Category: Oscars
For Your Consideration: Marina de Tavira, Best Supporting Actress for Roma
As I drifted off into a kind of cinematic trance after experiencing Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, one of my most prominent thoughts was why people were…
Last Minute For Your Consideration
As the Academy Awards final voting closes in two days, there might still be enough time to change history right here. Well, let’s not get…
For Your Consideration: Lady Gaga, Best Actress for A Star is Born
The fourth version of A Star is Born was in development hell for a long time, back in 2011 Clint Eastwood was attached to direct…
For Your Consideration: Spike Lee, Best Director for BlacKkKlansman
Lee’s gotta have it! I will probably not be watching the Oscars this year, but I will probably be looking at updates on who is…
For Your Consideration: Melissa McCarthy, Best Actress for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy’s portrayal of the real-life document forger Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me? could not be further from the foul-mouthed Megan from…
For Your Consideration: Pawel Pawlikowski, Best Director for Cold War
Like Roma, Cold War is a deeply personal film for its director, Pawel Pawlikowski. Cold War tells the somewhat tragic romantic tale of musicians Zula…
For Your Consideration: Olivia Colman, Best Actress for The Favourite
What Olivia Colman does so wonderfully in The Favourite is create a lead performance that has all of the scene-stealing strengths of a supporting performance….
Hold On Oscar Voters, Here Are Some For Your Considerations
As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences countdown just the days left for voting, a few of the Filmotomy writers go to bat…
For Your Consideration: Adam Driver, Best Supporting Actor for BlacKkKlansman
As the old adage goes “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Something that rings true in BlacKkKlansman, a film that captures…
For Your Consideration: Christian Bale, Best Actor for Vice
There are actors, and then there is Christian Bale. This is an actor who is a living embodiment of The Method. Bale transforms himself into…
For Your Consideration: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs for Best Adapted Screenplay
As a piece of narrative writing, Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ranks as one of their most challenging and provocative works….
For Your Consideration: Regina King, Best Supporting Actress for If Beale Street Could Talk
Regina King’s performance in If Beale Street Could Talk epitomizes what a true supporting performance is. One that is based on quality more than the…
Oscar Season: Sinking to the Occasion
Let’s face it, we’ve all seen better Oscar years. But have we seen worse ones? No, according to many despairing voices online, and the smarter…
And The Award For The Best Oscar Speech, Goes To…
Let’s be honest; we’ve all imagined how our Oscar speech would go, (personally I am thanking everyone I know under the sun and I am…
