Reprinted from The Hollywood Reporter by its staff on November 2, 2020.
Even a pandemic couldn’t keep the SCAD Savannah Film Festival from proceeding with its seventh annual ‘Docs to Watch’ Panel — albeit virtually, given the circumstances. As in the past, the panel was presented by The Hollywood Reporter, moderated by yours truly and brought together the directors of 10 of the year’s top documentary features to discuss what led them to their films’ subjects; how they confronted unexpected challenges along the way; and what sort of impact they hope their work will have as it goes out to the world. …
The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday named Nomadland as its best picture of 2020. Nomadland‘s Chloe Zhao picked up a win for best director, while Frances McDormand won best actress for her performance in […]
When the curtain rises on “Hollywood’s Biggest Night,” which it will again on Sunday, February 24 this year, the global audience tunes in to watch the Academy Awards live. People are eager to see the stars, the fashion, the elegance, the glitter and the gold in real time. […]
“As the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. pledges to reform itself, Netflix has declared that its will not be working with the Golden Globes group until it gets its act together, to put it mildly,” writes Dominic Patten in Deadline[…]