I want to focus on the highlights of the night. I want to happily announce that CODA won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, in a touching night for great storytelling and filmmaking. And yet, that is not what the story of the day is...
It’s finally here, folks! The 94th Academy Awards, starting not-live at 7:00 pm. Who will win Best Picture: CODA, The Power of the Dog, or some surprise? Which actress is taking home the big prize? And can Flee or Dune make history?...
Boy, what a season, huh? Despite the fact that 2020 was objectively longer, something about the 2021 Oscar race feels like it has gone on forever. Maybe it’s the lack of a frontrunner (things moved quickly when Nomadland just won everything)...
There’s truly nothing worse than watching a movie with a good idea make all the wrong choices. Such is the case with Alice, the first film by director Krystin Ver Linden. It’s sort of like a peanut butter and sauerkraut sandwich; there’s nothing...
You know what’s rare, especially in this day and age? An optimistic science fiction film. 95% of most modern science fiction (really, a good percentage of all science fiction) is dystopic, either predicting a catastrophic future because of...
With Hollywood growing more and more obsessed with the “Blockbuster vs. Indie” dichotomy, the market for artsy mid-budget films has been pushed abroad. I’m not sure the last time I saw a mid-budget romantic dramedy – and especially one that...
It’s time once again for the Critics Choice Awards! No longer prestigious in their picks, but slowly becoming as fun as the Globes (with twice as many awards), the Critics Choice Awards present an opportunity for critics and pundits across...
The 75th BAFTA Awards aren’t being televised this year; only streamed through Britbox, which many people do not subscribe to. Nevertheless, it is my duty to bring you up-to-date awards news. And so, you can follow along with the ongoing...
This weekend, we enter the home stretch of the awards race. Several guilds have already presented their awards, voting begins next week, and this weekend, the BAFTAs, Critics Choice, and Directors Guild will name their best of 2021. So as we...
I have had a complicated relationship with Wes Anderson as a director. Having seen all of his films, from his surprisingly normal breakthrough in Bottle Rocketto his stoic dollhouse concoctions in Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest Hotel, I’ve...
The phrase “elevated horror” is thrown around with relative ease these days. While horror has always tackled serious issues and societal fears head-on, ever since The Babadook and Get Out inserted a smart socio-political message inside its...
Ever since Straight Outta Compton became a box office hit and Bohemian Rhapsody swept the 2018 Academy Awards, we’ve been seeing an extraordinary amount of musical biopics flood the silver screen. Some have been rather impressive, like Elton...
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