After winning his second best actor Oscar, Adrien Brody took on a new role at the amfAR Cannes Gala on Thursday night — that of an artist. Brody, who has previously called painting his “first love,” took the stage at the star-studded auction to present a mixed media piece he created of Marilyn Monroe — […]

March began with Oscar pre-parties followed by the big show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Winners, including Mikey Madison, Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldaña, celebrated at the Vanity Fair party while Chappell Roan performed at the Elton John AIDS Foundation gala. Days later, Docheii, Doja Cat and Cameron Diaz jetted to the capital of […]

OSCAR NIGHT AND TFF #51 Here are your results from Oscar #97.  TFF #51 films are in Bold. Best Picture: Anora.  Best Direction: Sean Baker/Anora.  Best Actress: Mikey Madison/Anora Best Actor:  Winner: Adrien Brody/The Brutalist.   Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana/Emilia Perez.  Best Supporting Actor: Kieran...

 MTFB SPECIAL: FINAL FINAL OSCAR PREDICITONS Here's what I'm saying will happen tonight in all 23 Academy Awards categories (TTF #51 films in Bold): Best Picture: Winner: Anora.  Possible Upset: Conclave. Best Direction: Winner: Sean Baker/Anora.  Possible Upset: Brady Corbet/The Brutalist Best Actress: Winner: Demi Moore/The Substance.  Possible "Upset": Mikey...

  Best Picture Winner Anora Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers Nominees The Brutalist Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers A Complete...

MTFB'S ALMOST FINAL OSCAR WINNER PREDICTIONS That's right.  "Almost Final".  I finally decided that I'll put up a "Final Final" on Sunday morning so as to have the freshest data for the nine or so categories that are tight.  More on them below.  That said, here are your latest MTFB predictions about who/what wins an Oscar on Sunday night in all 23 categories.  As...

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: WINNERS PREDICTIONS: CINEMATOGRAPHY AND MORE Oscar voting is CLOSED!  The ballot deadline was Tuesday evening.  Now we wait...   I'm updating five categories today that were last posted on Feb. 6th.  As always TFF #51 films are Bold and their previous position on the chart is to the right in parentheses. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 1) The...

Cloud9 Studios handling International Sales at the European Film Market   Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike, Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) is joined by Academy Award-nominee Guy Pearce (A24’s The Brutalist, Christopher Nolan’s Memento, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker), Maria Pedraza (Netflix’s “Money Heist”) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad,...

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: WINNERS PREDICTIONS: ABOVE THE LINE The difference two weeks can make.  Since the last posting of theses six "Above the Line" categories, the Karla Sofia Gascon implosion has done major damage to the Oscar chances of Emilia Perez and the 1-2-3 blitz from last weekend of Anora winning Best Picture from the Critics' Choice as well as the Producers'...

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: FIRST WINNERS PREDICTIONS: PICTURE, DIRECTING AND ACTING  We're four weeks and a couple of days away from Oscar Night.  Today MTFB is moving into the business of predicting who will actually win The Academy Award on March 2nd.  We start with six "above-the-line" categories: Picture, Direction, and all four Acting categories.  As always, TFF films...