JANUARY 19, 2021 Unlike the race for Best International Film, where many of the leading contenders are difficult to locate and screen, the nomination contest for Best Documentary Feature…
DECEMBER 14. 2020 As the chosen ones are announced every year on Oscar nomination morning, there always seems to be one out of the blue nominee not taken seriously…
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 Photo: Getty Images Well, that was one for the ages. Sunday night’s telecast of the 92nd Annual Academy Awards was, to my mind, the best in…
JANUARY 13, 2020 Nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards were announced at 5:18am PT Monday morning, and, as always, the announcement was filled with surprises. Leading the pack…
JULY 9, 2019 I have a few thoughts. The first half of 2019’s movie year is in the books, and for some films, it was a very lucrative period. …
FEBRUARY 25, 2019 Well, that’s over with. Considering the trainwreck that was much of this season’s Oscar race, Sunday’s hostless Oscar awards wasn’t half bad. The show moved along…
FEBRUARY 22, 2019 What a mess of an Oscar season this has been. This has nothing to do with the quality of this year’s films, many of which have…
JANUARY 30, 2019 After a three-week break, Exact Change Today is back at it. It was a great opportunity to recharge the batteries before the rough-and-tumble of the Oscar race…
NOVEMBER 23, 2018 For me, at least, there’s always been something special about the Oscar category of Best Original Screenplay. Don’t get me wrong — I bow to no…
NOVEMBER 21, 2018 God, I love the Writers Branch of the Academy. In years where almost every other Academy branch seemed to rubber stamp the anointed front-runners, the writers…
