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The initially rumoured plot regarding Phantom Thread/Untitled PTA Project has started to make the rounds again among industry insiders on Twitter - that being that the film isn't about Charles James after all but rather about a misogynistic fashion designer who becomes involved in a sadomasochistic ...

Annihilation has been officially marked for a 2018 release apparently so talk of it being pushed up has been nipped in the bud. A lot of pundits are excited about The Shape of Water - wonder if it'll make an impact. I'm not entirely sold yet. Same people are falling off the Blade Runner 2049 train. ...

Best Picture: Badlands Ganja & Hess Illumination * The Spirit of the Beehive Touki Bouki Best Director: * Víctor Erice … The Spirit of the Beehive Alejandro Jodorowsky … The Holy Mountain Terrence Malick … Badlands Orson Welles … F for Fake Krzysztof Zanussi … Illumination Best Actor: Lawrence C...

I was high on Vicky Krieps when there were rumours that Phantom Thread was about a sadomasochistic relationship between a fashion designer and a model as opposed to a more 'traditional' biopic of Charles James, now it's unclear to me who she is playing. Has there been any new info released that clar...

Information is skint and it's not clear whether it's a direct sequel or a spiritual sequel (some sources have different character names to the 1973 film). Carell has the Quaid role, Cranston the Nicholson one and Fishburne the Young role if I'm correct, but it seems like the focus of the story revol...

Current predictions BEST PICTURE Blade Runner 2049 Breathe Call Me by Your Name Downsizing * Dunkirk Get Out Last Flag Flying Mother! Roman Israel, Esq. BEST DIRECTOR Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) Richard Linklater (Last Flag Flying) * Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) Alexander Payne (Downsizing...

Yeah, the Zama slot is baffling. I'm just upset at the progressive deterioration of Venice's artistic pedigree, it's lately been a weird mix of laudable stabs at debut feature and Global South selections and English-language crap from no-longer-relevant Western auteurs that no one in America is even...

'A Fantastic Woman' is also appearing at Toronto in the 'Special presentations' area no less, so Daniella Vega isn't out of the water yet. But, along with the outstanding buzz Claire Foy has been getting from 'The Crown', and the fact that she nominated for an Emmy for that, AND the fact that she's...

This is a really uncreative lineup (and the jury looks pretty bland, too). Ten of these films (that I know of) are in English and five are by American directors, the four Italian films are on paper stuff that would barely qualify for a fest as insipid as, say, Montréal World, and there's only one wo...

Honestly I think we talk so much about the back catalogues of Oscar history here that it shapes the forum's view of modern races - a sentimental Dench win in lead is something that could have easily happened if you transplanted her Oscars trajectory to, say, the 60s, but with recent trends, voting p...

I think the question here is - yes, Dame Judi has admirers, but does she have "fans"? I just don't think she has the kind of sentimental clout to win for a bit of Frears fluff. Smith at least has a cult, and Dench's celebrity and prestige is a different beast to that of, say, Streep. The o...

I'm toying with the idea of a Sam Elliott nomination. I'm pretty confident in Day-Lewis/Garfield/Oldman/Washington (assuming both Phantom Thread and Roman Israel, Esq. make the date & Breathe is both as big a hit as I expect and more The Theory of Everything than A United Kingdom in tone). Downs...

I have no real desire to see this but - I guess this is our Best Picture in the absence of any real competitors?

Just nerding out a bit, but as an addendum to my latest predictions (including the amendments to Best Supporting Actress and Best Picture - which if I haven't already updated my original post with I will soon), here's my acting predictions for the major precursors: Note - current Oscar acting catego...

Another controversy that could produce heat, albeit from the opposite side of the political equation, is the current talk about the lack of black women's representation in Detroit . I don't think that could derail its chances if it becomes a reasonable crossover commercial hit, but if it's gunning f...