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Robert De Niro Has Never Won a SAG Award but Will Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
The great Robert De Niro will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the SAG Awards this year. Would...
159 Documentaries Submitted for the Oscars
And here they are: The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Advocate” “After Parkland” “The All-Americans” “Always in Season”...
The One, the Only Ricky Gervais to Host the Globes!
Shia LaBeouf Tells His Story Through the Eyes of Women
Makeup and Hairstylists Guild post Very Early Nominations!
NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS: FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP Avengers: End Game John Blake,...
Introducing Gold Tripping – a Podcast Memoir
Anna Paquin, Margot Robbie, and the Power of a Mostly Wordless Performance
As soon as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood premiered at Cannes, there was a bit of a kerfuffle about...
Predictions Friday – Just How White Are the Oscars Going to Be?
I was a little surprised that The Hollywood Reporter's Netflix story asks whether there would be three Netflix nominees for...
Cinema Eye Honors Announces Nominees, Netflix Leads all with 17 Nominations
Here are the Cinema Eye Honors, awarding Documentary film: CINEMA EYE ANNOUNCES 2020 NONFICTION FILM NOMINEES American Factory and Apollo...
Best Picture in a Wide Open Year – Follow the Screenplay on a Preferential Ballot
Bill Levin, who does deep-diving Oscar stat analysis, wrote in to ask me what I thought about the following: At...
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...
Dear Martin Scorsese – No Explanation Necessary
In his wildly brilliant op-ed for The NY Times Martin Scorsese endeavors to explain his point of view to those...
Queen & Slim Featurette – Melina and Lena
One of the strongest films of the year in terms of writing, directing and acting. Queen & Slim, starring Jodie...
Monday Morning with the Oscar Squad – It’s November, and Still no Best Picture Frontrunner
Last year around this time it seemed like the race was between A Star is Born and Roma. Green Book...
‘Just Mercy’, ‘Waves’, ‘Parasite’, ‘Beautiful Day’ at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Blinded by the Light is Quietly and Surprisingly One of the Best Films of the Year
It's funny how so much of the conversation around film, especially around this time of year, centers around the Oscar...
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...
‘The Report,’ ‘Pain and Glory,’ ‘Seberg’ at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
The Actors – A Year of Great Ensemble Casts That is Not Finished Yet
To know the Academy, to get Best Picture, it has to start with the actors. While actors can bring you...