Anne Thompson
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San Diego, CA, United States
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Anonymous Oscar Ballot: After Seeing It 3 Times, Director Finally Embraces the ‘Modern’ ‘Everything Everywhere’
But he really loves “The Fabelmans,” “TÁR,” and “The Banshees of Inisherin.” → Read More
Anonymous Oscar Ballot: Costume Designer Celebrates ‘TÁR’ and ‘Women Talking’
This voter didn’t mind looking at the sequel blockbusters “Maverick” and “The Way of Water,” but decried their scripts. → Read More
Oscars 2023: Final Predictions in 23 Categories
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” should dominate the winners list, but will it also win Best Picture? → Read More
Anonymous Oscar Ballot: Publicist Still Hasn’t Seen ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Some Oscar contenders left this voter scratching their head. “I’m going to watch ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ again.” → Read More
Oscar Contender Jamie Lee Curtis Has a Superpower: She Can’t Fake It
From digging deep as a scream queen to relaxing into her bulges in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the veteran actress speaks her truth. → Read More
‘Women Talking’ and ‘Slow Horses’ Win Adapted Screenplay USC Scripter Awards
The winner of the Scripter for film often goes on to win Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. → Read More
How the Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Could Impact Oscar Voting
Indie darling “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won seven Spirit awards heading into the final days of Oscar voting. → Read More
After Big Guild Wins, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Heads for Oscars
Asian actors took home multiple prizes at the SAG Awards. → Read More
The Best Picture Race Got a Lot More Confusing This Week
Two awards shows, the DGA and BAFTAs, have left us scratching our heads about the real odds this season. → Read More
Jerry Bruckheimer’s 7-Step Formula for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is Worth Hollywood’s Attention
With “Top Gun: Maverick,” the veteran producer stuck to his beliefs about what makes a commercial crowdpleaser. → Read More
What the BAFTAs Mean for the Oscars: Watch Out for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Edward Berger’s lauded WWI Netflix feature dominated the night, winning a total of seven BAFTAs including Best Director and Best Film. → Read More
Six DGA Nominees Reveal Their Secrets, from Spielberg to Kosinski
At the annual pre-DGA Awards nominees symposium, the directors of some of the year’s biggest films shared some additional tidbits about their processes. → Read More
Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso’s Other Job? Producing Oscar Nominee ‘Argentina 1985’
The Marvel executive took a break from superheroes to revisit her country’s horrific past. → Read More
Inside the Place Where You Can Learn One-on-One About Steven Spielberg’s Vulnerability
This year’s Oscar nominees revealed some choice nuggets on the annual writers panel at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. → Read More
These Oscar Categories Are the Hardest to Predict
With one month to go until the end of the season, several major categories could be tossups. → Read More
The Strange Journey of Surprise Oscar Nominee ‘A House Made of Splinters’
How the Ukrainian frontline became the unlikely setting for this portrait of a halfway house for vulnerable children. → Read More
No, the Andrea Riseborough Drama Won’t Upend the Best Actress Race
Did the Academy make the right move with its investigation? This week’s Screen Talk explores the fallout of the Oscar season’s most unexpected nominee. → Read More
Life After Andrea Riseborough’s Nom: Expect the Academy to Get Tougher on Oscar Campaigns
Oscar campaigners know the campaign rules and how to push them to their limits, but many Academy members do not. → Read More
The Sundance 2023 Oscar Contenders: Jonathan Majors, ‘Past Lives,’ and Lots of Docs
Sundance 2023 yielded more nonfiction Oscar contenders, but a Best Actor nomination is possible if “Magazine Dreams” finds the right buyer. → Read More
Noah Cowan, Former TIFF Leader and Cinema Champion, Has Died at Age 55
Cowan shared his enthusiasm for world cinema as festival programmer, film journalist, visual arts curator, SFFILM executive director, and non-profit consultant. → Read More