Lists. DGA.

"The news here is that Clint Eastwood did not get nominated, again, and Bill Condon and Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton did," writes Anne Thompson (and Cinematical's Kim Voynar recalls how on-the-money her predictions were, too). Also at the Risky Biz Blog, Sheigh Crabtree: "I had two conversations with DGA members this morning who almost verbatim echoed the sentiment in this Hollywood Elsewhere post." In short: Pan's Labyrinth and Children of Men were shut out for a combo of two reasons: the DGA's ban on screeners and the film's late release dates.

David Poland: "As always, there is room for one shift for Academy. And Eastwood and Letters From Iwo Jima for Director/Picture are the likely candidate to shift in. If Eastwood doesn't have enough traction, the most likely other scenario is Paul Greengrass for Director and Babel sticking at Picture."

At ScreenGrab, Bilge Ebiri finds: "No real surprises... this thing is Marty's to lose." And at the IFC Blog, Alison Willmore agrees: "Ach, this is totally Scorsese's year."

Posted by dwhudson at January 9, 2007 3:33 PM