Posted in Oscars

For Your Consideration: A Best Supporting Actress Trio, Get Out

Understandably, Daniel Kaluuya is the one actor from Get Out heaping most of the awards traction. The film is up for Best Picture and he is…

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Rachel Morrison Makes History With The American Society Of Cinematographers Awards Nominations

After the amazing work he’s done over the years, it looks like Hoyte Von Hoytema is finally on track to get his first Oscar nomination…

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Posted in Awards Season British Film

BAFTA Announce Their Film Nominations

The British Film Academy (BAFTA) announced their nominations in film for 2017 early this morning. Denis Villeneuve’s Director nod for Blade Runner 2049 was an…

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Posted in Oscars Review

Review: Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water uses the unlikely, surreal story of a romance between a mute woman (the excellent, poised Sally Hawkins) and a captive, sentient sea-creature played…

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Oscars: All 89 Best Picture Winners Ranked

89 Best Picture Academy Award winners. Votes came in thick and fast over the two month window. Bloggers, journalists, film critics, movie buffs, Oscarologists, et…

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Jordan Peele On The Double With The North Carolina Film Critics Association

The North Carolina Film Critics Association showed major love for Get Out which won Best Narrative Film and both Director and Screenplay for Jordan Peele….

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Matt St.Clair's Top 10 Films Of 2017

Now that 2017 has come to a close, it is time to reflect on the best that the year in cinema had to offer. And it…

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Posted in Oscars Screenwriting

For Your Consideration: Christopher Nolan, Best Original Screenplay, Dunkirk

With the weight of Dunkirk‘s award season run seemingly on the shoulders of Christopher Nolan as Best Director, I wanted to bring his chances for…

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Dunkirk And Blade Runner 2049 Big Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Winners

The Florida Film Critics Circle announced their annual set of winners and gave the Best Picture prize to Dunkirk. However, they strongly embraced Blade Runner…

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Posted in Acting Women

Of Color, Creed, Culture, Country Of Origin: 21 Of The Very Best Lead Actresses From 2017

Its a sad look that there’s no WOC in this pic of us promoting our female lead films. The industry needs to become more inclusive…

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Get Out: It’s Not A Laughing Matter

Sight and Sound magazine recently declared Get Out it’s film of 2017. And while I personally disagree with this, I do think it’s a good,…

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Las Vegas Film Critics Society Really Like Three Billboards

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society has announced their annual awards, and this year, they went with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as their Best…

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Filmotomy Podcast Episode 11 – Awards Season Chat With Susan Wloszczyna And Erik Anderson

In the absence of many of the regulars, including the usual recorder and editor Al Robinson, I put the pressure hosting the podcast on my…

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Steven Spielberg Films Ranked: 5-1

Steven Spielberg, a certain Drew Barrymore’s godfather, has still amazed and inspired us, and his peers, with the kind of prolific, excellent range of cinema…

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