Among this year’s batch of Oscar nominees, a few of the most-discussed surprises came in the form of several nods for Paul Thomas Anderson’s darkly comedic, high-fashion drama Phantom Thread. Among the six nods the film received—including for Best Director and Best Picture—one of those that surprised the least was a…

With the final voting about to begin for the Best Picture Oscar, Deadline looks at the challenges and the hard road for each of the nine finalists. First up was Awardsline cover film Get Out. Here are the rest of the films contending for Oscar’s top prize. Call Me by Your Name The exhilaration of each year's crop of…

By the time March 4 arrives when Oscars are handed out, those lauded pics still in play at the box office are projected to amass close to $150M, that is from the time since nominations were announced last Tuesday. Of that figure, 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight combined with five titles —The Shape of Water (13…

On the surface, it looks like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doesn’t have a lot of apologizing to do for a change. Fears of a return to #OscarsSoWhite were dashed. The LGBTQ community was pleased with lots of inclusion. Women, both in individual achievement and stories of female empowerment, triumphed…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. UPDATED WITH FURTHER CLARIFICATION: Oscar ballots are due today at 5 PM PT, capping one of the most intense pre-nominations weeks in memory. Voting for the nine semi-finalists for Best Foreign Language Film though is still continuing, in fact, with…

While actresses over 50 might find challenges in Hollywood, in the UK they continue to break down the wall for those over 50. “I have no plans to stop, just like Judi Dench,” said Lesley Manville today at TCA about her career. Manville stars in the second season of BritBox’s comedy series Mum this year, and audiences…

In the first full weekend of 2018, the Specialty roster is, not surprisingly, dominated by late 2017 release awards-hopefuls including many that will pack the Beverly Hilton tonight for the Golden Globes. Neon and 30West's I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie played nearly 200 additional locations over New Years weekend…

Reading Paul Thomas Anderson’s script for Phantom Thread for the first time, Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges was reminded of the filmmaker’s seminal Boogie Nights, seeing another world of rich possibilities in front of him. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Reynolds Woodcock, a cutting couturier in ’50s…

The Christmas is an apex moment for high-profile (and otherwise) roll outs, particularly for films in limited release. Always a favorite for a swath of cineastes (and otherwise) is Paul Thomas Anderson as well as Daniel Day-Lewis. The two have reunited for Phantom Thread, also starring Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps…

Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri scored seven nominations from the UK’s leading film critics today, nabbing mentions in the races for Best Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actress (Frances McDormand) and Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson). The movie, which was co-financed by…

When it came to making a drama thriller about a perfectionist fashion designer, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson reached out to his longtime costume designer of seven films Mark Bridges for Phantom Thread. The film follows Daniel Day-Lewis as British couturier Reynolds Woodcock, who lives a lonely life among his staff…

Daniel Day-Lewis is being a bit enigmatic when he says Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread shall be his exit from acting, especially as he mysteriously seems to be blaming the apparently disturbing experience of making the film as Exhibit A for his thespian finale. If that is the case, then at least we will always…