Blade Runner 2049, Three Billboards & The Shape of Water Lead BAFTA Noms
The British Academy of Television Arts has announced the nominations for their film awards for 2018, known as the BAFTAs, with Guillermo del Toro’s glorious creature feature, The Shape of Water, netting a best 12 nominations. Del Toro’s surprisingly tender film, which won him a Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Score for composer Alexandre Desplat is ...
Your 2018 Golden Globes Winners
The 2018 Golden Globes will be remembered primarily for Oprah Winfrey’s speech, upon accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement, one of the greatest ever delivered at the show. Oprah was called on stage by host Seth Meyers, who offered this perfect observation: “Oprah Winfrey is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award tonight. ...
Writer/Director Martin McDonagh on his Dark, Brilliant Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
With his thrillingly raw new film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri just released, writer/director Martin McDonagh is happy to chat about the movie, which has received critical acclaim and film-fest accolades, including Best Screenplay at Venice and People’s Choice at Toronto. The Fox Searchlight Pictures release centers on a grieving mother, played by Frances McDormand, who captures the attention ...
TIFF 2017: The Films That Made the Biggest Splash
While no clear Oscar frontrunner emerged from this year’s TIFF which closed Sept. 17 after an 11-day cavalcade of 339 films, there were no real clunkers, either. Sure, anticipated titles such as George Clooney’s Suburbicon and Alexander Payne’s Downsizing may have underwhelmed, but there were surprisingly solid showings from many studio releases and indies, pointing ...
Venice 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri Wows Festival
Things are looking good for Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, which had its’ world premiere at the Sala Grande in Venice and, as Deadline reports, was met with a roughly 10-minute standing ovation. This robust response is now the second film that Fox Searchlight has shown in Venice that has delighted and awed; ...
