Tag: Netflix
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New Episode of the “Academy Anonymous” Podcast Now Live!
We’re barreling toward a massive Warners Bros. showdown as the Oscar race for 2026 comes to a climax! On this episode, we set the stage for Oscar night by analyzing the winners from the film industry’s most revealing guild awards, including the Directors Guild Awards, Producers Guild Awards and Actor Awards (Screen Actors Guild Awards).…
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Netflix poised to make a move on “The Testament of Ann Lee”?
By all accounts, it appeared that Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet wanted to apply the same savvy release strategy that they unfurled last year with “The Brutalist,” the runaway talk of Venice, with this year’s “The Testament of Ann Lee.” After its Venice debut, Corbet’s “The Brutalist” would go on to be acquired by A24…
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Venice Day Seven HOT TAKES: The Return of Kathryn Bigelow, The Sealing Of A Best Picture Nominee
The biggest news out of today’s Venice Film Festival screenings was loud and clear: Kathryn Bigelow’s first film in eight years (her last being the under-seen Detroit in 2017) was unanimously adored by critics, earning an impressive 88 on Metacritic and 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Joseph and I predicted this outcome on our last podcast,…
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Venice Day Four HOT TAKES: Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN is Alive!!
Guillermo del Toro’s dream project was finally unveiled tonight at the Venice Film Festival. What seems like a perfect melding of artist and subject, his take on Frankenstein certainly drew it’s ardent admirers—many who were in awe of the film’s craftsmanship, and del Toro’s success in crafting a transcendent, romantic, emotionally complex melodrama—as well as…
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Venice Day Two HOT TAKES: BUGONIA ascends; AFTER THE HUNT falls; JAY KELLY is mid-tier Baumbach
Day 2 of the Venice Film Festival was a big one: the highly anticipated, and Oscar-pegged, titles of Jay Kelly, Bugonia, and After the Hunt revealed themselves to the world for the first time (After the Hunt during a press-only screening). Results were interesting, if not all that surprising. Prior to the festival bows, Joseph…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Cinematography (Oscars 2025)
Next on our series “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW,” we’re digging into the standout Cinematography contenders who will try to make a play for nominations. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s opened theatrically to date, but also every film SCREENED thus…
