Pete, widely considered to be one of the preeminent awards analysts for both film and television, has for the past seven years been Deadline's Awards Columnist covering what is seemingly now the year-round Oscar and Emmy seasons. He is also Deadline's Chief Film Critic, having previously reviewed films for MovieLine, Boxoffice magazine, Backstage, Hollywood.com and Maxim. In addition to writing, Pete is also host of the year-round KCET Cinema Series, where he screens a selection of films prior to their theatrical release and interviews filmmakers. He previously held producing positions at Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Access Hollywood, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Martin Short Show and AMC Network and is the recipient of five Emmy nominations for writing.
I didn’t know that filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, mother!, Black Swan, The Wrestler) was attached to the documentary Some Kind of Heaven when I sat to down to watch it for this review. All I knew was that this movie was about life in Florida retirement community the Villages, but soon I discovered…
George Clooney’s seventh film as a director, The Midnight Sky, landed on my Top 10 list for 2020, actually in the Top 5 for that matter, and there is a reason for that. It not only is an enormously challenging film to shoot — half taking place in an outer-space setting, and the other half in the worst weather…
Spike Lee was honored by his peers and associates Thursday as he became the 34th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award, given to a filmmaker or star who has achieved, and continues to achieve, great success in their career.
The honor, usually presented during a glitzy tribute dinner, had to go virtual this year…
What would we do without Liam Neeson? At 68, this durable actor is my go-to comfort food action star.
In The Marksman, as in his other most recent genre picture, Honest Thief, a by-the-numbers premise with some cardboard bad guys thankfully is balanced by the casting of Neeson, who excels in playing these flawed…
Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture and Television Fund have been selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of Governors to both receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards to be presented at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday April 25.
Perry is being honored for his extensive work on…
If you are going to make a movie from scratch during a pandemic lockdown, you might as well have a little fun with it. That is exactly what director Doug Liman and screenwriter Steven Knight are doing with the irresistible stew they have concocted for Locked Down. Fortunately they have skilled stars of the caliber of…
There is no doubt Rosamund Pike is one of the finest actors working today, and two concurrent films prove it. She joins me for the latest edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side to discuss her latest roles in Amazon Studios’ Radioactive, in which she plays the two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, and…
Deadline’s annual Contenders Film event is coming on the weekend of January 23-24, a virtual extravaganza of awards-caliber films — 49 in all — that is a must-stop this very different Oscar season.
With a livestream beginning at 8 a.m. PT both Saturday and Sunday, the crème de la crème of contenders will be showcased…
The Mauritanian asks a lot of its audience.
Its central figure, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, spent years locked up at Guantanamo Bay by the U.S. government, accused but never directly convicted or charged of being a terrorist in league with and aiding those who attacked the United States on 9/11, and even confessing to that…
UPDATED with video: Director and co-writer Edoardo Ponti brought along his mother for my conversation about his movie, Netflix's The Life Ahead, as part of Deadline's Contenders International awards-season event. That mother happens to be a true screen legend, Sophia Loren, who has been directed by her son (their…
UPDATED with video: Romanian director Alexander Nanau joined Deadline’s Contenders International awards-season event to talk about his searing documentary Collective, one of the year's most acclaimed films as winner of the European Film Award for documentary. It is also Romania’s official entry to the International…
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A little less than four months to the Oscars. Are you counting the days, folks?
You actually have to wonder how the astounding and constantly unfolding events in America and the world are going to impact Hollywood’s favorite guessing game: who will…
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