Op-Ed by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You couldn’t make up the backstory to the 98th Oscars, the black cloud of the Reiner murders with a night-before party at comedian Conan...

Parallel Mothers, Review: Swapped babies and a Spanish history lesson from the Master Expectations suddenly rise when the name Pedro Almodóvar is mentioned. One regrets having missed the screening...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) sent out a notice to remind us entertainment journalists to use only their official list of...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent 'Congratulations to Searchlight Pictures for NOMADLAND that just swept the 93rd Oscars with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.’ You...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondence One of the best Oscar categories to enter is the short subject for film, insiders say, because there are less entries and the field is still wide...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s not enough that this Award Season 2021 went virtual right out of the gate due to the Pandemic? But the Academy actually decided that the...

30-Year Industry Veteran, Jeff Kitchen, Explains the Art, Craft, and Business of Bankable Scriptwriting     By Vic Gerami Alfred Hitchcock said, “To make a great film you need three things—the...

MFF 21, 02: Fernando Meirelles to get Excellence in Cinema Award "My deepest thanks to MAMI and the Mumbai Film Festival for this honour. As a director who makes his home on the opposite side of...

David Rubin has just been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The following were also elected by the Board of Governors: • Lois Burwell, First Vice President...