The State of the Race – Through the Lens of the Golden Globes
The landscape of the Oscar race has changed many times in the 22 years I've been covering them, often in ...
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The State of the Race: Best Picture and the Film Festival Bounce
Where a film is placed in festival season can sometimes help determine how it will land in the Oscar race. ...
The State of the Race – And So it Begins
We've seen the first wave of announcements from two festivals now, Venice and Toronto. We know more or less what ...
The State of the Race: The Oscars Prepare to Face Down the Weinstein Saga
This year's Oscar race is set to begin in earnest just about a month from now when Venice, Toronto, and ...
The State of the Race: The Oscars – Past, Present and Future
The Oscars are now in their 94th year and are attempting to survive in a changing industry and world. Like ...
The State of the Race: The Oscars are Over, Now What?
I scanned the interwebs this morning looking for one thing: the Oscars 2023 timeline. I didn't find it. I did ...
The State of the Race: The SAGs Leave Us with a Wide Open Oscar Race
For the second year in a row we are seeing what the Oscar race looks like when voters have time ...
The State of the Race: What is the Purpose of the Oscars Now?
So much has changed in the 22 years I've been writing about the Oscars. I see my own influence on ...
The State of the Race – The Screen Actors Guild Will Take the Temperature
The Oscar race has been a bit of a bubble for a while now. It was trending in that direction ...
The State of the Race: The Changing of the Guard
Today's nominations felt very strange. It wasn't just leaving Lady Gaga off the list, which was surreal. If there was ...
The State of the Race: What This Year’s Movies Tell Us About Ourselves
Most of us probably believed 2021 and 2022 would be better than 2020. Now that we've begun 2022, it doesn't ...
The State of the Race: The Movies ARE Big. It’s the Oscars That Got Small
The first year I covered the Oscars, you could feel them coming. They were a big event. They held them ...
The State of the Race – As the Generations Turn, So Too Must the Oscars
When we think about the Big Oscar movies of the past we think of Titanic, the Godfather, Gone with the ...
The State of the Race: People Will Come
Somewhere between critics and audiences should sit the Oscars. As critics have become more insular, what drives success in Hollywood ...
The State of the Race: The Oscars with an Eye on Change
It should go without saying that the next couple of years are going to be brutal to live through and ...
The State of the Race — The Best Acting Ensembles So Far
Actors dominate the Oscars. They don't dominate the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild, or the Directors Guild. They only sort ...
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The State of the Race: For the Love of [F*cking] Movies
It's been surreal watching the past few days of the eruption between Dave Chappelle, Ted Sarandos, a handful of activists, ...
The State of the Race: How the Oscars Can Avoid the Mistakes of the Emmys
Watching the Emmys was a surreal experience for me. Though many here at AD write about the Emmys I don't ...
The State of the Race: Will the Oscars Ever be “Normal” Again?
As we edge ever so closely to the 100th year of the Oscars, we find ourselves at a crossroads. How ...
The State of the Race: How the Left Was Won
I was sent an anonymous DM today that I would like to answer publicly - I have no idea who ...
I don't believe there is any self-respecting director who will pick Gerwig over Song. Or any great filmmaker picking Barbie…
I'm happy when I disagree with the pundits because I tend to be right when I go my own way.…
I’m sorry, but Barbie was a much more difficult film to mount and direct than Past Lives. I’ve looked extensively…
I agreed with the Sasha's top-5 in Director here with Payne, Lanthimos, Nolan, Scorsese, Gerwig. There is no clear cut…
Peter Jackson? Peter Flemming? William Wyler.? David Lean?
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2024 Oscar Predictions — The Best Picture Five
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2024 Oscar Predictions: Lily Gladstone Shakes Up the Best Actress Race
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Good As Gold: 2024 Oscar Predictions Post Venice, Telluride, and Toronto
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2024 Oscar Predictions: Beware the Oscar Buzz Machine
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Oscars 2024: Operation Save the Golden Globes Snags Heavy Hitter Weiss to Direct
