The Alternate Emmy Nominations
With the real Emmys coming next week, we fill out our ballot with less-likely, but definitely worthy nominees.Emmy nominations are… Read More
July 8, 2016
Awards
How the Academy’s New Class Impacts Asian Representation in Hollywood
Two producers weigh in on recent Oscar events, new AMPAS members, and the future of diversity & inclusion in Hollywood.Some… Read More
July 4, 2016
The Academy is Working on Diversity, One Branch at a Time
The Directors and Actors guilds saw the biggest influx of interesting new members.Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Arts and Picture Sciences… Read More
June 30, 2016
Why Are Critics’ Favorites and Awards Favorites So Rarely The Same Movies?
Exploring the divide between festival audiences and festival critics and festival judges: a dangerous threeway.With Cannes now concluded for another… Read More
May 24, 2016
#OscarsSoWhite Isn’t Other People’s Problems
This past weekend, on a long drive from New York to Massachusetts, I popped on the most recent episode of… Read More
January 18, 2016
PSA: Best Picture Nominees Less Critically Acclaimed Than Furious 7
When Vin Diesel said that Furious 7 would win Best Picture at the Oscars, you could hear the collectively stifled… Read More
April 1, 2015
The Oscars Only Need Five Best Picture Nominees
FlickrAlthough this year’s Acadamy Aawrds might be but a distant, dim, sparkling, drunk memory - they happened less than two… Read More
March 5, 2015
3 Things That Would Shake Up the Predictable, Broken Oscars
Art by Alexander HulsTwo things happened last night at the Oscars which seem contradictory.First, the establishment named a challenging, risky,… Read More
February 23, 2015
12 Important Takeaways From This Morning’s Oscar Nominations
FlickrIf you happen to live anywhere near Los Angeles, the collective buzz and groan you probably heard this morning was… Read More
January 15, 2015