BEST DIRECTOR
DGA Preview – All Directors Great and Popular
Great directors are rare in Hollywood. If American born directors make movies that win Best Picture, every other country but...
Globes Redux: The Short Run, The Hot Take and the Long Game
“They say that Heaven is like TV. A perfect little world that doesn’t really need you. And everything there is...
‘Ma Rainey’s’ Team Reflects on George C. Wolfe’s Acclaimed Direction
Translating a stage play to film is not an easy feat. For every classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, there...
The Ever Elusive David Fincher in Conversation with Ben Affleck and Aaron Sorkin
What a treat that there are two -- count 'em -- two conversations about directing with David Fincher dropping this...
Predictions Friday – Slow Ride, Take it Easy…(with a Preferential Ballot)
Update: We are moving the preferential ballot to a new post. It is the longest Oscar season in the 93...
Best Director – 12 Years After Bigelow, the Academy Once Again Eyes History
The strongest contenders for Best Director this year tell distinctly American stories, both in terms of the stories told, and...
Mank Leads Critics Choice with 12 Nominations, Followed by Minari with 10
Most of the categories will need to be winnowed down to 5 from 8. FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 26TH ANNUAL...
The Case for Mank – David Fincher’s Seen and Unseen
by Sasha Stone and Ryan Adams Probably no other filmmaker living today, with the notable exception of David Lynch, is...
Nate Parker’s American Skin is One of the Year’s Best
Nate Parker was a star on the rise back in 2016. Although the country hadn’t yet felt the impact of...
Best Director: Masters of the Small Screen
The 2020 year in film will be marked by the diversity of the offerings in the Best Director category. There...
The State of the Race: Is the Race Locked or Wide Open?
Director George C. Wolfe Finds Modern Resonance in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
“You don’t sing to feel better. You sing because that’s the way of understanding life.” Viola Davis as Ma Rainey...
Coppola, Jones, Wayans Discuss ‘On the Rocks’ At Virtual Q&A
Awards season continues - even if none of the traditional metrics by which we measure it are in place. Thanks...
Predictions Friday – Beware the Group Think
There have been enough times now when Golden Globe and Oscar voters have surprised pundits by choosing films way outside...
Predictions Friday: November is the New August
The Oscar race is kind of, sort of taking shape at the moment. But there has not yet been the...
Tender Mercies – Hillbilly Elegy Strikes a Chord
“If you believe that hard work pays off, then you work hard; if you think it’s hard to get ahead...
David Fincher’s Magnificent Mank (Review)
David Fincher’s Mank is a film about the power of subversive art and why, despite the oppressive forces against it,...
Predictions Friday: Fincher’s Mank is Finally Seen and It’s a Beauty
Netflix has been rolling out Mank to critics and bloggers before the review embargo lifts in a few days and...
Minari’s Buzz is Well Deserved
Lee Isaac Chung's Minari soothed my aching heart last night as I had almost forgotten what real life was like....
Predictions Friday – Best Actor and How it Anchors Best Picture
Best Actor is often the strongest link to Best Picture in the Oscar race. The reason...
