Friday, February 5, 2021 at 9:25AM 8 random things that happened on this day, February 5th, in showbiz history
1919 United Artists is formed with four of the most iconic silent film powerhouses Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and Director DW Griffith joining forces...
Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 10:37PM by Nathaniel R
Though it's easy to lose track of great cinema, especially in this strange time of virtual festivals and very little traditional moviegoing, you won't want to miss Never Gonna Snow Again, when it arrives this Spring. The Polish hopeful in this year's Oscar's International Feature Film race is a hard-to-describe elusive wonder about a Ukranian massage therapist (Stranger Thing's Alec Utgoff) who a suburban community becomes obsessed with. We were thrilled to jump on the phone with its talented 47 year-old director Malgorzata Szumowska. She's forged a long and international career for herself with award winning films like Elles (with Juliette Binoche), Body, the LGBT drama In the Name of, and her first English language picture last year, the cult drama The Other Lamb.
She goes by 'Malgo'. "It's easier," she offers quickly, surely having heard her name mangled before. The director lives up to our expectations with a candid tongue and sharp sense of humor. Poland is a large country but she describes their film industry as small though not without its professional jealousy for those with international careers. The name directors, she adds, are "very supportive" of one another, name-checking three of the country's finest as we settle in for our chat: She mentions Jan Komasa (Corpus Christi) briefly; Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War, Ida) is her very close friend -- she actually found him his lead novice actress for his Oscar-winning Ida; and shortly before our chat, Oscar nominee Agnieska Holland (Europa Europa, In Darkness) had called to catch up.
We're crossing our fingers that she soon joins their ranks at the Oscars. But Malgo appears to be less of a dreamer and more of a bemused pragmatist when it comes to careers and awards. "Some people think they'll make one film and then they'll be in Hollywood. It doesn't work that way. If you make a movie that wins an Oscar than, yes, but that's an accident, a lottery." She's in it for the long haul and the work and eager to get on with her next project as we spoke...
Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 7:39PM by Nathaniel R
Taylour Paige and Dusan Brown aren't included in "Ma Rainey's" nomination
Each year when the SAG nominations for Outstanding Cast is named, we bemoan the rules which cause unneccessary exclusions. To be an official nominee you need to have your own title card. Having your own title card generally requires that you either already have a degree of fame, a strong agent if you don't, or a large role... so sometimes it excludes really crucial contributions to a movie. Everyone who doesn't get their own title card gets a certificate but they aren't officially "nominees" based on SAG's rules. This year, only Trial of the Chicago 7 (which has a giant cast) and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (which has a very intimate cast) have really unfortunate exclusions...
Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 6:32PM Because we are very tired and want to take a half hour nap before getting back to work... Please to enjoy...
Wawaweewah! I'm shocked and humbled to be nominated for 3 Golden Globes, and congratulations to the incredible @MariaBakalova96 too!
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) February 3, 2021
We're so honoured--and just in case we don't win any, I've already hired Rudy Giuliani to contest the results. pic.twitter.com/CSligPsmI8
Golden Globes, SAG, Twitter Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 12:31PM The TV picks from SAG might actually be a bit more interesting than the Golden Globe list from yesterday, though it feels like they’re actually both honoring a lot of the same shows, which is not so typical. A few programs that were completely omitted by the Globes did score, while, for instance, What We Do in the Shadows was completely shut out again. Let’s dive in to the eight categories, after the jump…
Bridgerton, SAG, TV, precursor awards 