The news is reporting that Catherine O'Hara died at the age of 71, no cause of death has yet been revealed. She was one of the most talented people working in comedy. I often think about her many performances over the years when I feel down just to be able to laugh for a brief moment. I absolutely love her in everything she's ever done but her work in Waiting for Guffman is just beyond compare. This scene is just pure genius....

Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen get together to discuss the BAFTA, WGA and ACE nominations. We spend a lot of time wondering whether this is a predictable race or if there are surprises to be expected and we gossip a lot about how horrible Film Twitter is and why we have to keep on keeping on regardless. Jeremy has a Substack mentioned in the episode, which you can visit by going here.

Our pals over at Film Threat will hold their 7th Annual Award This! Nominees are probably movies you've never heard of, but it's a counter culture, grassroots celebration of outsider cinema. We know the great Justine Bateman will be in attendance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx3OSIIaYeE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awardthis.com%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ Here are the nominees: AWARD THIS! FILM ABOUT MOVIES OR FILMMAKING An Unfinished Film The Darkside of Society I Know Catherine, The Log Lady Making Megaforce Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry Tura! AWARD THIS! MUSIC DOCUMENTARY...

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -" Emily Dickinson There are some people out there clinging to the hope that Sinners, the most successful film in the Oscar race and the best argument for saving movie theaters, will somehow prevail. But with everything that's happening in the news, why wouldn't the Oscars become one more political tool? As thousands of Iranians...

FILM Best Science Fiction Film Avatar: Fire and Ash Bugonia Jurassic World: Rebirth Predator: Badlands The Running Man Tron: Ares Best Fantasy Film Freakier Friday Hamnet How to Train Your Dragon The Life of Chuck Lilo & Stitch Wicked: For Good Best Horror Film 28 Years Later The Conjuring: Last Rites Final Destination Bloodlines Frankenstein The Monkey Weapons Best Cinematic Film Adaptation (From Another Medium) Black Phone 2 Captain America: Brave New World The Fantastic Four: First Steps A Minecraft Movie Superman...

SCREENPLAY NOMINEES ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY   Black Bag, Written by David Koepp; Focus Features  If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Written by Mary Bronstein; A24 Marty Supreme, Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie; A24 Sinners, Written by Ryan Coogler; Warner Bros. Pictures Weapons, Written by Zach Cregger; Warner Bros. Pictures ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Bugonia, Screenplay by Will Tracy, Based on the Film Save the Green Planet Written and Directed by Jang Joon Hwan and Produced by Sidus; Focus Features Frankenstein, Screenplay by Guillermo del...

Thanks to Will Mavity for posting these: It will be interesting to see which takes Drama, F1 or Sinners. BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical): F1 Stephen Mirrione, ACE Hamnet Chloé Zhao, ACE Affonso Gonçalves, ACE Sentimental Value Olivier Bugge Coutté Sinners Michael P. Shawver Weapons Joe Murphy BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical): Bugonia Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, BFE Marty Supreme Ronald Bronstein Josh Safdie One Battle After Another Andy Jurgensen Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Bob Ducsay, ACE...

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another leads with 14 nominations, followed by Ryan Coogler's Sinners with 13, while Hamnet and Marty Supreme also earn double digit nominations. Here is the full list of nominations (credit to the Hollywood Reporter) Best Film HAMNET Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes MARTY SUPREME Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson SENTIMENTAL VALUE Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar SINNERS Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler Outstanding British Film 28 YEARS...

The BAFTAs are announcing very early this morning, in about seven hours. It doesn't actually matter if someone misses a nomination but was on the longlist. I've seen plenty of them miss and still get in for the Oscar and even win the Oscar. So, don't make too much of it if you see that. We'll be watching to see how the Big Three - One Battle After Another, Sinners and Hamnet do. This year's race is more or less decided --...

Initial Takeaways from the 2026 Oscar Nominations A few days after the nominations dropped across the 25 major categories, we can finally step back, connect the dots, and start building a narrative (or several) about what it all really means. What does the Best Picture ten tell us? Does the old guard still carry real weight, or has the new guard reshaped the game? Is there still a clear Best Picture frontrunner, or is there room for an upset—maybe from the film...