Ben Affleck has just become the third director in DGA/Academy history to win the DGA without a corresponding Oscar nomination....
Read moreDetailsAccording to Oscar/DGA history, no director has ever won the DGA, lost an Oscar nomination for directing, then won Best...
Read moreDetailsWhen was the last time a masterpiece won the Best Picture Oscar? It is perhaps not possible anymore, not with...
Read moreDetailsENTER OUR CONTEST! For 82 out of 86 Oscar years the directors have controlled the way Best Picture has been...
Read moreDetailsBen Affleck, Argo Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Ang Lee, Life of Pi Tom Hooper, Les Miserables...
Read moreDetailsThe Oscars are the Land of Oz, complete with illusionary finery and the jarringly ordinary old man behind the curtain....
Read moreDetailsFor the first time in probably their entire history, the DGA will announce their five nominees after the Oscar ballots...
Read moreDetailsFor the first time in Oscar/DGA history (as far as I know) I'm not entirely sure beyond a reasonable doubt...
Read moreDetailsThanks to HE for posting this -- at last, online: And here are the winners of the DGA prediction contest....
Read moreDetailsWOODY ALLEN Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics) DAVID FINCHER The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)...
Read moreDetailsIt occurred to me moments ago that Tate Taylor has every reason to, in fact, be nominated for the...
Read moreDetailsThe discussion about the great films that entered the Oscar race this year will continue. But we have to stop...
Read moreDetailsThe DGA nod meant much to David O. Russell. His film is about second chances, and the director could not...
Read moreDetailsHere are your five strongest films for the Best Picture Oscar, 2010. David Fincher, The Social Network Tom Hooper, The...
Read moreDetailsIn anticipation of today's DGA announcement (ETA, 9am Pacific), it's time to do a little No Guts, No Glory. Hopefully,...
Read moreDetailsOn Monday, the Directors Guild, probably the most important guild for determining the Best picture winner, will announce their nominees....
Read moreDetailsThe DGA sends out ballots on November 30. What names do you think might pop up there? At some point...
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