On Tuesday morning, film critics’ Christmas arrives. Instead of leaving milk and cookies out for Santa Claus, however, we’ll be getting our caffeine ready for the 8:30 am. EST (an extra 30 min. of sleep this year!) arrival of the Academy and Oscar winner Mo’Nique who will be making the big announcement(s). This year’s list [...]

The Screen Actors Guild Award nominations have been announced, which means between this and the Golden Globes nominations, we have a pretty darn good idea of who the competition will be for the Oscars’ five Best Actor, Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress nominations — and the ultimate winner. “The Fighter” and “The King’s Speech” [...]

***Updated Monday at 3:20 CT to reflect New York Critics Circle Awards. The friends keep pouring in for “The Social Network” as the Los Angeles Film Critics, Boston Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Online and New York Film Critics Circle have named David Fincher’s film the best of 2010. The American Film [...]

Our first non-indie-specific awards have been given by the National Board of Review. Announced Thursday, the board has shown favor to David Fincher’s “The Social Network.” The film received four awards: Best Film, Best Director (Fincher), Best Actor (Jesse Eisenberg) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin). As if we didn’t have an inkling before, this [...]

An irrefutable truth these days is that independent films get more exposure — and more love come awards season. After all, “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Hurt Locker” were the last two films to win Best Picture. Now that this category is heading toward its second year of 10 nominees, the odds are greater still that [...]