The Maria Schrader film She Said has just screened at the New York Film Festival (I will be seeing it...
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Read more“You are our hearth. You are our home.” -- Steven Spielberg to his father Arnold in 2020, the night he...
Read moreWhen one thinks of the greatest directors with the shortest filmographies, Todd Field should immediately spring to mind. With time...
Read moreApple has decided to release the Will Smith/Antoine Fuqua film Emancipation in December. That is a good call. Here is...
Read moreThe Oscars are still months away. This is the moment where the pundits each offer up a picture of how...
Read moreThis year, we're seeing major films that are based on filmmakers' reflections of their own lives - like Sam Mendes'...
Read moreNow that the Golden Globes have announced their timeline, let's take a quick look at how things are shaping up....
Read moreAcademy members are suffering silently. The Ankler published an anonymous account of one such member. Most of us who have...
Read moreThe Oscar ceremony doesn't happen until mid-March. It's hard to believe that's six months away. We're still in the "film...
Read moreThe landscape of the Oscar race has changed many times in the 22 years I've been covering them, often in...
Read moreFour times in the era of the ranked-choice ballot the Toronto People's Choice winner also won Best Picture. See below:...
Read moreHere's the full list: People's Choice Award The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg People's Choice Award, First Runner Up Women Talking...
Read moreThe Woman King heads into opening weekend with unanimous praise from critics and an A+ Cinemascore, according to Deadline. That...
Read moreIt isn't exactly a secret that awards shows have become mostly unwatchable for a sizable majority of this country. It...
Read moreThis featurette describes TILL as more of a film about Mamie Till's rise as an important activist in the Civil...
Read moreMichael Patterson polls Telluride attendees to get their personal scores from the fest. These were the participants: Erik Anderson/Awards Watch...
Read moreAs we come out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto it does not look like we have a “frontrunner” yet. I’ve...
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