Tag: Academy Awards
Recalibrating the Oscar Expectations for First Man
I was so excited when I first heard that Damien Chazelle’s follow up to La La Land would be another collaboration with Ryan Gosling, depicting…
The Monster Post of 'Horror' Films That Are Best Picture Oscar Worthy
Better late than never, we bring you a Halloween-related post that magically links into the great and prosperous awards season. We all know the trouble…
Actober: 7 Times Michelle Pfeiffer Was Not Oscar Nominated
Michelle Pfeiffer. An actress I have admired pretty much my whole movie-loving life. In an attempt to hail further praise on her, as well as…
Filmotomy Podcast 49: Oscars Acting Categories – But Which One?
On the eve of our hotly anticipated 50th podcast, we talk some more Academy Awards with number 49. Robin is the host for the second…
Filmotomy Podcast 47: Rewind to Oscars 2000
We’re traveling back in time for the first of our Oscars podcasts. This week we’re meeting up in the year 2000, to discuss gladiators, dragons,…
Oscars: Foreign Language Film Submissions for 91st Academy Awards – and 10 to Bet On
The Academy Awards are still several months away, but Oscar commentary is a year-round gig and besides, they’ve just announced the films that are going to…
Oscars: Dissecting The Best Director Race
Time to once again put on my Oscar hat, ladies and gentlemen. For this post, I will be dissecting the Best Director race. Much like…
Oscars: Dissecting The Acting Races
Now that I did some dissecting of the current state of the Best Picture race, I shall once again put on my surgical gloves, and…
Dissecting The Best Picture Race
As I’ve tried formulating my Oscar predictions, one thing I’ve realized is that I keep forgetting to make my predictions for the biggest category of…
A Quick Look At "Early Bird" Oscar Contenders
Ladies and gentlemen, we have officially reached the beginning of the Super Bowl for movie lovers: Oscar season! With the Telluride, Toronto, and Venice Film…
Re-Examining the 2019 Best Actress Race
So, back in March right after the 90th Oscars took place, I did a premature overview of the Best Actress race. But now that festival…
Masterpiece: Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest opens and closes with a tranquil setting, open land at near-dark, mountains, that stirring Jack Nitzsche score – emotively…
Scorsese and the Oscars: So Many People Have Been Wishing This For Me (2004 – 2016)
Following the complete shutout for The Gangs of New York two years prior there may have been a touch of Academy guilt attached to the potential…
Scorsese and the Oscars: Furthering Film Education With Promising Period Pieces (1993 – 2002)
Martin Scorsese’s next motion picture proved he had enough, setting out to make a costume drama, an adaptation, real Oscar-bait — I’m joking of course….
