BEST ACTRESS
Best Actress – The Frontrunner and Her Challengers
For whatever reason, resentment often sets in when it comes to the Best Actress race, and that usually happens if...
What Do Women Really Want? Does Empowerment Mean Erasing Sexuality?
Of all of the reactions to the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein -- from the reasonable to the extreme...
Elisabeth Moss On Her Ferocious Turn as Becky Something in ‘Her Smell’
The actress talks to Joey Moser about the film's structure and working with director Alex Ross Perry. If you haven't...
Predictions Friday: Can Joker Also Get in for Best Picture or Best Director?
There is no doubt that Todd Phillips' Joker has struck a chord. Where people say it's dark and nihilistic at...
Predictions Friday – It’s Not What WE Think, It’s What THEY Think
I've been saying it for a long time now, so long that I assume everyone already knows this -- but...
Best Actress and the Art of Transformation
The Best Actress race is suddenly more wide open than it seemed even months ago, not in terms of who...
Renee Zellweger Honored with Riviera Award at SBIFF
Renee Zellweger will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 35th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival in...
Best Actress – It’s Hard To Be a Frontrunner
The first thing to know is that this is one of the "thinnest" years for Best Actress in a while....
Newsletter and Reminder
Here is a look at this week's newsletter - you can read the whole thing here - and subscribe as...
Predictions Friday – The Presumed Frontrunners and Their Challengers
What's all the buzz in the Oscar race now? Well, there isn't actual Oscar buzz, as you may know. Right...
Best Actress — A Frontrunner, Last Year’s Shocker, and a Strong Year for Women of Color
Renee Zellweger leads the Best Actress race, at least so far this year. But it is also a strong year...
Best Actress – Renee Zellweger and Her Challengers
Winning an Oscar comes down to two things: the performance and the Oscar story. A good publicist will create an...
Michael B. Jordan Joins the Best Actor Race with ‘Just Mercy’
Michael B. Jordan headlines as Bryan Stevenson, who wrote the bestseller the film is based on, "Just Mercy: A Story...
The State of the Race — Movies with Two Lead Actors and Best Gets Out of Telluride
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is still the film to beat for Best Picture, at least right now, after...
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones Look for Answers in New Aeronauts Trailer
The new trailer for the Tom Harper film that stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne takes us back to London...
New Photos From Judy With Renée Zellweger and Finn Wittrock
Roadside Attractions has shared more photos from the upcoming Judy. These new photos take a first look at Judy's last...
First Look – Noah Baumbach’s ‘Marriage Story’
Oscar season is off and running with Telluride and Venice just weeks one week away. One of the major contenders...
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Gets a Glorious Trailer
Greta Gerwig's Little Women, with Saoirse Ronan, Meryl Streep, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern and Timothee Chalamet. I have...
Venice Books ‘Joker,’ ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘Seberg,’ and More for Buzzy Lineup
Not to be outdone by Toronto, which just announced a slew of mouth-watering world premieres for their upcoming edition on...
Oscar Heat Rising in ‘Harriet’ Trailer
Harriet is coming. November 1st, the story of icon and abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman hits the big screen. Directed by...