BEST DIRECTOR
How to Defeat Evil? With Love and Laughter, the Case for Jojo Rabbit
Evil holds a strange and terrible appeal to young Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) in Taika Waititi’s brilliant satire Jojo Rabbit....
Best Picture — What the Stats Can Tell Us, and What They Can’t
It came as no surprise to our AwardsDaily readers who accurately predicted Sam Mendes to win the DGA in our...
Cinema as Pure Art: The Case for 1917
If you put a hundred humans on an island to fight for survival or try to eke out a little...
Bong Joon Ho Accepts Director Award from Santa Barbara Film Fest
Last night, Scott Feinberg interviewed Bong Joon Ho in Santa Barbara as he accepted the award for Outstanding Director. A...
[Poll] DGA Preview Part Two — A Deeper Dive Into the Stats
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The DGA is indeed a cliffhanger, or at least it seems like it will be. I can't even predict over...
DGA Preview: Cinematic Masters Face Off This Weekend
The five directors who are nominated for the DGA have reminded me what great cinema is all about. If the...
Betting Odds Reflect Chaos of This Year’s Oscar Race
If you're interested in betting on this year's Oscar race, it is going to be a wild ride, I can...
Best Picture — Over to You, DGA
As of today, we still don't have a definitive precursor to nail down Best Director or Best Picture. In terms...
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...