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The Truth about Awards Season Emerges at the Close of the Santa Barbara Film Fest
"You do the work. That's all that matters. The rest is someone else's business," -- Robert Redford accepting his Riviera...
Read moreDetailsThe State of the Race: The Eddie Keeps the Race Wide Open – Enter Captain Phillips
Last night in the Arlington theater I sat next to the Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg. We were talking Best Picture....
Read moreDetailsFever Dream: the Collaboration of DiCaprio and Scorsese
The Oscar race might be straining the Santa Barbara film festival past its breaking point. Wednesday night, the appearance of...
Read moreDetailsThe State of the Race: Academy’s Choice Embrace the Future or Redefine the Past
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We...
Read moreDetailsFor Women in Hollywood, Desperate Times call for Desperate Measures
All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a human being, God...
Read moreDetailsFavorite Phillips Seymour Hoffman Performance
For me, it's a toss-up. I love him in Capote, a film I've seen over twenty times. But this might...
Read moreDetailsSAG Ensemble In a Split Vote for Best Picture and Director
Since the SAG awards began 20 years ago, whenever Best Picture and Best Director split, the SAG ensemble foretold Best...
Read moreDetailsAcademy Rescinds Original Song Nomination
On Tuesday night, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted to rescind the Original Song nomination for “Alone Yet Not Alone,”...
Read moreDetailsCan the BAFTA’s Change the Course of this Race?
It's kind of interesting that it took a British film director to make the most essential film about American slavery,...
Read moreDetailsWhy I’m Still Predicting Steve McQueen and 12 Years a Slave to win Big at the Oscars
I think there has been some confusion in my State of the Race pieces. As the race has changed over...
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Oscar Nomination Predictions
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95.8%Hamnet
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2.
95.8%One Battle After Another
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3.
91.7%Sinners
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4.
95.8%Sentimental Value
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5.
95.8%Marty Supreme
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100.0%Paul Thomas AndersonOne Battle After Another
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2.
100.0%Chloe ZhaoHamnet
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3.
70.8%Ryan CooglerSinners
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4.
70.8%Joachim TrierSentimental Value
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5.
54.2%Jafar PanahiIt Was Just An Accident
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100.0%Timothée ChalametMarty Supreme
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2.
95.8%Leonardo DiCaprioOne Battle After Another
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3.
75.0%Ethan HawkeBlue Moon
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4.
83.3%Michael B. JordanSinners
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5.
62.5%Wagner MauraThe Secret Agent
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1.
100.0%Jessie BuckleyHamnet
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2.
91.7%Renate ReinsveSentimental Value
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3.
66.7%Cynthia ErivoWicked For Good
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4.
62.5%Amanda SeyfriedThe Testament of Ann Lee
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5.
54.2%Chase InfinitiOne Battle After Another
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95.8%Stellan SkarsgårdSentimental Value
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2.
91.7%Paul MescalHamnet
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3.
87.5%Sean PennOne Battle After Another
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4.
79.2%Jacob ElordiFrankenstein
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5.
41.7%Benicio Del ToroOne Battle After Another
Let’s Talk Cinema: The Holiday Kickstart
With my house decorated in all the festive beauty of Christmas, my kids singing their hearts out to every carol,...
