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Film Nov 18, 2018 12:00 pm

Christian Bale gets under the skin of Dick Cheney at the 1st screening of ‘Vice’ and slithers up in the Experts Oscar rankings for Best Actor

Talk about an overnight sensation in the Oscar race. I woke up Sunday to find that Christian Bale, as if taking some cues from the Machiavellian Dick Cheney he plays in “Vice,” has begun to snake his way up the...

Film Nov 17, 2018 12:00 pm

Get to know the fab 5 showbiz legends receiving honors at this Sunday’s Governors Awards

Susan Wloszczyna

Oscar season will kick into a higher gear this Sunday when five exceedingly qualified honorees will be lauded at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s 2018 Governors Awards. The quintet includes three longtime associates of Steven Spielberg: Marvin...

Film News Nov 17, 2018 8:00 am

Martin Scorsese movies: All 24 films, ranked worst to best, including ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Raging Bull,’ ‘Taxi Driver’

Tom O'Brien, Zach Laws, Chris Beachum

Martin Scorsese celebrates his 76th birthday on November 17, 2018. While the Oscar-winning director is perhaps best known for his violent and psychologically complex gangster pictures, he's found success in a variety of other genres as well. In honor of...

Film News Nov 17, 2018 6:00 am

Rock Hudson movies: 12 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘Giant,’ ‘Pillow Talk,’ ‘Written on the Wind’

Zach Laws, Chris Beachum

Rock Hudson would've celebrated his 93rd birthday on November 17, 2018. The Oscar-nominated actor made a name for himself as a hunky leading man in romantic comedies, melodramas, and adventure flicks. In honor of his birthday, let's take a look...

Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki, Widows

Film Nov 16, 2018 4:00 pm

‘Widows’ scene-stealer Elizabeth Debicki is an Oscar dark horse for Best Supporting Actress

Luca Giliberti

You may know Elizabeth Debicki from "The Great Gatsby" (2013), AMC’s limited series "The Night Manager" (2016) or most likely, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017), as Ayesha, the gold-skinned High Priestess of the Sovereign. But now she is...

Oscar Experts Claudia Puig, Scott Mantz & Tom ONeil

Film Nov 16, 2018 3:54 pm

3 Oscar Experts’ Predictions CLASH: Claudia Puig vs. Scott Mantz vs. Tom O’Neil [Video & Audio Podcast]

Tom O'Neil

When you do an Oscars predictions video slugfest with some Gold Derby Experts, you get a bonus when featuring film critics (as opposed to regular film or entertainment journalists): they tell you what they think of a film in addition...

Film Nov 16, 2018 3:00 pm

William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter who put words in the mouths of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, dead at age 87

Susan Wloszczyna

“Who are those guys?” “Follow the money.” “Is it safe?” “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” These much-quoted lines are from such films as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “All the President’s...

Film Nov 16, 2018 1:30 pm

Forum reactions: 2019 Independent Spirit Awards nominations are great for Toni Collette, bad for Melissa McCarthy

Marcus James Dixon

Nominations for the 2019 Independent Spirit Awards were announced Friday, November 16 and as usual they were filled with deserving nominees and egregious snubs. (See the full list of nominations.) Our savvy readers have been debating the Spirit bids all...

Film Nov 16, 2018 1:00 pm

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (‘Never Look Away’ director) on the resilience of art and the rise of right-wing nationalism [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Zach Laws

With "Never Look Away," Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck wanted to make a film "about human creativity. I was always amazed at how people who do great creative things ... can take the trauma of their life and turn it into...

Film Nov 16, 2018 12:30 pm

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ reviews: Will it be only the 2nd Potterverse film to win Oscar?

Daniel Montgomery

Will "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" contend for Oscars? It's the second film in a proposed five-film series, and the 10th film overall set in the wizarding world of "Harry Potter." The first eight "Potter" films came away from...

Film Nov 16, 2018 12:00 pm

Zoe Kazan on co-writing ‘Wildlife’ and co-starring in ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’: ‘I felt so protective of her’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Daniel Montgomery

"I feel like I have enough hats that I'm wearing right now," says Zoe Kazan about the possibility of directing. She's open to it, but she has plenty on her plate at the moment as a co-writer and executive producer...

Eighth Grade, First Reformed, You Were Never Really Here

Film Nov 16, 2018 11:15 am

‘Eighth Grade’ and ‘First Reformed’ clean up in Independent Spirit nominations, but the leading film isn’t up for Best Feature

Daniel Montgomery

The Film Independent Spirit Awards announced their nominations on November 16, and "Eighth Grade," "First Reformed" and "You Were Never Really Here" cleaned up with four bids apiece, including Best Feature. But the most nominated film of the year, "We...

Frances McDormand at the Spirit Awards and Oscars

Film Nov 16, 2018 10:45 am

How independent have the Spirit Awards winners been compared to Oscars? You might be surprised

Susan Wloszczyna

The Film Independent Spirit Awards began in 1984 as a way to shine a spotlight on smaller art-house movies that often were made on a shoestring budget and came from entities outside the major studios. From its inception as an...

Film Nov 16, 2018 10:32 am

Independent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories

Daniel Montgomery

The Film Independent Spirit Awards announced their 2019 nominations on Friday, November 16. So who made the cut at these kudos, which celebrate the best in American independent films? Scroll down to see the complete list. These Spirit contenders were...

Film Nov 16, 2018 9:30 am

‘Widows’ reviews: Viola Davis is ‘incomparable’ in ‘tense and satisfying’ heist movie with a ‘feminist bent’

Daniel Montgomery

A heist film isn't what you might expect from an actor and a director both in their Oscar followups. Filmmaker Steve McQueen won Best Picture for "12 Years a Slave" (2013), which was the first film from a black director...

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Christian Bale gets under the skin of Dick Cheney at the 1st screening of ‘Vice’ and slithers up in the Experts Oscar rankings for Best Actor

Get to know the fab 5 showbiz legends receiving honors at this Sunday’s Governors Awards

Martin Scorsese movies: All 24 films, ranked worst to best, including ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Raging Bull,’ ‘Taxi Driver’

Rock Hudson movies: 12 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘Giant,’ ‘Pillow Talk,’ ‘Written on the Wind’

‘Widows’ scene-stealer Elizabeth Debicki is an Oscar dark horse for Best Supporting Actress

3 Oscar Experts’ Predictions CLASH: Claudia Puig vs. Scott Mantz vs. Tom O’Neil [Video & Audio Podcast]

William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter who put words in the mouths of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, dead at age 87

Forum reactions: 2019 Independent Spirit Awards nominations are great for Toni Collette, bad for Melissa McCarthy

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (‘Never Look Away’ director) on the resilience of art and the rise of right-wing nationalism [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ reviews: Will it be only the 2nd Potterverse film to win Oscar?

Zoe Kazan on co-writing ‘Wildlife’ and co-starring in ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’: ‘I felt so protective of her’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]

‘Eighth Grade’ and ‘First Reformed’ clean up in Independent Spirit nominations, but the leading film isn’t up for Best Feature

How independent have the Spirit Awards winners been compared to Oscars? You might be surprised

Independent Spirit Awards nominations 2019: Full list of Spirit nominees in all categories

‘Widows’ reviews: Viola Davis is ‘incomparable’ in ‘tense and satisfying’ heist movie with a ‘feminist bent’

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