Tag: Academy Awards
13 Great Oscars Wins in the Below-the-Line Categories
With Oscar night 2019 almost upon us, let’s take a quick break from the buzz of this year’s race. By that, we can take a…
The Filmotomy Seminar: How The Favourite Can Win Best Picture at the Oscars
An impromptu episode of The Filmotomy Seminar – and perhaps some much needed therapy for me – as I finally pose the tantalizing question about…
Glenn Close: Our Oscar Darling
“One of the most nominated actors never to win, or one of the greatest.” The 1980s was an era of Oscar darlings in the Academy’s…
Oscars Video: A Very Brief History of the Best Live Action Short Winners
The Best Live Action Short category has so much importance in Oscars history – Watch this video as only the tip of the iceberg.
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: 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….
