29th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

Following on from last weeks Golden Globes, the first televised award ceremony of the season, we have now had the Critics' Choice Awards. Award season is well and truly underway with two of the major precursors The Critics' Choice give paint a much clearer picture of how many nominations we can expect for a film... Continue Reading →

81st Annual Golden Globe Award Winners

The first of the televised award shows kickstarted the 2024 award season last night with the 81st annual Golden Globes taking place. Going into the ceremony the spotlight was very much on "Barbie" on "Oppenheimer", without doubt the two biggest films of the year, racking up nine and eight nominations respectively. The big winner on... Continue Reading →

Golden Globe Predictions 2024 – Director

Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →

Anatomy of a Fall (15)

Dir: Justine Triet Cast: Sandra Huller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaieb, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger, Sophie Fillieres Sandra Huller delivers the best performance of the year in Justine Triet's intriguing and chilly courtroom psychodrama. Without doubt, one of my most anticipated films of the year was Justine Triet's... Continue Reading →

Academy Award Predictions: Cinematography

Strong Contenders Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema) (↑1) Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto) (↑1) Poor Things (Robbie Ryan) (↑2) The Zone of Interest (Lukasz Zal) Maestro (Matthew Libatique) (↑7) Possible Contenders Saltburn (Linus Sandgren) (↑5) The Colour Purple (Dan Laustsen) (↑1) El Conde (Edward Lachman) (↓2) Barbie (Rodrigo Prieto) The Killer (Erik Messerschmidt) (↓3)... Continue Reading →

Academy Award Predictions: Original Screenplay

Like Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay is looking like a two horse race between two, almost certain, Best Picture nominees. Both Celine Song's "Past Lives" and Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers" have received strong reviews this year, with The Holdovers finishing runners-up at TIFF in September. The festival season has since changes in the top five with... Continue Reading →

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