Awards Campaign

January 14, 2021 10:53 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

Regina King has seen the discourse. She knows that some pundits, critics, and others have criticized her new Best Picture contender, "One Night in Miami," for feeling at times like a "filmed play." In reality...

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah, Sundance 2021

‘Judas And The Black Messiah’ To Premiere At The Sundance Film Festival

January 12, 2021 1:09 pm

The Sundance Film Festival announced two additional world premieres for its 2021 edition including one highly anticipated awards contender. Shaka King's "Judas and the Black Messiah" and Ali El Arabi's docume...

‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Feature & Audience Award At 30th Gotham Awards

January 11, 2021 10:15 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

The newly rebranded Gotham Film and Media Institute announced the winners of the 30th Annual Gotham Awards on Monday night and it was a bit of a bumpy zoom ride. While some presenters were on hand at the award...

Oscars 2021, Best Picture, Contender Countdown

New Year, New Best Picture Players In 2021 Oscar Race [Contender Countdown]

January 11, 2021 1:50 pm

As America deals with the aftermath of a mob insurrection at the capital and a record number of COVID cases, the world continues to move forward in the best way it can. And that means, yes, for whatever it's w...

Nomadland, Frances McDormand, Oscars 2021

‘Nomadland’ & Delroy Lindo Win Key 2020 National Society Of Film Critics Honors

January 9, 2021 7:57 pm

It came close with both the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the National Society of Film Critics came through for "Nomadland." The acclaimed Searchlight Pictures...

Vanessa Kirby & How A ‘Euphoria’ Edit Room Visit Led To ‘Pieces of A Woman’ [Interview]

January 6, 2021 10:47 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

One of the disappointing aspects of a pandemic-affected awards season is the lack of in-person events. Clearly, it's absolutely necessary, but let us selfishly reflect on the joy we've all missed out on this p...

Jane Levy, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’s’ Austin Winsberg On Lauren Graham’s Potential Return, Season 2 Song Selection & No More Love Triangles [Interview]

January 5, 2021 9:00 pm

First off, if you're not watching "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" yet, why aren't you? The NBC musical dramedy was one of the best new network series last year and earned a TCA Awards nomination for Best New P...

Biggest Entertainment Stories Of 2020: A Year That Rocked The Industry

December 28, 2020 1:31 pm

Awards Campaign, News, Television

There is no way to truly recap the biggest entertainment stories of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the world in ways that will take years to document, whether the public wants to revisit or reflect on t...

‘Promising Young Woman’s’ Emerald Fennell On “The Only Ending That Made Sense” & The Gag Reel You’ll Never See [Interview]

December 28, 2020 10:19 am

How talented is Emerald Fennell? So much so that in the span of two months she went tete-a-tete with Princess Diana as the indomitable Camilla Parker Bowles in Season 4 of "The Crown" and won the prestigious B...

The United States vs Billie Holliday (1)

Lee Daniels”The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Is Headed To Hulu

December 24, 2020 4:40 pm

And yet another one bites the theatrical dust. First reported by Deadline, but confirmed by The Playlist, Lee Daniels' awards season contender "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" is headed to Hulu. The peri...

Paul Greengrass On “Getting To A Better Place” With ‘News Of The World’ [Interview]

December 22, 2020 10:31 am

Directors who have reached a certain stature always find a way to add a Western to their resume. Or, at least a Western of some ilk. Clint Eastwood ("Unforgiven"), Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained"), the C...

‘Nomadland’ Dominates Chicago Critics Awards, Florida Critics Chose ‘First Cow’

December 21, 2020 10:47 pm

The New York, Los Angeles and Boston critics have had their say and now we begin the long, tedious rollout of other critics groups who insist their honors are not meant to have any influence on guild or Oscar ...

Promising Young Woman, Carey Mulligan, Original Screenplay

Carey Mulligan’s Revisits Her 23-Day ‘Promising Young Woman’ Shoot & The Joy Of Dancing To ‘Stars Are Blind’ [Interview]

December 21, 2020 11:17 am

I think we can all agree that Carey Mulligan should have more than one Oscar nomination to her name. Yes, her nod for a decade ago for "An Education" was well deserved, but in the years following she's been ov...

LA Film Critics Select Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ As Best Film

December 20, 2020 6:35 pm