Much how I’m sure Martin Scorsese wanted it, I am really struggling with Silence, the film that is a passion project for the director. Silence is a movie about ideas and faith and I admire the effort that Scorsese put into getting this thing made. But Silence is a movie that doesn’t seem to invite
Shakeup time! Naturally, when you do Oscar predictions, and you don’t really care, you end up having to do some dramatic shakeups once the big awards voting bodies come in with their nominations. Critics Choice had their awards so damn early this year, I honestly don’t know if they had any impact on these Oscar
So now that AFI Fest has come and gone, seems time to update these Oscar predictions before the avalanche of critics awards start arriving. (Also I need some content for the week.) Main Questions: -Will Patriots Day American Sniper itself into the race? I currently have this film in the sound categories but I would
New Oscar predictions, who dis? Billy Lynn had it’s premiere at NYFF and the reviews were…mixed at best. However, I find it hard to count an Ang Lee film out of the race, especially given how most people felt about Life of Pi, which wound up with a ton of Oscars, including one for Ang
We are now past phase 1 of the fall festival circuit, which we chatted about on the latest podcast, and are now in the NYFF phase 2, so it’s as good a time as any to update predictions. But first some analysis: 1. Remember how I said this was an awesome year for Black movies?
These are pre-Toronto pics that took me eons to do, and will probably drastically change. I also don’t “really care” about these, if you’ve seen my recent rants about these. One of the coolest things about this Oscar season is that for the first time in recent memory I truly feel like the films are