‘Nomadland’ Scores Again at Independent Spirit Awards
It should not come as any surprise at this point that Nomadland crushed the competition at the Independent Spirit Awards held virtually and televised Thursday night April 22. The film itself won as did director Chloe Zhao and the film’s cinematographer and its editor. So yes, we will be seeing all of them down the road at the Oscars on Sunday night. Another female-led film, Promising Young Woman also garnered more hardware with the...
Even More Trouble for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
Just when you thought things could not get much worse for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has been under fire for two months since the Los Angeles Times broke an explosive series of investigations about the organization which hands out the Golden Globe Awards—well, they did. Earlier this week, the Times revealed that former HFPA president Philip Berk sent out an email to the membership and staff which could be construed...
One for the History Books! Chloe Zhao Scores Biggest Prize at DGA Awards
Everybody in Hollywood knows that if you’re a female film director you have maybe a little more than a snowball’s chance in hell of winning an award for your work. But Chloé Zhao continues to break that mold by racking up reams of hardware, her latest being at the Directors Guild Awards Sunday night. Zhao took home the top award for directing Nomandland, starring Frances McDormand and a cast of mostly non-actors she also wrote the...
‘Trial’ Tops SAG Awards, Show Makes History with Acting Winners
The name of the film itself describes an ensemble, so it was only fitting that The Trial of the Chicago 7 took home the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night. Among its award-winning cast: Sasha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Michael Keaton, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eddie Redmayne. I know, I know. No women, but the film was about the men on trial for inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in...
‘Nomadland’ Scores Top Prize at the Producers Guild Awards
There’s a now famous line in the motion picture Nomadland: “See you down the road.” After its win of the top prize at the 2021 Producers Guild Awards, there is no doubt we will be seeing the film win even more trophies down the road. Written and directed by Chloe Zhao, Nomadland scored the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures over nine competitors at the virtual ceremonies held March 24....