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Interview: Award Winning Makeup Designer Donald Mowat on ‘Moon Knight’ and Cultivating Productive Hollywood Relationships
If you want to know that someone is good at their job, there’s a few ways to do it. When it comes to Donald Mowat, you can obviously look at the work. The makeup designer has been nominated for an Academy Award (just this past year for Dune), won an Emmy Award, and has been […] More
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The Top 25 Best Production Design Winners So Far (Updated)
Well, we’re back at it today! Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated to the […] More
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Christopher Walken to Play Emperor Shaddam IV in ‘Dune: Part Two’
Walken will be joining a star-studded cast, alongside Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, and Timothée Chalamet. More
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‘Dune’ Dominates the Oscar Categories Given Out Before the Live Show
Well, it happened. The Academy did give out eight Oscar statues before the show started, and it robbed Dune of a true number of moments in the sun. I don’t even want to give this any added attention, so just check out the categories below and the full results post will be up once the […] More
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‘Dune’ Emerges Victorious From the ASC Awards
Late Sunday evening (or early Monday morning), the American Society of Cinematographers revealed their winners at the annual awards ceremony. All eyes were on the Feature Film category, which was set to be a battle between Greig Fraser‘s Dune cinematography and Ari Wegner‘s from The Power of the Dog. Well, in this final stage, Fraser […] More
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Cinema Audio Society Awards Winners Announced
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” wins the biggest prize of the evening, aiming for a Best Sound win at the 94th Oscars. More
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‘Cruella’ and ‘Dune’ Emerge Victorious From the Costume Designers Guild Awards
Earlier tonight, the 24th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards were held. As always, the winners here often get a leg up in the Oscar race for Best Costume Design. This year, the Academy will be again choosing from some of these victors. The Sci-Fi / Fantasy category went to Dune, while Contemporary went to Coming […] More
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‘Dune’ Cleans Up At 20th Visual Effects Society Awards
Dune was a risky project for Denis Villeneuve, but big risks also have big rewards. The first part in the sci-fi epic took home four statues at the 20th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, including ‘Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature.’ The Beverly Hilton played host to the ceremony on Tuesday that celebrates visual […] More
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Art Directors Guild Award Winners Include ‘Dune’ and ‘Nightmare Alley’
Last night, the Art Directors Guild held their awards ceremony, hoping to shed light on the Oscar race for Best Production Design. For those that think the category is a fight to the finish between Dune and Nightmare Alley, they got some added juice, as both took home ADG prizes. The former won for Fantasy […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: Oscar Nominated Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve Discusses His Epic Vision for ‘Dune’
In relatively short order, Denis Villeneuve has become a truly singular filmmaker. The director and sometimes writer is not just a prestige auteur, but someone working at the top end of science fiction as well. Usually, it’s an either or proposition. So, Villeneuve is doing something rather unique. In particular, Dune has merged a potential […] More
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in Op-ed
The Supporting Actress (Over-)Supply Chain Crisis – Part Two
Yesterday, I described how overwhelming the Best Supporting Actress competition feels right now, and how nearly unprecedented 2021 was in terms of the sheer volume of performances worthy of recognition we were graced with. As the deadline for completed Academy Award ballots closes in just a few hours, there are still plenty of exceptional women […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of January 10th – An Embarrassment of Riches with ‘Dune,’ ‘Mass,’ and ‘Spencer’
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, we have not just the best slate of the year so far, but the best crop of new releases in a very long time. The cream of the crop is Spencer, with Dune and especially Mass not far behind. Even beyond those films, we have Halloween Kills, MLK/FBI, and […] More