Bored? Don't have anything to watch? Here's 100 suggestions by film critics and writers from around the world. The BBC just published a "100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century" list...or, well, the 100 best movies from a 15-year period (plus one from 2016 that sneaks in for the 3-way tie at #100). In that context it's [...]
Here, compiled together in one post, are links to my reviews for the big winners at the 2015 Academy Awards. Spotlight - Winner of 2 Academy Awards - Best Picture - Best Original Screenplay (Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer) Ranked #4 on My Top Ten List for 2015 Available to rent/stream on Amazon -------------------------- The Revenant - Winner of 3 Academy Awards - Best [...]
Surprises were expected at this year's Oscars. The Academy did not disappoint. Billed as the most unpredictable race in memory, there were upsets aplenty at the 88th Annual Academy Awards - which honored the best of film from 2015 - capped off by the gasp-inducing blindside of Spotlight winning Best Picture. How did that even happen? Here's the most logical theory. Spotlight was [...]
Below are my predictions for the 2015 Academy Awards, in all 24 categories. The list is virtually free of commentary except for some thoughts in the Best Picture and Director categories, but does include “Will Win” and “Should Win” options throughout. According to how I see it, the night’s big winner will be The Revenant with [...]
If you're tired of all the horse race prognosticating, exhausted by the controversies (#OscarSoWhite, et al), couldn't care less about who's wearing what on the red carpet - and all you really want is to just hear the actors and filmmakers talk about their movies, their craft, and their careers - then Awards Chatter by [...]
Alejandro G. Iñárritu just made movie awards history. He may do it again at the Academy Awards this year, which will be fueled by the most unpredictable Best Picture race in at least a generation - maybe more. For the first time ever in the 68 years of the Directors Guild of America awards, Iñárritu became the only back-to-back winner of the DGA's top Best [...]
The 2015 Oscar race has shifted yet again. By winning the Best Cast Award at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Spotlight has regained the awards season edge. As an early favorite last fall along with the period drama Carol, Spotlight saw its front-runner status slide when Mad Max: Fury Road began to rack up critics citations and [...]
And you thought this year's Academy Awards were competitive? 2016 is already an intense battle between the two hottest properties at the Sundance Film Festival, and the latest may guarantee that next year's Oscar race won't be so white. It also promises to add a theological dimension to the canon of slavery-themed films. Just days [...]
The first Oscar Contender for 2016 (by virtually all accounts) was just purchased by Amazon for $10 million at the Sundance Film Festival. Manchester by the Sea looks to follow in the footsteps of Brooklyn, the romantic drama that saw its Oscar buzz during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival pay off (it's currently up for 3 Academy Awards including [...]
Welcome to your new Oscar front-runner. Saturday night at the annual Producers Guild Awards, The Big Short was the surprise winner of the 26th annual Darryl F. Zanuck Award for the year's Best Picture, stunning the tongue-tied producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (fellow producer and co-winner Brad Pitt was not in attendance). Variety reported that Gardener and Kleiner "were [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 