Tag: Academy Awards
Lina Wertmüller At Last Given Some Overdue Credit With Honorary Oscar at Governors Awards
While an Oscar appears to become increasingly meaningless with each passing year, the sentiment behind it was not lost on veteran Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller [Read More…]
No, Green Book Shouldn’t Have Won Best Picture… But That Doesn’t Mean BlacKkKlansman Should Have Either
While it’s just another normal year when the Academy has both disappointed and opted to revert to its usual pattern of falling for a movie [Read More…]
They Stoop to Pander: Idiocracy Continues with Oscars Doing Most Popular Movie
The Academy has made a few missteps in a new era defined by seeking to disseminate some of the overall “sameness” (that means whiteness) of [Read More…]
When the Oscars Were Interesting (In the 90s)
It’s hard to pinpoint when, exactly, the Oscars became so intolerably dull. Was it after Björk’s swan dress? After Ellen bought everyone in the audience [Read More…]
Still Alice: Stilling the Tumultuous Waters of Alzheimer’s
It’s rare that a movie about a cause can toe the delicate line between raising awareness and being taken seriously without bordering on sheer triteness. Richard [Read More…]
Rayanne Graff Was the Original Rayon
Now that Jared Leto has secured an Oscar win for his role as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, it seems fitting to pay homage to the [Read More…]
In Defense of Mandy Moore’s Film Career
We all know there are certain “low-brow” actors (Sandra Bullock used to be one of them, for example). And then there are the pop stars [Read More…]
Anti-Gravity
The recent accolades thrown Gravity‘s way in the wake of its Academy Award nominations is almost as incongruous as acknowledging the fact that Alfonso Cuarón directed A [Read More…]
The Academy Shirks Inside Llewyn Davis: Here’s Why
The Academy generally likes to throw people a surprise to trick them into thinking the awards selection process is mildly discerning and unpredictable. However, this [Read More…]
