Timed to coincide with TV’s upfronts in New York, a real estate-focused event that also calls itself the Upfronts — a luxury property reveal thrown by The Society Group — took over The Wallis in Beverly Hills on May 15. Held in the Bram Goldsmith Theater, the confab saw L.A.’s biggest power brokers gather to preview some of the world’s most luxurious listings coming to market.
“This is fun for me because usually I’m sitting in the audience where you’re sitting looking at a performance,” Carolwood’s Linda May noted, “so it’s really nice to look out and see so many friends here enjoying the theater.”
Despite a few technical Av hiccups, the Upfronts ran like clockwork, with exuberant presenters giving succinct pitches to an involved audience about new-to-market skyscraper penthouses in NYC, $100 million-plus mansions in L.A. and even Hollywood production studios. After his presentation, Fredrik Eklund even joked,...
“This is fun for me because usually I’m sitting in the audience where you’re sitting looking at a performance,” Carolwood’s Linda May noted, “so it’s really nice to look out and see so many friends here enjoying the theater.”
Despite a few technical Av hiccups, the Upfronts ran like clockwork, with exuberant presenters giving succinct pitches to an involved audience about new-to-market skyscraper penthouses in NYC, $100 million-plus mansions in L.A. and even Hollywood production studios. After his presentation, Fredrik Eklund even joked,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More change is afoot in Los Angeles’ high-end luxury real estate business, which has seen a wave of new brokerages join the scene in the past two years and a surprising number of power-seller agents switch their allegiances.
Now, two of L.A.’s biggest celebrity real estate agents, James Harris and David Parnes of Bond Street Partners — known for starring on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles for seven seasons before leaving the real estate reality series in 2022 — are on the move.
The duo — who have repped stars such as Rihanna, Carey Mulligan, Demi Lovato, Big Sean and Kevin Durant (according to public records) — are joining Carolwood Estates, the nearly 2-year-old agency founded in 2022 by Drew Fenton, Nick Segal and Ed Leyson.
Harris and Parnes, who in a typical year do $500 million to $600 million in residential real estate sales, have long made a home at The Agency (co-founded by Mauricio Umansky,...
Now, two of L.A.’s biggest celebrity real estate agents, James Harris and David Parnes of Bond Street Partners — known for starring on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles for seven seasons before leaving the real estate reality series in 2022 — are on the move.
The duo — who have repped stars such as Rihanna, Carey Mulligan, Demi Lovato, Big Sean and Kevin Durant (according to public records) — are joining Carolwood Estates, the nearly 2-year-old agency founded in 2022 by Drew Fenton, Nick Segal and Ed Leyson.
Harris and Parnes, who in a typical year do $500 million to $600 million in residential real estate sales, have long made a home at The Agency (co-founded by Mauricio Umansky,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“You’ve transformed a room full of enemies into a room full of friends,” Aaron Kirman, of Akg | Christie’s International, quipped. He was surveying the scene at The Hollywood Reporter’s third annual L.A. Power Broker Awards, presented by The Society Group and hosted by The Agency’s Mauricio Umansky. This fairy-tale feeling of camaraderie hung in the air all evening, no doubt enhanced by the enchanting setting of the legendary Castillo Del Lago estate, formerly owned by Madonna. The home is currently co-listed (for $18.9 million) by Linda May and Brett Lawyer of Carolwood Estates.
The honors were held in conjunction with THR’s 2023 list of Hollywood’s Top 35 Real Estate Agents, which honors top sellers in the greater Los Angeles area based on Mls-listed sales to Hollywood clients, overall deal volume and media visibility.
Looking out over views of Lake Hollywood, agents sipped on cocktails to the...
The honors were held in conjunction with THR’s 2023 list of Hollywood’s Top 35 Real Estate Agents, which honors top sellers in the greater Los Angeles area based on Mls-listed sales to Hollywood clients, overall deal volume and media visibility.
Looking out over views of Lake Hollywood, agents sipped on cocktails to the...
- 9/28/2023
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mauricio Umansky, the co-founder of real-estate brokerage The Agency — who also stars on Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills and is a contestant on the new season of Dancing with the Stars premiering on Tuesday — is set to follow up his dancing debut by hosting The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual L.A. Power Broker Awards. The evening will take place Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the famed Castillo Del Lago estate in Lake Hollywood, a grand 1920s Spanish-style mansion once owned by Madonna.
Presented by premier luxury real estate PR company The Society Group, the awards evening celebrates the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s annual list of Hollywood’s Top Real Estate Agents and includes an awards presentation in eight categories. Nominees for six categories — including Stratospheric Sale of the Year, Agent of Historic Architecture and Rising Star — are presented below, with Umansky announcing the winners at the dinner.
Drew Fenton — the CEO of Carolwood Estates,...
Presented by premier luxury real estate PR company The Society Group, the awards evening celebrates the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s annual list of Hollywood’s Top Real Estate Agents and includes an awards presentation in eight categories. Nominees for six categories — including Stratospheric Sale of the Year, Agent of Historic Architecture and Rising Star — are presented below, with Umansky announcing the winners at the dinner.
Drew Fenton — the CEO of Carolwood Estates,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Following a wave of defections to a burgeoning rival, the venerable Beverly Hills real estate brokerage of Hilton & Hyland has new ownership, with co-founder and chairman Rick Hilton and his son, Barron Hilton, exiting the company.
In a formal announcement, Hilton & Hyland revealed that Lori Hyland is taking 100 percent ownership of the firm. A fine artist, she is the wife of the late Jeff Hyland, who co-founded Hilton & Hyland in 1993 with Rick Hilton. Jeff Hyland — also an architectural historian who authored the book Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills — passed away last February from cancer.
Hilton & Hyland’s name will remain unchanged, while Rick and Barron Hilton are leaving to form a new brokerage, Hilton & Hilton.
“Beverly Hills is the only inlet city of the major luxury markets, yet, people come from all over the globe to build legendary estates here and add to its extensive history.
Following a wave of defections to a burgeoning rival, the venerable Beverly Hills real estate brokerage of Hilton & Hyland has new ownership, with co-founder and chairman Rick Hilton and his son, Barron Hilton, exiting the company.
In a formal announcement, Hilton & Hyland revealed that Lori Hyland is taking 100 percent ownership of the firm. A fine artist, she is the wife of the late Jeff Hyland, who co-founded Hilton & Hyland in 1993 with Rick Hilton. Jeff Hyland — also an architectural historian who authored the book Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills — passed away last February from cancer.
Hilton & Hyland’s name will remain unchanged, while Rick and Barron Hilton are leaving to form a new brokerage, Hilton & Hilton.
“Beverly Hills is the only inlet city of the major luxury markets, yet, people come from all over the globe to build legendary estates here and add to its extensive history.
- 12/19/2022
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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L.A.’s ultra-luxe real estate landscape is shifting in dramatic ways.
This fall, Drew Fenton, one of Hilton & Hyland’s marquee names, veteran real estate exec Nick Segal and Hilton & Hyland marketing chief Ed Leyson struck out on their own to launch a new Beverly Hills-based brokerage, Carolwood. Fenton tells THR that after the death this year of Hilton & Hyland co-founder Jeff Hyland, “It felt like a natural progression to put all that I had learned in my 15 years at Hilton & Hyland into my own firm.”
In recent weeks, Carolwood has lured more than 35 agents from Hilton & Hyland, including power sellers Linda May (winner of the Agent of Historic Architecture Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2022 L.A. Power Broker Awards), Brett Lawyer, Jonah Wilson, Susan Smith, the team of Jonathan Nash and Stephen Resnick, Justin Paul Huchel, Bjorn Farrugia, Michael Lamontagna and Gordon MacGeachy.
L.A.’s ultra-luxe real estate landscape is shifting in dramatic ways.
This fall, Drew Fenton, one of Hilton & Hyland’s marquee names, veteran real estate exec Nick Segal and Hilton & Hyland marketing chief Ed Leyson struck out on their own to launch a new Beverly Hills-based brokerage, Carolwood. Fenton tells THR that after the death this year of Hilton & Hyland co-founder Jeff Hyland, “It felt like a natural progression to put all that I had learned in my 15 years at Hilton & Hyland into my own firm.”
In recent weeks, Carolwood has lured more than 35 agents from Hilton & Hyland, including power sellers Linda May (winner of the Agent of Historic Architecture Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2022 L.A. Power Broker Awards), Brett Lawyer, Jonah Wilson, Susan Smith, the team of Jonathan Nash and Stephen Resnick, Justin Paul Huchel, Bjorn Farrugia, Michael Lamontagna and Gordon MacGeachy.
- 12/6/2022
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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“It’s great you got all of us lunatics together!” joked realtor James Harris of Bond Street Partners at The Agency.
This feeling of gratitude and jovial collegiality was in the air at The Hollywood Reporter’s second annual Power Broker Awards, presented by The Society Group and sponsored by Ash Staging and the Real real-estate messaging app on Sept. 20. New blood and established legends exchanged hugs and deals at the ceremony, which was held as a private event at private members fitness club Heimat in the Hollywood Media District. The honors were held in conjunction with THR’s 2022 list of Hollywood’s Top 30 Real Estate Agents, honoring top sellers in the greater Los Angeles area based on Mls-listed sales to Hollywood clients, overall deal volume and media visibility.
The awards were hosted by Selling Sunset stars Jason Oppenheim and Mary Fitzgerald — with...
“It’s great you got all of us lunatics together!” joked realtor James Harris of Bond Street Partners at The Agency.
This feeling of gratitude and jovial collegiality was in the air at The Hollywood Reporter’s second annual Power Broker Awards, presented by The Society Group and sponsored by Ash Staging and the Real real-estate messaging app on Sept. 20. New blood and established legends exchanged hugs and deals at the ceremony, which was held as a private event at private members fitness club Heimat in the Hollywood Media District. The honors were held in conjunction with THR’s 2022 list of Hollywood’s Top 30 Real Estate Agents, honoring top sellers in the greater Los Angeles area based on Mls-listed sales to Hollywood clients, overall deal volume and media visibility.
The awards were hosted by Selling Sunset stars Jason Oppenheim and Mary Fitzgerald — with...
- 9/21/2022
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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On Sept. 20, The Hollywood Reporter will hold the second annual Los Angeles Power Broker Awards at members-only fitness and social club Heimat.
The night, presented by luxury real estate PR firm The Society Group, will include a dinner honoring the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s Top 30 List, followed by an awards presentation. The honors are sponsored by spatial styling company Ash Staging and the real estate social app Real Messenger. Said Angel Salvador last year, a winner at the 2021 inaugural awards, “To get the recognition amongst your peers is special.”
2021’s winners also included Westside Estate Agency’s Kurt Rappaport, The Oppenheim Group’s Jason Oppenheim, Compass’ Sally Forster Jones, Tomer Fridman, Tyrone McKillen and Dalton Gomez, The Agency’s Santiago Arana, Hilton & Hyland’s Drew Fenton, and The Beverly Hills Estates’ Branden and Rayni Williams.
The categories and nominees for the...
On Sept. 20, The Hollywood Reporter will hold the second annual Los Angeles Power Broker Awards at members-only fitness and social club Heimat.
The night, presented by luxury real estate PR firm The Society Group, will include a dinner honoring the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s Top 30 List, followed by an awards presentation. The honors are sponsored by spatial styling company Ash Staging and the real estate social app Real Messenger. Said Angel Salvador last year, a winner at the 2021 inaugural awards, “To get the recognition amongst your peers is special.”
2021’s winners also included Westside Estate Agency’s Kurt Rappaport, The Oppenheim Group’s Jason Oppenheim, Compass’ Sally Forster Jones, Tomer Fridman, Tyrone McKillen and Dalton Gomez, The Agency’s Santiago Arana, Hilton & Hyland’s Drew Fenton, and The Beverly Hills Estates’ Branden and Rayni Williams.
The categories and nominees for the...
- 9/10/2022
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the proliferation of antiseptic mall-sized ultra-modern mansions and cookie cutter “modern farmhouses,” with their acres of white walls, miles of pale French oak floors and vast walls of disappearing glass, the extravagant, playfully flamboyant more-is-better Bel Air compound of corporate housing magnate Howard Ruby and late actress-turned-artist Yvette Mimieux is a much-welcomed architectural and decorative antidote. Famous for his head-in-the-clouds more-is-more aesthetic, late and influential set designer and decorator Tony Duquette would certainly approve.
An L.A. native who passed in January, at 80, Mimieux was discovered in the late 1950s while horseback riding in the Hollywood Hills. She went on to appear in dozens of television shows and films, including Where the Boys Are (1960) and Light in the Piazza (1962). In 1964 she earned a Golden Globe nomination when she became what’s believed to be the first woman to bare her belly button on American TV when she guest-starred on Dr. Kildare.
An L.A. native who passed in January, at 80, Mimieux was discovered in the late 1950s while horseback riding in the Hollywood Hills. She went on to appear in dozens of television shows and films, including Where the Boys Are (1960) and Light in the Piazza (1962). In 1964 she earned a Golden Globe nomination when she became what’s believed to be the first woman to bare her belly button on American TV when she guest-starred on Dr. Kildare.
- 3/3/2022
- by Mark David, Dirt.com
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chloé Zhao on Making Oscars History and How She Stayed True to Herself Directing Marvel’s ‘Eternals’
On Monday morning, the day after making history with her two Oscar wins, Chloé Zhao is beaming. Her happiness is detectable even over Zoom. “It was just so, so beautiful to be in the room with people, and to be able to actually talk to them and to celebrate with my peers,” she says.
Not everything went as planned at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday night; witness the show not ending with the usual best picture category, instead unexpectedly honoring an actor, Anthony Hopkins, who wasn’t even there, as its climax. But at least one thing went very right: Zhao landed the trophy for best director for “Nomadland,” and also received the top prize for picture. She’s only the second woman to win an Oscar for director — after Kathryn Bigelow (for 2009’s “The Hurt Locker”) — and Zhao, who was born in Beijing, is the first woman of color to receive the prize.
Not everything went as planned at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday night; witness the show not ending with the usual best picture category, instead unexpectedly honoring an actor, Anthony Hopkins, who wasn’t even there, as its climax. But at least one thing went very right: Zhao landed the trophy for best director for “Nomadland,” and also received the top prize for picture. She’s only the second woman to win an Oscar for director — after Kathryn Bigelow (for 2009’s “The Hurt Locker”) — and Zhao, who was born in Beijing, is the first woman of color to receive the prize.
- 4/28/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Chloe Zhao made history Sunday night at the 93rd Academy Awards as she became the first Asian woman and woman of color to take home the Oscar for best directing. The Nomadland helmer also became the second woman ever in the award ceremony’s history to win the directing award, following The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow in 2010.
Zhao, who is of Chinese descent, racked up her Oscars win after a long, yet historical, awards season journey which brought her top prizes at DGA Awards, the Golden Globes and most recently the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Upon receiving the best director award from last year’s best director winner, Bong Joon-Ho, Zhao reflected on a childhood memory that inspires her to keep going even when it gets rough. After thanking her “entire Nomadland company,” she brought her fellow nominees back to her childhood in China, where she remembered playing a...
Zhao, who is of Chinese descent, racked up her Oscars win after a long, yet historical, awards season journey which brought her top prizes at DGA Awards, the Golden Globes and most recently the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Upon receiving the best director award from last year’s best director winner, Bong Joon-Ho, Zhao reflected on a childhood memory that inspires her to keep going even when it gets rough. After thanking her “entire Nomadland company,” she brought her fellow nominees back to her childhood in China, where she remembered playing a...
- 4/26/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Chloé Zhao and Joshua James Richards are recognizing the women who starred in their Oscar-nominated film Nomadland. The director and cinematographer brought Linda May and Swankie as their dates to the Academy Awards. The pair played a pivotal role in the screenwriting process, and were so helpful, Chloé wrote them into the movie. The group of four stopped to chat with E! News' Giuliana Rancic, with Linda May describing how "surreal" it was to be on the red carpet at Union Station. As she put it, "[It's] nothing that I ever expected would happen to me." Swankie chimed in, "What she said!" "And I'm not an...
- 4/25/2021
- E! Online
Linda May and Swankie, two of the featured performers in “Nomadland,” are attending the Oscars. The two nonprofessional actors are the plus-ones of Chloé Zhao (nominated for four Academy Awards) and the movie’s nominated cinematographer, Joshua James Richards (who is also Zhao’s partner). “Nomadland,” based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name, hired some of the real people Bruder had interviewed during her reporting journey, including May, Swankie, van-dwelling guru Bob Wells and many others.
In an interview with Variety, during which she was at a Walmart preparing for her trip to Los Angeles, May talked about her experience making “Nomadland” — and the idea of going to the Academy Awards.
“I can’t believe it!” May exclaimed. “I got the schedule yesterday.”
She continued with a gush. “And Josh — I get to ride to the Oscars with Josh. I love Josh, and I flirted with...
In an interview with Variety, during which she was at a Walmart preparing for her trip to Los Angeles, May talked about her experience making “Nomadland” — and the idea of going to the Academy Awards.
“I can’t believe it!” May exclaimed. “I got the schedule yesterday.”
She continued with a gush. “And Josh — I get to ride to the Oscars with Josh. I love Josh, and I flirted with...
- 4/25/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker Chloè Zhao, as any Oscar fan probably knows, has set a record this year, becoming the first woman ever to be nominated for four individual Oscars in a single year, with her work on “Nomadland” being cited for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay. Though “Nomadland” is considered by many to be the front-runner in several Oscar categories, one contest that is proving to be particularly hot this year is the writing race.
Having already won the Critics Choice and the USC Scripter Awards, Zhao’s screenplay is locked in an extremely competitive contest against two other award-winning screenplays — Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller‘s “The Father” which triumphed at the BAFTAs and the writing team behind “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which won this year’s Writers Guild Award (where “Nomadland” and “The Father” were ineligible). Add to that two other highly-regarded screenplay adaptations — Kemp Powers...
Having already won the Critics Choice and the USC Scripter Awards, Zhao’s screenplay is locked in an extremely competitive contest against two other award-winning screenplays — Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller‘s “The Father” which triumphed at the BAFTAs and the writing team behind “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which won this year’s Writers Guild Award (where “Nomadland” and “The Father” were ineligible). Add to that two other highly-regarded screenplay adaptations — Kemp Powers...
- 4/14/2021
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
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2021 SAG Awards Predictions:
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role In A Motion Picture
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: This is the place for Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) to cement her status as the one to beat since she won...
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2021 SAG Awards Predictions:
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role In A Motion Picture
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: This is the place for Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) to cement her status as the one to beat since she won...
- 4/1/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Picture
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Netflix’s “Mank” led the fray with 10 nominations, but the story of this lineup is Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” and Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” nabbing all the “essentials” of a best picture winner, including director,...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Picture
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Netflix’s “Mank” led the fray with 10 nominations, but the story of this lineup is Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” and Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” nabbing all the “essentials” of a best picture winner, including director,...
- 3/18/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Two women made the cut in best director, which is a first in the category, with only one first-time filmmaker making the cut (Fennell). Feeling there would be a swell in the European vote, BAFTA...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Two women made the cut in best director, which is a first in the category, with only one first-time filmmaker making the cut (Fennell). Feeling there would be a swell in the European vote, BAFTA...
- 3/18/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Traditionally mounted by the USC Libraries as an elegant black-tie, sit-down dinner at the historic Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California, this year the Scripter Awards went global. On Saturday, March 13, the USC Libraries opened up their exclusive awards show to honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, as a virtual event.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
- 3/14/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Traditionally mounted by the USC Libraries as an elegant black-tie, sit-down dinner at the historic Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California, this year the Scripter Awards went global. On Saturday, March 13, the USC Libraries opened up their exclusive awards show to honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based, as a virtual event.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
This diverse group of academics, industry professionals, and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Last year’s Scripter winners on the film and TV side were Oscar and Emmy nominees Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), respectively. Past winners of both the Scripter and the Oscar include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Moonlight,” “The Big Short,” and “The Imitation Game.” In fact, before 2019, eight Scripter Award winners went on to win Oscars.
- 3/14/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The WGA weighed in and gave some gas for the campaigns for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which will have the largest amount of screenwriters ever nominated at nine, surpassing “Toy Story,” which had seven. “The White Tiger...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The WGA weighed in and gave some gas for the campaigns for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which will have the largest amount of screenwriters ever nominated at nine, surpassing “Toy Story,” which had seven. “The White Tiger...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Cinematography
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Łukasz Żal got into this race for “Cold War” and this category never has just newcomers so expect his work for “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” to make some headway, perhaps even with American Society of Cinematographers.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Cinematography
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Łukasz Żal got into this race for “Cold War” and this category never has just newcomers so expect his work for “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” to make some headway, perhaps even with American Society of Cinematographers.
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Film Editing
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: 50,000 feet out, “Sound of Metal” could go the way of Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash” (2013), which won editing and sound mixing, after surprising wins at BAFTA and other guilds. “The Trial of the Chicago 7...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Film Editing
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: 50,000 feet out, “Sound of Metal” could go the way of Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash” (2013), which won editing and sound mixing, after surprising wins at BAFTA and other guilds. “The Trial of the Chicago 7...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Currently streaming on Hulu, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland has been an award season darling so far, already picking up best director and best drama motion picture accolades at the 78th Golden Globes Awards. The film follows Frances McDormand as a woman named Fern who takes seasonal jobs to make ends meet as she travels across the country after her husband dies. Zhao's movie captures lush and realistic views of the American West, and at times, it even looks like a documentary with tight close-ups of actual nomads. But is Nomadland actually based on a true story? In part, yes.
While Fern's story is fictional, Zhao's script and film are based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. So, which parts of the movie are based on reality? Here's what you need to know.
What Is the Nomadland Book About?
In her book, Bruder closely follows nomads,...
While Fern's story is fictional, Zhao's script and film are based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. So, which parts of the movie are based on reality? Here's what you need to know.
What Is the Nomadland Book About?
In her book, Bruder closely follows nomads,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
We’ve already written more generally about how director and writer Chloé Zhao used documentary techniques to blur real life and fiction in her neo-western drama Nomadland, which is now available to stream on Hulu. One of the chief filmmaking choices Zhao made was to utilize non-actors to play fictionalized versions of themselves. Characters like Linda May and Swankie are played by real-life nomads who live in their vans. Bob Wells, a vlogger and author who writes about life lived in his refurbished van, is the most famous of the actual nomads to appear in Nomadland. Wells is an older American in his 60s who runs a website and YouTube channel called CheapRVliving. Both platforms chronicle his life living in a van.
“Society told me that this was the worst possible thing that could happen to me, to live in a van,” Wells told PBS’ Independent Lens in January. “To be homeless,...
“Society told me that this was the worst possible thing that could happen to me, to live in a van,” Wells told PBS’ Independent Lens in January. “To be homeless,...
- 2/24/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine what they mean for the awards season.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine what they mean for the awards season.
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actress In A Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been...
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actress In A Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been...
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine...
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
— — Nomadland (2020) Video Movie Review, a Searchlight Pictures movie written and directed by Chloé Zhao and stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Bob Wells, Linda May, Swankie, Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder, Rachel Bannon, Annette Webb, Makenzie Etcheverry, and Brandy Wilber. In this video review, I talk about the [...]
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Nomadland (2020): An Emotionally Immersive Film From Chloé Zhao...
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Nomadland (2020): An Emotionally Immersive Film From Chloé Zhao...
- 2/23/2021
- by Alex Srednoselac
- Film-Book
Nomadland, the Oscar-tipped feature film from Chloé Zhao, debuted on Hulu Friday after getting a limited theatrical release in the U.S. The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern, an older woman and working class widow who travels the American west in a van, in which she also lives. Though Nomadland is not a true story or a documentary, the film often blurs the line between fiction and reality by centering real places and communities, as well as casting a number of real people who are playing fictionalized versions of themselves.
To further capture the feel of the nomadic experience, Zhao used a bare bones crew who traveled in vans and stayed in motels for the four-month production. Many critics and early reviewers, including our review out of TIFF last September, responded to a more authentic representation of America than we tend to get in mainstream cinema. When one considers...
To further capture the feel of the nomadic experience, Zhao used a bare bones crew who traveled in vans and stayed in motels for the four-month production. Many critics and early reviewers, including our review out of TIFF last September, responded to a more authentic representation of America than we tend to get in mainstream cinema. When one considers...
- 2/19/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
(Welcome to Now Stream This, a column dedicated to the best movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and every other streaming service out there.) Nomadland Now Streaming on Hulu Release Date: 2020 Genre: Drama Director: Chloé Zhao Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie Chloé Zhao‘s beautiful, melancholy, and altogether remarkable Nomadland follows Fern (Frances McDormand), a woman who […]
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- 2/19/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
System of a Down is a renowned, Grammy-winning hard rock band, but the new Garin Hovannisian-directed documentary Truth To Power at Oscilloscope Laboratories shows a different side of them — specifically putting the spotlight on the band’s frontman, Serj Tankian.
Opening in virtual theaters today, Truth to Power brings audiences into the world of Tankian. Through exclusive interviews and original footage personally filmed by the international rock star, the docu pulls the curtain back as we see his revolutionary music career, his work in social justice and how he uses his platform for political change. His decades-long campaign for formal U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide was finally approved by Congress in 2019. He’s loved by his fans but has a very divisive relationship with the government.
The film features insight from his bandmates, producer Rick Rubin, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello as well as social...
Opening in virtual theaters today, Truth to Power brings audiences into the world of Tankian. Through exclusive interviews and original footage personally filmed by the international rock star, the docu pulls the curtain back as we see his revolutionary music career, his work in social justice and how he uses his platform for political change. His decades-long campaign for formal U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide was finally approved by Congress in 2019. He’s loved by his fans but has a very divisive relationship with the government.
The film features insight from his bandmates, producer Rick Rubin, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello as well as social...
- 2/19/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
“No, I’m not homeless. I’m just houseless. Not the same thing, right?” says Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand as Fern, in the trailer for Chloé Zhao‘s new, award-winning film Nomadland.
The critically-acclaimed drama is playing in select theaters now (check showtimes here) but if you’d prefer to watch the Golden Globe-nominated film from home, we’ve found a couple of ways to stream Nomadland online on Hulu.
Nomadland: Release Date and Where to Watch It
Following a run in IMAX theaters earlier this year (which earned...
The critically-acclaimed drama is playing in select theaters now (check showtimes here) but if you’d prefer to watch the Golden Globe-nominated film from home, we’ve found a couple of ways to stream Nomadland online on Hulu.
Nomadland: Release Date and Where to Watch It
Following a run in IMAX theaters earlier this year (which earned...
- 2/19/2021
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Batts says in his review of the film, “Writer/director Chloe Zhao, in adapting the book by Jessica Bruder, uses a real cinema verite style, with her camera becoming a “fly on the wall” drinking in the “alien world” on the fringes of “nine to five” society.”
This Friday, meet Vanguard. Nomadland is now playing in select IMAX theaters. The film opens in theaters and on Hulu This Friday, February 19. Reserve your tickets now: http://WatchNomadland.com
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
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This Friday, meet Vanguard. Nomadland is now playing in select IMAX theaters. The film opens in theaters and on Hulu This Friday, February 19. Reserve your tickets now: http://WatchNomadland.com
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
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- 2/18/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Chloé Zhao’s Oscar contender “Nomadland” premiered to critical acclaim at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, and now it’s available for viewers to stream at home on Hulu. Beginning Friday, Feb. 19, the film will run on IMAX and regular screens in areas where movie theaters are open, and will be available to stream at the same time on Hulu.
There’s no additional purchase necessary; like 2020’s “Palm Springs,” “Nomadland” will premiere on the streaming service’s regular tier. Not a subscriber? You can join for just $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year at its most basic level, or upgrade to commercial-free (at $11.99 per month) or Hulu plus live TV (starring at $64.99 per month).
Thanks to corporate synergy,...
Chloé Zhao’s Oscar contender “Nomadland” premiered to critical acclaim at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, and now it’s available for viewers to stream at home on Hulu. Beginning Friday, Feb. 19, the film will run on IMAX and regular screens in areas where movie theaters are open, and will be available to stream at the same time on Hulu.
There’s no additional purchase necessary; like 2020’s “Palm Springs,” “Nomadland” will premiere on the streaming service’s regular tier. Not a subscriber? You can join for just $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year at its most basic level, or upgrade to commercial-free (at $11.99 per month) or Hulu plus live TV (starring at $64.99 per month).
Thanks to corporate synergy,...
- 2/18/2021
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
The Hi-Pointe Theater, at 1005 McCausland Ave in St. Louis, is the best place to see movies. Frances McDormand in Nomadland opens this Friday February 19th at The Hi-Pointe. The Hi-Pointe’s site can be found Here. Read Jim Batts’ We Are Movie Geeks review of Nomadland Here
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
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Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
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- 2/16/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” celebrates a journey of self-discovery as Fern, played by Frances McDormand, is left, as she puts it, houseless.
The journey is a liberating one as Fern travels from Empire, Nev., and meets real-life nomads along the way — people who live on the margins of society.
There is much beauty in Fern’s personal journey of self-discovery as well as in the stunning cinematography of the vast American West, captured by Joshua James Richards. And if anyone can understand Zhao’s vision, it’s Richards — this is their third collaboration. The two previously worked on “The Rider” and “Songs My Brother Taught Me.”
“Chloé and I spent a lot of time on the road because of our last two movies,” Richards says. Their travels gave them a taste of the nomadic lives depicted in their latest film.
Early conversations revolved around how to capture the performances and...
The journey is a liberating one as Fern travels from Empire, Nev., and meets real-life nomads along the way — people who live on the margins of society.
There is much beauty in Fern’s personal journey of self-discovery as well as in the stunning cinematography of the vast American West, captured by Joshua James Richards. And if anyone can understand Zhao’s vision, it’s Richards — this is their third collaboration. The two previously worked on “The Rider” and “Songs My Brother Taught Me.”
“Chloé and I spent a lot of time on the road because of our last two movies,” Richards says. Their travels gave them a taste of the nomadic lives depicted in their latest film.
Early conversations revolved around how to capture the performances and...
- 2/11/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Supporting Actor
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021
Awards Commentary:
Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”) bounces back with a Critics Choice nomination after missing Globes and SAG. There’s a three-horse race seemingly afoot with Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Daniel Kaluuya...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Supporting Actor
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021
Awards Commentary:
Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”) bounces back with a Critics Choice nomination after missing Globes and SAG. There’s a three-horse race seemingly afoot with Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Daniel Kaluuya...
- 2/11/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
What is likely the final trailer for “Nomadland” gives a more hopeful, wistful look at Chloé Zhao’s sobering Americana story about how Frances McDormand loses everything in the Great Recession and sets out on the road.
What’s notable and heartbreaking about the film is that many of its characters come and go as McDormand makes her way throughout the country wherever there’s a job or a place to park her van. And for most of those characters, nearly all of them played by non-professional actors, it’s the only glimpse we see of them before they’re gone. But as this new trailer shows, it’s not really goodbye.
“One of the things I love most about this life is, there’s no final goodbye,” a man says to McDormand in the trailer. “We just say, I’ll see you down the road.”
“Nomadland” has been the...
What’s notable and heartbreaking about the film is that many of its characters come and go as McDormand makes her way throughout the country wherever there’s a job or a place to park her van. And for most of those characters, nearly all of them played by non-professional actors, it’s the only glimpse we see of them before they’re gone. But as this new trailer shows, it’s not really goodbye.
“One of the things I love most about this life is, there’s no final goodbye,” a man says to McDormand in the trailer. “We just say, I’ll see you down the road.”
“Nomadland” has been the...
- 2/10/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
"I maybe spent too much of my life just remembering." Searchlight Pictures has debuted one final trailer for Nomadland, which is now opening in theaters in the US in a few weeks (here's the teaser & other trailer). It will also launch on Hulu the same day for everyone to watch. The third feature from acclaimed filmmaker Chloe Zhao, the film follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the "Great Recession", embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. A story about our changing times. Starring Frances McDormand. It also features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. This is currently the Best Picture frontrunner for the Oscars from 2020, and it could end up winning (deserves it). If you haven't seen it yet, we...
- 2/10/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“One of the things I love most about this life, is there’s no final goodbye’s, let’s just say, I’ll see ya down the road,” a nomad and non-professional actor says to Frances McDormand in Chloé Zhao‘s critically acclaimed drama “Nomadland.”Co-starring David Strathairn, the film, a soulful, sad American Western drama about economic hardship and life on the open road is otherwise, free of stars and populated with real nomad, non-professional actors, many of whom are excellent revelations like Linda May and Swankie.
Continue reading New ‘Nomadland’ Trailer: France McDormand Wanders & Reflects In Chloé Zhao’s Acclaimed American West Drama at The Playlist.
Continue reading New ‘Nomadland’ Trailer: France McDormand Wanders & Reflects In Chloé Zhao’s Acclaimed American West Drama at The Playlist.
- 2/10/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
For Nomadland, writer-director Chloé Zhao adapted Jessica Bruder’s 2017 book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century into a screenplay, got Frances McDormand to star in the movie, and hasn’t looked back since.
The film, the third in the Beijing-born Zhao’s trilogy of a sort on the state of the American West after 2015’s Songs My Brother Taught Me and 2017’s The Rider, has been among the most honored so far this movie-awards season. The streak started with a rare double: snagging the Golden Lion at Venice and the Audience Award at Toronto – two Oscar-bellwether wins. It since has picked up Best Picture, Actress and Screenplay wins from various key critics groups, was named to the Top 10 films list at AFI and scored nominations in all three categories in the past week alone from the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Nominations also include from the USC Scripters,...
The film, the third in the Beijing-born Zhao’s trilogy of a sort on the state of the American West after 2015’s Songs My Brother Taught Me and 2017’s The Rider, has been among the most honored so far this movie-awards season. The streak started with a rare double: snagging the Golden Lion at Venice and the Audience Award at Toronto – two Oscar-bellwether wins. It since has picked up Best Picture, Actress and Screenplay wins from various key critics groups, was named to the Top 10 films list at AFI and scored nominations in all three categories in the past week alone from the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Nominations also include from the USC Scripters,...
- 2/8/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
With the Golden Globes weighing in today with their choices, the Screen Actors Guild awards are next on the docket and have a stronger correlation to the Oscars.
A group of 2,500 randomly selected SAG-AFTRA members vote for the coveted awards, often resulting in an eclectic group of nominees. In past years, shocking inclusions like Sarah Silverman (“I Smile Back”), Emily Blunt (“The Girl on the Train”) and Peter Dinklage (“The Station Agent”) have shaken things up. They’re also known for their big omissions, like Clive Owen and Natalie Portman in “Closer,” who both won Golden Globe awards for their performances in 2005.
Could “Mank” lead the way as it did with the Golden Globes? Will “The Trial of the Chicago 7” assert itself as the most likely Oscar contender for Netflix? Can “Da 5 Bloods” and “One Night in Miami” bounce back after the HFPA gave it the shaft? Can...
A group of 2,500 randomly selected SAG-AFTRA members vote for the coveted awards, often resulting in an eclectic group of nominees. In past years, shocking inclusions like Sarah Silverman (“I Smile Back”), Emily Blunt (“The Girl on the Train”) and Peter Dinklage (“The Station Agent”) have shaken things up. They’re also known for their big omissions, like Clive Owen and Natalie Portman in “Closer,” who both won Golden Globe awards for their performances in 2005.
Could “Mank” lead the way as it did with the Golden Globes? Will “The Trial of the Chicago 7” assert itself as the most likely Oscar contender for Netflix? Can “Da 5 Bloods” and “One Night in Miami” bounce back after the HFPA gave it the shaft? Can...
- 2/3/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The new film “Nomadland” has been universally praised for its sensitive, authentic portrayal of Americans living in the gig economy, traveling from place to place while working seasonal jobs in factories, farms and even at Amazon fulfillment centers.
And Amazon has a small supporting role, playing itself, in the movie. Cinematographer Joshua James credits the film’s star, Frances McDormand, with landing the online retail giant’s permission to allow his cameras inside. In the film, the Oscar-winning actress stars as Fern, a widow affected by the great economic collapse of 2008, who travels through the American West in her Ford Econoline van. And, yes, she takes on a temporary job packaging products on the Amazon assembly line.
“Fran wrote a nice letter to Amazon to ask them if we could do it, and they said yes,” Richards told TheWrap. “It’s great that we show Fern working in an actual Amazon packaging place.
And Amazon has a small supporting role, playing itself, in the movie. Cinematographer Joshua James credits the film’s star, Frances McDormand, with landing the online retail giant’s permission to allow his cameras inside. In the film, the Oscar-winning actress stars as Fern, a widow affected by the great economic collapse of 2008, who travels through the American West in her Ford Econoline van. And, yes, she takes on a temporary job packaging products on the Amazon assembly line.
“Fran wrote a nice letter to Amazon to ask them if we could do it, and they said yes,” Richards told TheWrap. “It’s great that we show Fern working in an actual Amazon packaging place.
- 2/2/2021
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
Who’s leading in the Oscars and where is it all trending? The question that’s examined ad nauseam in this extended and unusual year of cinema. Depending on your reading on the awards season temperature, you can find the reading on which films could lead in the final nomination tally. One of the main strategies from awards publicists and studios is gain as much support from each branch, most notably the technical artisans.
In the 92 years of the Academy Awards, the film that has led the nominations has won best picture 58 times. In that history, there have only been seven films that went home empty-handed, most recently with 2013’s “American Hustle” from David O. Russell, going zero for 10. Before that, you have to go back to 1983’s “The Color Purple” from Steven Spielberg, who, along with 1977’s “The Turning Point,” is among the biggest “losers” netting nil of their 11 nominations.
In the 92 years of the Academy Awards, the film that has led the nominations has won best picture 58 times. In that history, there have only been seven films that went home empty-handed, most recently with 2013’s “American Hustle” from David O. Russell, going zero for 10. Before that, you have to go back to 1983’s “The Color Purple” from Steven Spielberg, who, along with 1977’s “The Turning Point,” is among the biggest “losers” netting nil of their 11 nominations.
- 1/28/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Chloé Zhao’s acclaimed film “Nomadland,” a road drama that’s expected to be a major awards player, has modified its release plan due to the pandemic.
The movie — starring Frances McDormand as a woman who leaves her small town to travel the American west — will debut in select Imax venues on Jan. 29 before opening in traditional theaters and drive-in locations on Feb. 19. On the same day as its wide release in February, “Nomadland” will premiere on Hulu.
Searchlight Pictures, the Disney-owned specialty studio, is distributing the film and plans to premiere it internationally throughout the spring (pandemic permitting) starting on March 4.
Prior to its theatrical rollout, “Nomadland” made rounds on the festival circuit, winning top prizes at Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. It also landed on many critics’ best of the year lists, including Variety’s Peter Debruge. In his review, Debruge called the film an “ode to American independence.
The movie — starring Frances McDormand as a woman who leaves her small town to travel the American west — will debut in select Imax venues on Jan. 29 before opening in traditional theaters and drive-in locations on Feb. 19. On the same day as its wide release in February, “Nomadland” will premiere on Hulu.
Searchlight Pictures, the Disney-owned specialty studio, is distributing the film and plans to premiere it internationally throughout the spring (pandemic permitting) starting on March 4.
Prior to its theatrical rollout, “Nomadland” made rounds on the festival circuit, winning top prizes at Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. It also landed on many critics’ best of the year lists, including Variety’s Peter Debruge. In his review, Debruge called the film an “ode to American independence.
- 1/14/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
A nomad is a person who roams without a fixed residence. And the lifestyle is alive and well in the Western United States. In 2017, writer Jessica Bruder published her acclaimed non-fiction book “Nomadland: Surviving in the America in the 21st Century,” which looked at the phenomena of older Americans who because of financial difficulties take to the road in Rv’s, vans and travel trailers and become a new style of migrant laborers. In fact, the call themselves “workampers.’
Chinese-born director/writer/editor Chloe Zhao has received great acclaim for “Nomadland,” her fictionalized adaptation of the book starring Frances McDormand as Fern, a 61-year-old widow who not only has lost her job and husband, she’s also lost her home-the entire mining town has become a ghost town. She sets out in a van and finds a new community among other nomads like real-life roamers Linda May and Swankie and...
Chinese-born director/writer/editor Chloe Zhao has received great acclaim for “Nomadland,” her fictionalized adaptation of the book starring Frances McDormand as Fern, a 61-year-old widow who not only has lost her job and husband, she’s also lost her home-the entire mining town has become a ghost town. She sets out in a van and finds a new community among other nomads like real-life roamers Linda May and Swankie and...
- 12/31/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Searchlight Pictures has released a new look at Director/Writer Chloé Zhao Nomadland.
The film is set to open on February 19, 2021.
In his review, Jim Batts says:
“Writer/director Chloe Zhao, in adapting the book by Jessica Bruder, uses a real cinema verite style, with her camera becoming a “fly on the wall” drinking in the “alien world” on the fringes of “nine to five” society. She shows us the joy of their communal gatherings while never shying away from the underlying despair and the near-constant air of danger.” “The use of real locales, intimate cinematography (you can almost feel the chill from the grey skies) and the talented McDormand make for an unforgettable portrait of the always mobile working class that exists in Nomadland.”
Read the entire review here.
Watch the new trailer now.
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs...
The film is set to open on February 19, 2021.
In his review, Jim Batts says:
“Writer/director Chloe Zhao, in adapting the book by Jessica Bruder, uses a real cinema verite style, with her camera becoming a “fly on the wall” drinking in the “alien world” on the fringes of “nine to five” society. She shows us the joy of their communal gatherings while never shying away from the underlying despair and the near-constant air of danger.” “The use of real locales, intimate cinematography (you can almost feel the chill from the grey skies) and the talented McDormand make for an unforgettable portrait of the always mobile working class that exists in Nomadland.”
Read the entire review here.
Watch the new trailer now.
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs...
- 12/15/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
'Nomadland' trailer is out now and we couldn’t be more excited.
Searchlight Pictures released a brand new trailer for the upcoming drama film 'Nomadland,' featuring Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand in the lead.
Based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 novel of the same name, the film has premiered at Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion honor and has already garnered critical acclaim, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Set in the aftermath of 2008's Great Recession, 'Nomadland' revolves around Fern (McDormand), a woman in her sixties who, after losing both her husband and her home during the crisis sets off on the road, exploring life outside of conventional society, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
The film's official synopsis is as follows: "Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the...
Searchlight Pictures released a brand new trailer for the upcoming drama film 'Nomadland,' featuring Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand in the lead.
Based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 novel of the same name, the film has premiered at Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion honor and has already garnered critical acclaim, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Set in the aftermath of 2008's Great Recession, 'Nomadland' revolves around Fern (McDormand), a woman in her sixties who, after losing both her husband and her home during the crisis sets off on the road, exploring life outside of conventional society, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
The film's official synopsis is as follows: "Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the...
- 12/15/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
Nomadland Trailer 2 — Searchlight Pictures has released the second movie trailer for Nomadland (2020). The first film trailer for Nomadland can be viewed here. Cast Chloé Zhao‘s Nomadland stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Bob Wells, Linda May, Swankie, Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder, Rachel Bannon, Annette Webb, Bob Wells, Makenzie Etcheverry, [...]
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Continue reading: Nomadland (2020) Movie Trailer 2: Frances McDormand journeys through the American Midwest in Chloé Zhao’s Film...
- 12/14/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
One of the more highly praised films of the year so far, Nomadland is not just a critical favorite, but a surefire Academy Award contender. Before it competes for Oscar love, however, it’s going to need to actually come out. We now know that February 19th is when it goes into wide release, just in time to qualify with the Academy. Frances McDormand is phenomenal in Chloé Zhao’s touching movie, commenting beautifully on the tough state of those living on the fringes of society. To coincide with the date announcement, a full trailer has been released as well, which you can see below. This is a top notch flick, folks, so believe the hype… Once again, here is the official synopsis from Searchlight Pictures: “Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road...
- 12/14/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
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