African American Film Critics Awards Fete Jordan Peele, Frances McDormand, Ava DuVernay and Rob Reiner
It was a festive evening for the 9th annual African American Film Critics Association Awards held February 7 at Hollywood’s Taglyan Center with ceremonies hosted by Nischelle Turner of Entertainment Tonight. But the night belonged to Jordan Peele, the writer, producer and director of the groundbreaking racial horror film Get Out, which has been among the top films dominating the conversation during this awards season. Peele was...
Del Toro and Peele Score Top Honors at Directors Guild Awards
Director Guillermo del Toro’s mantel is getting mighty weighed down with all of the trophies he is winning for his allegorical fish-out-of-water romance The Shape of Water. The latest came Saturday night when he picked up the top honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards. The DGA Award puts him in the lead to pick up the best director statue at the upcoming Academy Awards. In the last 20 years, there have been only...
Beyond Words Spotlights WGA and Oscar Nominated Screenwriters
The horrors of racial discrimination, both historical and fictional. A young woman’s coming of age. A love story involving an aquatic alien. The cultural, familial and relationship struggles of a mixed couple. A woman in a man’s game. The story behind the best worst movie ever made. A champion ice skater’s saga told from multiple viewpoints. A different take on a comic book superhero. The writers behind films that tackle those...
ACE Eddie Awards Annoint ‘I, Tonya,’ ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Coco’ as Year’s Best Edited Films
It was a rollicking night at the 68th annual ACE Eddie Awards as more than 1,000 guests filled the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton for ceremonies honoring the best editing of 2017 in ten categories of film, television and documentaries. The black-tie gala, held January 26, was hosted by actress and comedian Tichina Arnold, best known for her roles on Martin, Everybody Hates Chris and Survivor’s Remorse. After opening...
Oscar Nominations: The Shape of Change is the New Backdrop for This Year’s Academy Awards
Guillermo del Toro’s romantic fantasy The Shape of Water stopped just shy of breaking a record by coming away with 13 nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards, scoring nods in nearly all of the marquee categories. The World War II epic Dunkirk followed behind with eight nods and Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with seven. All three films earned best picture nominations. Meanwhile, all those efforts to make...
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