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Christopher Nolan named president of the DGA

Posted 6 months ago

Christopher Nolan has been named the new president of the DGA, not long after he won their top award for Oppenheimer.

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Anora takes top honors at both DGA and PGA Awards. Are the Oscars next?

Posted 1 year ago

The Best Director and Best Picture race just got more interesting, as Sean Baker and Anora won big over the weekend.

DGA demands meeting with Warner Bros. over 2021 HBO Max streaming plans

Posted 5 years ago

It looks like Warner Bros. needs to provide a bit more transparency with their plans to release their entire 2021 film slate of seventeen films on the HBO Max streaming service and movie theaters on the same day. The Directors Guild...

Steven Soderbergh doesn’t believe movie theaters will go extinct

Posted 5 years ago

The future of the movie theater business is the topic of hot conversation because the COVID-19 pandemic has put into question just how viable exhibition will be as movie theaters nationwide remain shuttered and studios have pursued other options to...

Contagion’s Steven Soderbergh heading DGA committee to reopen Hollywood

Posted 6 years ago

Back in 2011, Steven Soderbergh directed the pandemic thriller CONTAGION and he probably had no idea that we'd basically be living that movie in 2020. As COVID-19 has shuttered Hollywood productions since March, the big question that has to be...

DGA to ban “day and date” streaming releases from top awards category

Posted 7 years ago

While films that arrive via streaming platforms continue to struggle for proper recognition from the powers that be, the Directors Guild of America announced today that they plan to ban "day and date" releases from its prized feature film award category. The...