Santa Barbara Film Fest’s Virtuosos Winners Range From Sam Elliott to Elsie Fisher
Other honorees are Richard E. Grant, Claire Foy, John David Washington, Thomasin McKenzie, Steven Yeun and Yalitza Aparicio
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Do the Oscars Have an Asia Problem in the Foreign Language Film Race?
The Academy has only nominated seven films from 17 Asian countries in the last 20 years
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Diane Warren Explains Her Trilogy of Inspirational Movie Songs, From ‘The Hunting Ground’ to ‘RBG’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I still have my fun songs — but when I can do songs that can have power and motivate someone, I want to do it,” says the nine-time Oscar nominee
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How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Got Alan Menken to Write the Ultimate Alan Menken Parody
OscarWrap Songs Special: “It’s flattering when they say, ‘Give us something that’s like that thing you did before,'” says the eight-time Oscar winner
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Why Songwriter Keegan DeWitt Couldn’t Write Songs for Nick Offerman in ‘Hearts Beat Loud’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I lost a whole week before I called the director and said, ‘I don’t know how to do that,'” Keegan DeWitt says of tailoring his music to the comic actor
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Songwriters on Facing the Pressure of Following a Classic
Oscar songs special: “How could we possibly be as brave or audacious or naïve as we needed to be to take on such a project?” says songwriter Marc Shaiman of his and Scott Wittman’s job on the Rob Marshall film
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‘The Favourite’ Tops All Films in Critics’ Choice Award Nominations
But “Black Panther” is nipping at the leader’s heels, finishing second in total nominations
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‘Roma’ Is the Year’s Best Film, Say Los Angeles Film Critics
Acting awards go to Ethan Hawke for “First Reformed,” Olivia Colman for “The Favourite,” Steven Yeun for “Burning” and Regina King for “If Beale Street Could Talk”; Debra Granik wins best director for “Leave No Trace”
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‘Minding the Gap’ Wins Top Honor at IDA Documentary Awards
Bing Liu’s doc about skateboarders grappling with histories of violence takes three awards; “Wild Wild Country,” “The Trade” and “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” also win
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Grammys: Recording Academy President Neil Portnow on Creating a Supersized, More Inclusive Awards Show
Expanding the four main Grammys categories, he said, “has the ability to impact issues of diversity and inclusion, which is obviously high on our agenda”
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Grammy Nominations Give Women the Votes – Except for Those Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Snubs
Female artists are dominant in the Grammys’ four marquee categories, but there are still some glaring omissions
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How Alfonso Cuarón Brought His Memories to Life in ‘Roma’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “You don’t choose projects, they choose you — it becomes a need, and you go for it,” the director says
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Why Do the Golden Globes Think ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Are Dramas, Not Musicals?
Answer: They’re not the ones who picked the category for those music-heavy films
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Golden Globes Nominations Analysis: ‘Vice’ and ‘Green Book’ Emerge as Curious Front Runners
Those movies are the only two to land nominations for picture, directing, writing and acting — but do the results really say anything about what Oscar voters will do?
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‘Ben Is Back’ Film Review: Julia Roberts Goes for Broke in Another Troubled Teen Movie
Lucas Hedges also stars in the family drama about drug addiction, which was directed by his father Peter Hedges
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Golden Globes Nomination Predictions 2019: All the Contenders in Top Categories (Photos)
It’s a curious year with musicals competing as dramas and dramas competing as comedies
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Golden Globes Nomination Predictions: What Stars Will Be Born This Year?
In a curious year with musicals competing as dramas and dramas competing as comedies, here’s what we think will come out on top in all major film and television categories
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AFI’s Top 10 List Ranges From ‘Black Panther’ and ‘A Star Is Born’ to ‘First Reformed’ and ‘Eighth Grade’
The wide-ranging American Film Institute list also includes “BlacKkKlansman,” “The Favourite,” “Mary Poppins” returns and more
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‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Are Top Toons in Annie Awards Nominations
In the Best Animated Feature category, those two Disney/Pixar films were joined by “Early Man,” “Isle of Dogs” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
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‘The Favourite’ Dominates the British Independent Film Awards
The Yorgos Lanthimos film wins 10 awards, including best film, best director and acting honors for Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz
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American Cinematheque Puts on a Giant Bradley Cooper Love Fest
The “Star Is Born” director and star says “it’s beyond overwhelming” after Lady Gaga, Sean Penn, Zach Galifiakanis, David O. Russell and others sing his praises
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New York Film Critics Circle Winners: ‘Roma’ Named 2018’s Best Picture
Alfonso Cuaron wins award for best director; acting honors go to Ethan Hawke, Regina Hall, Regina King and Richard E. Grant
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‘Everybody Knows’ Film Review: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem Shine in Strong, Disquieting Thriller
Asghar Farhadi’s dark drama stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who have rarely gone to these emotional extremes in their work together
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‘Never Look Away’ Film Review: ‘Lives of Others’ Director Returns With Bold Tale of Art and Love
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck tells a slow but beautiful story set in Germany in the middle of the 20th century
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‘Happy as Lazzaro’ Film Review: Alice Rohrwacher Charts the Course of a Holy Fool
Rohrwacher’s fable, the second of this year’s competition films from a female director, is both transporting and maddening
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‘Green Book’ Named 2018’s Top Film by National Board of Review
Other films on the NBR’s Top 10 list include “A Star Is Born,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Black Panther” and “Roma”
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‘The Rider’ Wins Top Prize at 2018 Gotham Awards (Complete List of Winners)
Ethan Hawke and Toni Collette win top acting awards; documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” wins audience award
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Alfonso Cuarón to Receive Visionary Award at Palm Springs Film Festival
The director will be honored for this black-and-white drama “Roma,” which he also wrote, shot and edited
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‘RBG,’ ‘Free Solo,’ ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Land Producers Guild Awards Documentary Nominations
“The Dawn Wall,” “Hal,” “Into the Okavango,” “Three Identical Strangers” also make the cut in the Producers Guild Awards
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Viggo Mortensen to Receive American Riviera Award From Santa Barbara Film Festival
Mortensen currently stars in the Oscar contending film “Green Book” with Mahershala Ali
