Ben Affleck has just become the third director in DGA/Academy history to win the DGA without a corresponding Oscar nomination....
Read moreAccording to Oscar/DGA history, no director has ever won the DGA, lost an Oscar nomination for directing, then won Best...
Read moreWhen was the last time a masterpiece won the Best Picture Oscar? It is perhaps not possible anymore, not with...
Read moreENTER OUR CONTEST! For 82 out of 86 Oscar years the directors have controlled the way Best Picture has been...
Read moreBen Affleck, Argo Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Ang Lee, Life of Pi Tom Hooper, Les Miserables...
Read moreThe Oscars are the Land of Oz, complete with illusionary finery and the jarringly ordinary old man behind the curtain....
Read moreFor the first time in probably their entire history, the DGA will announce their five nominees after the Oscar ballots...
Read moreFor the first time in Oscar/DGA history (as far as I know) I'm not entirely sure beyond a reasonable doubt...
Read moreThanks to HE for posting this -- at last, online: And here are the winners of the DGA prediction contest....
Read moreWOODY ALLEN Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics) DAVID FINCHER The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)...
Read moreIt occurred to me moments ago that Tate Taylor has every reason to, in fact, be nominated for the...
Read moreThe discussion about the great films that entered the Oscar race this year will continue. But we have to stop...
Read moreThe DGA nod meant much to David O. Russell. His film is about second chances, and the director could not...
Read moreHere are your five strongest films for the Best Picture Oscar, 2010. David Fincher, The Social Network Tom Hooper, The...
Read moreIn anticipation of today's DGA announcement (ETA, 9am Pacific), it's time to do a little No Guts, No Glory. Hopefully,...
Read moreOn Monday, the Directors Guild, probably the most important guild for determining the Best picture winner, will announce their nominees....
Read moreThe DGA sends out ballots on November 30. What names do you think might pop up there? At some point...
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