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Frances McDormand is an actress that has made a career out of going her own way. She has a passionate fan base and has cultivated a successful acting career of nearly four decades.

Well, that was a thing, I guess. An Oscar telecast that promised to be a “film” and not your typical telecast ceremony (a ludicrous concept from the beginning) was nothing of the sort.

Movie lovers from across the globe, the day has finally arrived! Say aloha to Oscars 2021, which is currently taking place at the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles.

Traditionally, the USC Scripter Awards take place on USC’s campus with an elegant dinner and tributes to each of the 10 nominees in the film and TV categories. This year, was markedly different with a pre-taped ceremony.

“One of the things I love most about this life, is there’s no final goodbye’s, let’s just say, I’ll see ya down the road,” a nomad and non-professional actor says to Frances McDormand in Chloé Zhao‘s critically acclaimed drama “Nomadland.”Co-starring David Strathairn, the film, a soulful, sad American Western drama about economic hardship and life on the open road is otherwise, free of stars and populated with real nomad, non-professional actors, many of whom are excellent revelations like Linda

The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced its 2020 award-winners Monday morning, Feb.

COVID may have traditional movie culture in a stranglehold right now, with theater closures and severely truncated versions of film festivals.

Welcome to yet another episode of The Playlist Podcast. This week, you’re graced with TWO new episodes.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the class of Adapted Screenplay contenders is how wonderfully diverse it is. In theory, this category could have four women nominees and four PoCs in a very competitive year.

And there we have it. After going home with the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, Chloé Zhao‘s “Nomadland” just took the coveted People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2020.

With a much different than usual Venice Film Festival now come to a close, it’s time for the annual awards ceremony that marks the beginning of the awards season, whatever that means in this strange year.

There is a golden rule about the Oscars that will remain relevant whether there is a global pandemic, significant changes to the Best Picture inclusion standards or if the theatrical distribution system completely collapses. Simply, when it comes down to it, Academy voters are ruled by emotion.

There is a golden rule about the Oscars that will remain relevant whether there is a global pandemic, significant changes to the Best Picture inclusion standards or if the theatrical distribution system completely collapses. Simply, when it comes down to it, Academy voters are ruled by emotion.

Nobody knows what the next few months hold for the U.S. As far as the current situation, racial injustice rearing its ugly head, a drastic economic downturn and a deadly pandemic are just three of the reasons why this country might not seem like a desirable place to live in right now.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the piss-poor American response to the virus has really hurt movies in 2020. Not just the industry, but film festivals where everyone gathers in close quarters.

The latest in an increasingly long line of film festivals getting canceled due to the ongoing pandemic is the Telluride Film Festival, which was going to kick off over Labor Day weekend. Though the festival may not go forward as planned, we do know some of the films that would have premiered at Telluride, such as Chloé Zhao‘s “Nomadland,” starring Frances McDormand.