Will AFI's Top 10 Films of 2020 Predict This Year's Best Picture Race?

Spike Lee is receiving a major honour.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector, writer and producer Spike Lee will be honored by the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Lee, who directed “Da 5 Bloods,” will be recognized with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award at the 71st Annual ACE Eddie Awards on April 18, 2021.“From ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ in 1986 to ‘Da 5 Bloods’ in 2020, Spike has directed an astonishing number of feature films — 24.

Mank is having another great day on the road to the Oscars — as is Netflix. The film nominations for the 2021 Critics Choice Awards were announced on Monday, and Netflix's Mank led with 12 nods, including Best Picture.

Clayton Davis Streaming services dominated the nominations for the 26th Critics’ Choice Awards, with Netflix garnering four best picture nominations, a record-setting number for any studio in the history of the CCA. “Da 5 Bloods” from Spike Lee, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” from George C.

The Toronto Film Critics Association named Chloe Zhao's Nomadland as its best picture of 2020 as the American road movie continued its run as an early award season contender. On Sunday, Zhao picked up the best director honor for Nomadland, which also earned Frances McDormand the best actress trophy for her role in the film, while Riz Ahmed earned a win for best actor for his performances in Sound of Metal.

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Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentIs this the year a documentary finally gets a best picture Oscar nomination?When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 2009 expanded the top category to 10, then-prez Sid Ganis expressed hope the noms would include animation, international films and docs. Since then, the first two groups have made the grade, but no docs.

Also Read: How a Weird Oscar Season Might Depress the Number of Best Picture NomineesThe films do not represent all the movies eligible for Best Picture.

Spike Lee as Best Director.«Lee is one of our greatest filmmakers, a bold auteur with a cinematic vision and an astute perspective on human relationships, focusing at times on that intersection between the personal and the political,» said NBR President Annie Schulhof.While the National Board of Review has never been one to crystal ball the Academy Awards, any accolades are good accolades in this unprecedented awards season.

Clayton Davis The National Board of Review have announced their annual awards where Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” won best film, director and ensemble.Down below is the full list of winners.Best Film: “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)Best Director: Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)Best Actor: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)Best Supporting Actress: Youn

The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) has revealed its annual Top Ten List as well as winners of its film awards which was topped by Nomadland. In addition, The Chloé Zhao American wanderlust drama was named Best Picture. Also on the list is Pixar’s Soul which was also named Best Animated Feature.

The American Film Institute (AFI) has released its list of the movies and TV shows of the year.

Clayton Davis The American Film Institute has announced the recipients of the AFI Awards for 2020, the top ten films and TV shows “deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.”The best films from this pandemic year were recognized with no big surprises among the 10 selections. The big miss from the lineup is Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” from Focus Features.

The American Film Institute on Monday unveiled recipients of its annual AFI Awards for TV, its list for shows deemed culturally and artistically representative of 2020’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. The organization also announced its film awards, and gave an AFI Special Award to the adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Hamilton that premiered in July on Disney+.

Iain Stirling has hinted that Love Island could be filmed in the UK this summer as bosses look to relocate amid the nationwide lockdown.

Oscar-winning filmmaker and producer Ava DuVernay’s Array is expanding its imprint when it comes to inclusive storytelling. The Selma director and her social impact collective has partnered with Spotify for a multi-year partnership to produce exclusive scripted and unscripted original audio programming.

no interest in turning voters’ heads, unless you’re talking about Emmy voters.)Also Read: In a Weird Oscars Race, 2020 Is Forcing Voters to Redefine What a Movie IsSo as we ease into 2021, or 2020 the Sequel, or whatever this is, who are the favorites in the Best Picture race? For the most part, they seem to be the ones we’ve been eyeing for a couple of months now, though it’s hard to have any degree of certainty in this strangest of years.Safest Bets “Nomadland” (Searchlight) “The Trial of the

This year has been like no other we have ever experienced.

Oscars have had no choice but to adapt to film’s rapidly changing landscape – cinemas across the world remained shuttered for most of last year, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Blockbusters became an endangered species.