Best Actor Oscars 2025 Predictions And Contenders

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Best Actor Oscars 2025 Predictions And Contenders

Is it wrong to ask for just a mildly competitive Best Actor race? Just once? Granted, we’ve had them before. The 2015 class, in particular, saw arguably five potential winners snubbed from a nomination. But, for the most part, the…

Daniel Day-Lewis Un-Retires From Acting For Son’s Feature Directing Debut

A three-time Academy Award winner, Daniel Day-Lewis last appeared on screen in 2017’s “Phantom Thread.” And, as recently as six months ago, friends such as filmmaker Jim Sheridan said the 67-year-old had given no indication he was planning on ending…

Best Director Oscars 2025 Predictions And Contenders

If the Best Picture race is mostly a toss-up of potential players, there is even more room for surprises in the Best Director category. The only two frontrunners, and even that is a shaky qualification, are Sean Baker for his…

Best Picture Oscars 2025 Predictions And Contenders

What a weird and strange Best Picture race that has been thrust upon us. The major studios’ selections are slim, every potential winner has major question marks, and by the time nomination voting comes around, enough contenders may have fallen…

If Amazon Studios Wants A ‘My Old Ass’ Sequel, Megan Park Is Down [Interview]

Megan Park may have had to wait nine months for her celebrated Sundance romantic comedy “My Old Ass” to hit theaters, but she’s been busy in the interim. Not only does she have more projects in development with Lucky Chap,…

Is Angelina Jolie Ready To Sing?

The Playlist’s critic at the 2024 Venice Film Festival did not appreciate Pablo Larrain’s “Maria” as much as this pundit, but there are few awards observers who don’t believe the film’s star, Angelina Jolie, isn’t in the running for her…

Elizabeth Olsen Digs Deep For A Career Best In ‘His Three Daughters’ [Interview]

As a fan of “His Three Daughters” even before its 2023 Toronto International Film Festival debut, it’s been a long wait for the rest of the world to finally see it. Not only has Azazel Jacobs‘ sublime drama ended up…

Carrie Coon Fails To Convince Us She Could Have Been Better In ‘His Three Daughters’ [Interview]

It’s a very busy time for Carrie Coon. Earlier this year, she was in Thailand filming the highly anticipated third season of Mike White’s “The White Lotus.” And, after landing her first Emmy nomination for season two, she is currently…

Coralie Fargeat Illuminates The ‘Risk’ Demi Moore Took With ‘The Substance’

Upon a second screening of Coralie Fargeat’s incredible opus “The Substance,” there is one thing that stands out. It’s not Stanislas Reydellet’s stellar production design or the exquisite cinematography from Benjamin Kracun that half a dozen young filmmakers and commercial…

Alessandra Lacorazza Reflects On Residente’s Soulful, Smart And Introspective Film Debut [Interview]

To suggest Alessandra Lacorazza did not make things easy for herself with her feature directorial debut “In the Summers” is something of an understatement. Not only was her screenplay broken into subsequent decades, but it required three sets of actors…

‘Emilia Perez’ Makes The Cut As France’s International Oscar Submission

France may just want to win the International Oscar for the first time since 1993. The nation’s selection committee for the 97th Academy Awards selected Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” as its submission. A not unexpected pick based on the film’s…

An Unsettled Best Picture Race Rolls Along

There was a moment during the Cannes Film Festival when a veteran awards consultant remarked to this pundit about how weird the 2025 Oscar season would be. Having been in this game much too long myself, I have heard this…

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