I have decided to combine both Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress. Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actress as a category is always wildly popular because it seems to be more “adventurous” races compared to other above the line wins. Despite several inconsistent wins regarding quality and acceptance from the Oscar community, its recipients are traditionally considered more unique and “out there.” From honoring career narratives (Viola Davis, Laura Dern) to anointing rising stars (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Alicia Vikander), it...

The Key West Film Festival will honor Delaney Buffett with the fourth annual Golden Key Award for Emerging Talent, and the screening of her film "Adult Best Friends," which will screen at the festival heading into the thick of award season. In the past, the festival has honored up-and-comers, like Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Power of the Dog, Elegance Bratton for his work on The Inspection, and Thomasin McKenzie for her work in Eileen. Adult Best Friends has a 100%...

It's impossible not to see this Oscar race, like every Oscar race, as a reflection of what's happening politically. I've been covering the Oscars since the very end of the Bill Clinton administration, on through the George W. Bush administration, then through Obama, then Trump, then Biden, and now, in just two agonizing weeks, the results of this year's election. There is no getting around politics this year, especially not now. So, for this week, I will write THE...

We're putting together a group of predictors called the Gate Crashers. These will be a group of assembled industry folks who are on the margins of the cool kids at Gold Derby, or have been shunned outright. We're the outsiders, if you will. We will be releasing our first batch of predictions soon and will release who all is involved. But in the meantime, I'm also introducing the first ever AD Predicts, a chance for readers to participate in...

As we know, there is no real Oscar race right now. There are no official "frontrunners" as such. For instance, Scott Feinberg, for whatever reason, has the film Sept. 5 in the number one place. Like Anne Thompson, he does not predict the films that he has not yet seen so his list is a little, at least from my perspective, odd. But it is typical Scott, if you know, you know. The Oscar pundits are like cats or...

Blitz is one of those movies in the Oscar race that is elevated before it is seen. That's always a tricky prospect. Ideally, movies should be seen with lowered expectations. High expectations are tough to meet, especially if the measure is Oscar nominations. Things were better, and more healthy, when movies had to please audiences long before they were considered for the Oscars. But that isn't what happens now. The power has given over, almost completely, to the tastemakers....

Take it from me. No musician, maybe no person, has had as much influence on my life as Bob Dylan. He has been threaded through me decade after decade. I believe the gold standard for Bob Dylan movies is Todd Haynes' masterpiece I'm not There, but what James Mangold is attempting to do here is a different thing. He's not so much trying to deconstruct who Bob Dylan is but rather to take us back to a moment when...