3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (430+ words) Elsewhere, I’m feeling good about my top two of Renate Reinsve and Sandra Hüller, the former in the now Palme d’Or winner Fjord and the latter in the Best Director winner Fatherland. Both recent previous nominees in this category only…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (491+ words) AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 346: Oscars Retrospective of the 84th Academy Awards AwardsWatch On episode 346 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch contributors Dan Bayer, Mark Johnson, and Josh Parham to go back…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (638+ words) You know how there are some actors that, when you think about them, you say ‘of course, they’re an Oscar nominee. “It was for… wait, let me think. Wasn’t it? for… It wasn’t?” Steve Buscemi is one of those actors....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (404+ words) During the 11-day event, SFFILM welcomed over 40,000 attendees, filmmakers, and students from around the Bay and the world for a celebration of global cinema that included early screenings and premieres, a special retrospective from the Festival vault, targeted programs for…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (487+ words) As I mentioned in my first Oscar predictions of the season, waiting for the annual April Board of Governors meeting of the Academy proved to be the right choice as we were given a truly shocking rule change regarding the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (528+ words) I spoke to Ali about Hollywood’s institutional blackouts, the complexity of being complicit in American comfort while distributing art about an ongoing genocide, and why he believes it’s time to shake up the distribution system. Ali El-Sadany: I want to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1658+ words) So with that in mind, this is the first look at the 99th Academy Awards. Before getting into individual films, I want to remind you of the framework I use at this stage. Early Best Picture forecasting tends to come down…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (991+ words) ‘Hacks’ Season 5 Review: Happy Days Are Here Again [A] AwardsWatch Deborah Vance has died! At least that’s what her fans think when TMZ runs a bunk story that after her late night show freak out and Singapore sojourn that she…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (553+ words) These branch-by-branch choices is why we often see the same names year after year. Not cronyism exactly, but definitely insular group choices that are born of familiarity. Think Neil Corbould in visual effects or Diane Warren in original song. These…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (151+ words) American Film Institute (AFI) Announces 2027 Date for AFI AWARDS Honorees-Only Event AwardsWatch The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that the AFI AWARDS 2026 honorees-only event will take place on Friday, January 8, 2027, at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly…...