We are currently in the midst of film festival season, with the New York Film Festival kicking off this weekend...
Read moreOne of the strongest forces driving many of the frontrunners for the Oscars, right now at least, would be love....
Read moreWhile there are plenty of Best Actress contenders vying for the top prize, there is a presumptive frontrunner and her...
Read moreThe Telluride Film Festival has ended and now many journalists have headed up to Toronto, as we await news any...
Read moreA few media outlets have contacted me to talk about the Nate Parker assault allegations from 1999, and whether...
Read moreThe climate for American cinema is changing dramatically. I've been blogging the entire Oscar year from start to finish since...
Read moreWe spent much time discussing the preferential ballot as the unprecedented Oscar race came to a close last year. Three...
Read moreThis year is already looking like Oscars not-so-white, but especially -- at least right now dwelling in the world of...
Read moreStory #1 I began my website in the year 2000. The idea was to monitor the Oscar race from beginning...
Read moreYou know it's a crazy year when even the pundits can't agree on which movie is going to win Best...
Read moreNow that the PGA has announced The Big Short as its winner, the Best Picture race has spun in a...
Read moreIt's all going down in the next few weeks - Producers Guild this weekend, SAG awards the following weekend, DGA awards the weekend...
Read moreCreed is that one movie that can sometimes come along and land in the Oscar race with absolutely no warning....
Read more2015 is providing us with an odd awards season because there seem to be so many different narratives with no...
Read moreNow that this year's AFI fest has come to a close, a few questions still remain. In 2014, the AFI...
Read moreThe first thing we know is that there isn’t a lot to know. We know that Spotlight is a slam...
Read moreThe Oscar pundits are kind of like preachers in the old world standing on our pulpits and promising you we...
Read moreI remember when my dear friend David Carr, who was The Carpetbagger back then, was blogging about the Oscar race....
Read moreUPDATE: Steve Carell not going into supporting, but lead Best Actor Update: Now that Steve Carell is entering the lead...
Read moreThis week's Oscar predictions have folded in Steven Spielberg's moody meditation on the Cold War, carefully and meticulously directed as...
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