Chasing the Gold: Awards Analysis

Chasing the Gold: Sequels with Oscar-Winning Origins 

This year, three recent Best Picture nominees—Dune, Max Max: Fury Road, and Joker are back with a sequel or prequel—- Dune: Part 2, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and Joker: Folie a Deux.  While Dune is just a continuation of the...

Chasing The Gold (NYFF 2024): ‘Nickel Boys’ Is A Breakthrough In Cinematic Immersion

RaMell Ross' Nickel Boys, which is opening the 62nd edition of New York Film Festival, is bound to be both hailed and remembered as one of the most tremendous films of the year....

Chasing The Gold: Jaylan’s Favorite Costumes and Hair and Makeup Designs of 2024 (So Far)

Jaylan Salah's shares the stand-out costume and hair and makeup design from the first half of the year. A compelling and heavy-set race has emerged for the best-crafted films of 2024. Here, I...

Chasing the Gold: Festival Season Brings New Best Supporting Actor Contenders to the Forefront

Fall Festivals are upon us, and Venice, Telluride, and TIFF have all begun screening some of the year's biggest films, marking the start of Awards Season. From now until March 3, 2025...

Chasing the Gold: A Horrifying Omission From Best Original Screenplay

Typically, horror films become a lower-budget, higher-profit investment for studios and indie distributors. The genre has a core of dedicated franchise fans, aficionados, and casual admirers who just want a good scare....

Chasing the Gold: Is There an Indie Darling Front Runner in Best Picture?

The expansion of the Best Picture category led to many more films being recognized, but it also led to a new game amongst prognosticators. Now, we slot films into neat archetypal roles....

Chasing the Gold: Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Sets (Another) Clever ‘Trap’ in 2024

It would appear that this is the year of Thai cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom! Having previously written a piece for Chasing the Gold on his stellar work in Challengers, it’s no secret he’s...

Chasing the Gold: Could ‘Kneecap’ or ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Shake Up the International Feature Film Race?

Who says August is too early to start submitting films – and thus campaigning – for Oscar contention? On Friday, both Austria and Ireland announced their country’s representatives in the International Feature...

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