchell Travers No Time To Die - Suttirat Anne Larlarb Zola - Derica Cole Washington Sci-Fi / Fantasy...
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Announces Nominees
Feature Film Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC "The Tragedy of Macbeth" Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS "Dune" Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF "Nightmare Alley" Ari Wegner, ACS "Power of the Dog" Haris Zambarloukos, BSC, GSC "Belfast" Spotlight Ruben Impens, SBC "Titane" Pat Scola "Pig" Adolpho Veloso "Jockey" Documentary Jessica Beshir "Faya Dayi" Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill "Cusp" Daniel Schönauer "The Hidden Life Of Trees" Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial Stuart Biddlecombe for Handmaid's Tale "Episode: The Wilderness" David Garbett for...
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Announces Nominees
MOTION PICTURE – LIVE ACTION Dune Production Mixer: Mac Ruth CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Ron Bartlett CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Douglas Hemphill CAS Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson CAS ADR Mixer: Tommy O’Connell Foley Mixer: Don White No Time To Die Production Mixer: Simon Hayes CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Massey CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor Scoring Mixer: Stephen Lipson ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby Foley Mixer: Adam Mendez CAS Spider-Man: No Way Home Production Mixer: Willie Burton CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell CAS Re-Recording Mixer:...
AD Exclusive: Mads Mikkelsen Chats with ‘Stenofonen’ Director Nicolaj Kopernikus
Shortlisted for Live Action Short, Stenofonen is a personal story about a young man longing for the love and approval from his father. As kids, we only want our parents to guide us in a loving way, but the young boy at the center of Nicolaj Kopernikus' short has to unexpectedly find his own path and strengthen his passions. When Jørn's father tells him that he can't take his violin to camp, he is crushed. On a typical day at the...
Exclusive: Adam McKay and the Stars of ‘Don’t Look Up’ on the Criticality (and Comedy) of a World-Ending Event
Awards Daily presents an exclusive look at Don't Look Up from its creative team. Writer/director Adam McKay, co-writer David Sirota, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Tyler Perry weigh in on the importance of not only striking the right comedy notes but also underscoring the film's core message. Don't Look Up remains one of Netflix's biggest films ever where it currently streams exclusively. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFImGIG3Fk
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‘The Gilded Age:’ Gold Standard or Imposter Syndrome?
This week, the Water Cooler Gang visits HBO's newest drama The Gilded Age. Starring Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Christine Baranski, and many, many more, the Julian Fellowes drama envelops viewers in the historic Gilded Age period where new monied families struck out against the old money social mores. Is this a worthy successor to Fellowes' Downton Abbey? Or does the series collapse under the weight of its lofty ambitions? Plus, is this series a competitor to Succession or Squid Game at...
‘Ozark,’ ‘Gilded Age’ Push to the Top of the Emmy Tracker
Two major titles have finally entered the Emmy Tracker, giving Succession and Squid Game some potential competition in the 2022 Emmy race: Ozark Season 4 and The Gilded Age. Netflix's Ozark premiered its final season on Friday. It's a dissected final season with a Season 4 Part 2 due sometime "soon," as Jason Bateman recently said on the Jimmy Kimmel show. I'm not exactly sure why they decided to cut the season into two parts. They don't appear to be following the Breaking...
‘WandaVision’ Costume Designer Mayes C. Rubeo on Working in Marvel’s Many Fantastical Worlds
Mayes C. Rubeo has been at the forefront of science fiction costuming for two decades, earning her first Oscar nomination for her work in Jojo Rabbit in 2020. Rubeo's name has also appeared in the credits of monster hits like Avatar, Apocalypto, Thor: Ragnarok, and others. It's Rubeo's constant hunt for a challenge and penchant for fantastical worlds that has drawn her to such unique projects. Although, in some ways, WandaVision marks a return home as Rubeo drew on her childhood memories, growing...
‘Yellowjackets,’ ‘Scream’ On This Week’s Podcast
This week, Megan returns and leads a look into the Yellowjackets season finale! Plus, Joey takes us back to Woodsboro to lead a discussion on Scream, the re-quel and first Scream film without Wes Craven. Thanks for listening and thank you, in advance, for subscribing and rating us on Apple Podcasts! Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Happy Birthday, Betty White
I don't know how to write this. I've been struggling to formulate words since I heard about Betty White's passing on New Year's Eve Day. In fact, I was drinking coffee out of a Rose Nylund mug when I heard the news. My husband's favorite show is The Golden Girls, so it is always playing at our house--whether we hunt for a channel playing it or we pop in one of our well-worn DVDs of the show. It is difficult for...
The State of the Race
The State of the Race: The Movies ARE Big. It’s the Oscars That Got Small
The first year I covered the Oscars, you could feel them coming. They were a big event. They held them...
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The State of the Race: The Golden Globes Announce Their Winners Anyway
You have to be someone who is mildly obsessed with episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, like I am, to...
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The State of the Race – As the Generations Turn, So Too Must the Oscars
When we think about the Big Oscar movies of the past we think of Titanic, the Godfather, Gone with the...
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Contest: Predict the Producers Guild and Directors Guild Nominations!
For the first time ever, the PGA and the DGA are announcing nominations on the same day: January 27th. We...
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SAG Contest Winners
We had another situation where we ended up with a lot of winners. But either which way, after the tie-breakers...
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Contest Winners and Predict the SAG Award Nominations!
Congratulations to our winners for the Golden Globe contest! We had 9 winners with an impressive top score of 12/14,...
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The Power of The Dog, Belfast, Licorice Pizza, Being The Ricardos, Spencer all missed here despite making the long list…
