Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020

Would you have the gumption to tell Al Pacino to act his age?

That was the unique position Gary Tacon, the movement coach of "The Irishman," found himself in on the set of Martin Scorsese's crime epic. On Pacino's first day shooting, the scene called for the 79-year-old actor, playing a...

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020

The road to making movie history may include a brief detour and navigation through insecurity as producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff can attest. Koskoff is a two-time nominee this year for the Best Picture Oscar--on the strength of her work on director Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman (...

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020

The Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards bestowed its marquee honor for outstanding VFX in a photoreal feature upon The Lion King during a gala ceremony at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday (1/29) evening. In his acceptance remarks, Robert Legato, overall VFX supervisor on The Lion...

Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

It’s fitting that in a year when the Visual Effects Society presents Martin Scorsese with its Lifetime Achievement Award, the director’s latest release, The Irishman (Netflix), is breaking new ground, arguably most notably in the effects arena. The Irishman is nominated for the...

Monday, Jan. 13, 2020

Once again, it was #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars.

"Congratulations to those men," said presenter Issa Rae pointedly, after the announcement of an all-male directors slate. Denied were contenders like Greta Gerwig, director of "Little Women," and Lulu Wang of "The Farewell." 

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Monday, Jan. 13, 2020

Reactions from some of the nominees for the Academy Awards:

The Irishman, Joker
“I’m honored and grateful to the Academy for acknowledging 'The Irishman' and 'Joker.'  I share these nominations with the most talented cast and crew in the world.  I also want...

Monday, Jan. 13, 2020

Female filmmakers were shut out, "Parasite" made history and "Joker" edged out "The Irishman," "1917" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" in Monday's Oscar nominations.

Todd Phillips' R-rated superhero smash "Joker" topped all films with 11 nominations to the 92nd Academy Awards,...

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020

The British Academy of Film and Television Art (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards in 2020. Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Joker leads the way with 11 nominations, followed closely by ...

Monday, Jan. 6, 2020

Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have unveiled nominations for outstanding achievement in feature screenwriting during 2019. Winners will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, at concurrent ceremonies in New York City...

Friday, Jan. 3, 2020

The American Film Institute (AFI) celebrated the 2019 AFI Awards honorees at an invite-only luncheon in Beverly Hills on Friday (1/3). Unique in its celebration of the film and television arts’ collaborative nature, AFI Awards--now in its 20th year--is the only national program that honors...

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