Tag: Academy Awards
WATCH – – – Awardscene: Bianca and Robin Scrutinize the Oscars Unsung Documentary Feature Category
Why is nobody talking about the Best Documentary Feature category at the Academy Awards? Robin and Bianca are furious. Well, skeptical perhaps. Certainly one of…
Oscars: Breaking Down the Animated Feature Race
So, film is like my life. And what got me into film, was animation. As a young child, I would watch and rewatch over and…
Review: Dogman
With Dogman, tenacious Italian filmmaker, Matteo Garrone, has crafted a gritty, accessible social landscape. A perfect fit for the film’s ambiance, which is both charismatic…
Oscars Shortlists for Consideration Announced in Nine Categories
So for the first time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to announce their shortlists (prior to nominations) in bulk. That is…
For Your Consideration: 'Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.' is a Best Documentary Feature Essential
I fly like paper, get high like planes, If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name. The incomparably talented, swagga-some…
For Your Consideration: Tunisia's Oscars Entry, Beauty and the Dogs
The opening shot of Beauty and the Dogs, a grueling, exceptional Tunisian film, sees 21-year-old Mariam jigging, as she applies make up in the mirror….
Green Book Feels Like The Frontrunner People Want But Isn't One We Need
When Green Book first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the coveted People’s Choice Award, it became an Oscar contender right out…
Filmotomy Podcast 54: Rewind to Oscars 1994
It’s Oscars podcast time again. This time a trip to 1994. Bianca hosts, and is joined by Robin, and first-timer Jeremy Robinson. Was Pulp Fiction…
WATCH – – – Awardscene: Lead Actor and Lead Actress Oscars
And so we have a scan of those actresses and actors front and center of their movies. The Lead Actor and Actress races are as…
For Your Consideration: Widows as a Big Oscar Player – Because it Has the Balls to Pull This Off
There’s already talk in the Oscars realm, with months to go, that perhaps only three films can win Best Picture. One of those not being…
WATCH – – – Awardscene: Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress Oscars
Check our banter / wild guesses / expert opinions on the Oscars race – this time around the Supporting acting categories. Which Actresses and Actors…
Awardscene: Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay
We’re back again to have an early look ahead at the potential contenders this awards season, as we head towards the Academy Awards. This episode…
Filmotomy Podcast 52: Highlighting Some Personal Best Picture Oscar Winners
A bumper Academy Awards edition of the Filmotomy podcast, as we scan the 90 year history for some of our favorite Best Picture Oscar winners….
Awardscene: Costume Design & Production Design Oscars
In the first of many Oscars previews during a hectic awards season, Filmotomy starts the ball rolling with Costume Design and Production Design. On this…
