BAFTA Awards get their chance to weigh in on the awards season this weekend where they get to influence the Oscar race one day before the Academy receives their final ballots. “La La Land” leads the charge with 11 nominations including Best Picture and this will be a real test to see if it has […]
The “Best of 2016” series, or rather, Best of ANY YEAR series is always a privilege to partake. As an avid lover of film, I spend so much of my year just watching movie after movie, many of which I don’t do a “formal” review, and am always eager to discharge some of those feelings […]
To start, and to simply put…this list is mine. Lots of thought and commentary went into naming the very best films and performances of 2016. Some were no-brainers, others were much more difficult. Even more commentary will be shared on Friday when the winners are announced, along with the order of the Top 10 Films of […]
Taking in the full year in cinema is quite a task. Considering the very best and worst of film can often correlate to personal feelings at the time. Where were you when you were watching “X” film and could it have been received differently under different circumstances? Film is also subjective. Through and through. The […]
As Christmas looms on the horizon, the stars, filmmakers and industry voters have mostly already headed out for the holidays. In their suitcases, backpacks and carry-on luggage are dozens of screeners that have piled on their assistants’ desks for the past 45 days. They’ve heard a certain film is “pretty good” or that a performance […]
The London Film Critics have announced their nominees for the best of the year, with “Moonlight” and “Love & Friendship” leading the fray. They also made some inventive citations in their Film of the Year lineup, in particular “American Honey,” the documentary “Fire at Sea” and the vastly underrated “I, Daniel Blake.” Check out the […]
The National Board of Review has the distinct honor of kicking off the precursor season this year. On Tuesday, Nov. 29, they will unveil their favorite films and performances of 2016. In the last six years, their Best Film winner has gone on to a nomination for Oscar’s Best Picture five times (naming “A Most […]
Readers and followers on the Awards Circuit social media pages led me to think about the box office and the “follow the money” mentality that plagues Oscar-goers. This, in turn, led me to think about how thin the populist vote will be represented by the Academy Awards this year. At this time of writing, of […]
Read the Press Release: At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announced the nominations for the 29th European Film Awards. The more than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on Saturday, 10 December in Wroclaw, Poland (European […]
