BEST DIRECTOR
Oscar Primer — Why No Women Were Nominated for Best Director
I didn't think I'd ever be in the position of defending the Academy, but I find myself in that exact...
The State of the Race: Oscar Nominations Drop at Last
The nominations were announced today in a wonderfully efficient way by the always awesome Academy and its two hosts, John...
2020 Oscar Nominations!
Best motion picture of the year “Ford v Ferrari” Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers “The Irishman” Martin...
Predicting the Best Director Five — A Deeper Look at the DGA–Oscar Disconnect
Back in 2012, the DGA chose to hold off on announcing their nominees until after the Oscar nomination ballots were...
Golden Globes Preview: Best Director — The First Big Test
On the 5th of January, just a few days after we ring in the new year of 2020, the Golden...
Best Picture – The Fog Begins to Clear But Still No Frontrunner
The films that are strongest heading into the race now are the same films that started out the season as...
London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Announce Nominees
Full list of nominations: FILM OF THE YEAR The Irishman Joker Knives Out Marriage Story Midsommar 1917 Pain and Glory...
The True Story of Ford v Ferrari
One of the thrilling things about James Mangold's brilliantly directed Ford v Ferrari is that it's based on a true...
Predictions Friday – The Pressure is On
Usually by this time of year, it is pretty easy to predict the Oscar race. After the Globes and the...
The Clickbait Outrage Machine Goes into Overdrive Post Globes
The game is the game. Everyone plays it. It started early this year with two films that everyone expected to...
Frontrunners and Their Challengers on the Eve of the Critics Blitz
"Well it's a mess, ain't it Sheriff." "If it ain't, it'll do til the mess gets here." The awards watching...
Best Director – How Many Masterpieces Can the Category Take?
No one likes the word "masterpiece" anymore. No one in the industry likes it. Critics don't particularly like it. The...
Sam Mendes’ Masterpiece 1917 – What’s In the Frame and What’s Out
I think we are in rats’ alley Where the dead men lost their bones. “What is that noise?” The wind...
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and the ‘Once’ Team Hold Q&A at Packed Screening
Every so often I am reminded of why I love the job - and this was one of those nights....
Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates and Clint Eastwood Land in the Oscar Race
It's a shocker that, even at this late date, there are movies that can still wildly shift the race. One...
Pain and Glory – All Hail Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodovar
The collaboration between actor and force of nature Antonio Banderas and auteur and force of nature Pedro Almodovar goes way...
Waves Opens Today – Don’t Miss It
Manohla Dargis, who names Waves as a critics pick, writes about Waves: The camera doesn’t just move in “Waves,” it...
Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio and Santa Barbara Fete the Great Martin Scorsese
It sure was nice to spend an evening in a room full of people who there to toast one of...
Best Director – Our World and Its Monsters and Those Who Rescue Us from Them
The best films this year or any year are films that serve two functions -- they offer us the truth...
The State of the Race – Shortened Calendar Could Bring Surprising Results
For the first time ever, the major guilds will be announcing at the same time the Oscar ballots are turned...