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Why Lady Bird Might Win Best Picture, and Why it Might Not
This is the first of an analysis of films that are in the conversation for Best Picture of the Year....
The Oscars Put to the Test – How to Separate the Art from the Behavior
The first question people asked me when the Harvey Weinstein story broke was whether the Academy was prepared to start...
Christopher Plummer Brought in as Fixer to Replace Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World
Kevin Spacey has been cut from Ridley Scott's upcoming All the Money in the World. A whole trailer was cut,...
Best Actress – Subversive Women Reaching Outside the System
Dee Rees Tops AwardsDaily’s Ten Most Influential New Voices in Film
The State of the Race: Is This the End of the “Oscar Movie”?
One day we can be watching All the President's Men and the next day there's a story about Dustin Hoffman...
Jane Is an Extraordinary Portrait of an International Icon
We are in the midst of a kind of golden age of documentary filmmaking. There are so many standouts this...
Even the Losers Get Lucky Sometime: On The Disaster Artist and I, Tonya
When the Abyss Stares Back at You: Mindhunter and Its Monsters
"I was a regular guy most of my life, with a nice home, nice suburb, I had pets I went...
It’s Not a Step Backwards, It’s a Revolution: The Case for Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is better than it had to be. Encased in a pre-packaged genre that has its own rules for...
The Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein, How the Mighty Have Fallen
Best Picture – Why the Current System Rewards Broad Likability Rather Than Passionate Love
Regular readers of this site already know what we talk about when we talk about the "preferential ballot." We have...
Predictions Friday – Spotlight, Tom McCarthy Take the Lead as Pundits Wonder if it Will Split
Birdman. Most of us in the punditry world still don't have an explanation for Birdman's sudden popularity among industry voters....
74 Original Songs Eligible for Oscar
Am I right that there is no Love & Mercy on this list? Wow, way to go Academy. "Happy" from...
Carol leads 2016 Golden Globes with 5 nominations
Look Silence wins Best Doc at IDA Documentary Awards
Gregory Ellwood calls Look of Silence the "Oscar frontrunner," but I'm not so sure about that. The Oscar doc branch...
Ex Machina Wins Big at British Independent Film Awards
The Boston Film Critics Online Name Mad Max: Fury Road the Best Film of 2015
BEST PICTURE: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD BEST DIRECTOR: George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD BEST ACTOR: Michael B. Jordan, CREED...
Carol wins Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and Cinematography at New York Film Critic Awards
Annie Awards honor Anomalisa, Inside Out, Shaun the Sheep, Good Dino, Peanuts Movie
Best Animated Feature Anomalisa - Paramount Pictures Inside Out - Pixar Animation Studios Shaun the Sheep The Movie - Aardman...