Every year, Oscar lets us know what matters to people who make movies. While those of us who write about film may have our favorites, only Academy members get to choose who gets nominated. This year, as the industry continues to wish upon a star for audiences to return to theaters, the honored films reconfirm […]
Best Picture Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite 1917 The Irishman Marriage Story Joker (if there is 6) Jojo Rabbit (if there is 7) Little Women (if there is 8) Ford v. Ferarri (if there is 9) The Farewell (if there is 10) Best Director Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Chile’s submission for foreign film at the 90th Academy Awards takes us into the country’s transgender acceptance struggle. Director Sebastián Lelio specifically chose actress Daniela Vega for her personal story, of course her acting skills and vocal abilities were what gave the director confidence in the performance. The film opens on a massive, stunning waterfall
What the mainstream public may not realize, unless they follow the awards race, is that something is happening this year that hasn’t happened before. In a normal year, by the time we get to this point in the race, two films emerge as the challengers for best picture. Last year it was “La La Land”
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín is having quite a year. His first English language film Jackie is garnering lots of awards attention, while Neruda is Chilies’ official entry to the foreign language category at the Academy Awards. Both redefine what a biopic is, but the two couldn’t be more different presentations. If Jackie is Larraín’s version
The nominations are in, so it’s time to predict the winners. Dustin Chase will update his predictions for the winners in each feature film category every week until the big day on February 26th.
The South American perspective of Jackie Kennedy is apparently similar to a horror movie seen through the eyes of director Pablo Larraín. In his first English language film, the 40-year-old surprisingly molds Jackie in the same structure of fellow Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others (2001). The vicious editing choices paired with the savage musical
Making her directorial debut, Deniz Gamze Ergüven delivers a powerful film that explores the older customs of Northern Turkey and the adverse effects it has on children coming up in the modern age.
Son of Saul gives us an inside view of what took place in Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the German concentration camps during WWII.
