Tag: Cinema
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 5
Two perfectly pleasant and accomplished movies, with a taste of France and the movies, went head to head in 2012. But we are not going…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 4
Crash. The verb to describe the significance of Jack Nicholson’s announcement, as well as the actual name of that Best Picture winner. It was a collision that knocked…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 3
Had a certain movie budget-bombed as it looked for a while it would, then 1997 at the Oscars would have been a well fought out…
Review: The Florida Project
“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.” Kailash Satyarthi In Sean Baker’s excellent The Florida Project we…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 2
“It’s a clean sweep!” Steven Spielberg announced enthusiastically as he declared The Return Of The King winner of Best Picture – like we did not know…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part One
Oh how I would like to start our Oscar-less series by writing resentfully about how Forrest Gump won over more voters in AMPAS than Pulp…
Steven Spielberg's Oscar Run Heats Up With The Post Trailer
The trailer for The Post directed by Steven Spielberg was released on Wednesday. The film is based on the true story of the battle between…
Genre Blast: Brass Ringers – BizFlicks
At the core of every protagonist in this genre is the seed of origin, that thing, that career, that idea that they either love so much that they dare not take their attention away from it, or a past so traumatically unsatisfying that they can’t reinvent themselves quickly enough.
Cannes Winners Among The European Film Nominations
The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 30th European Film Awards on 4th November 2017. A few familiar films currently…
A Prestigious Bunch Lavished By British Independent Film Awards Nominations
The recent announcement of the British Independent Film Awards for the year of 2017 are dominated by breakthrough talent from the indie circuit. The big…
For Your Consideration: Aubrey Plaza, Best Actress, Ingrid Goes West
As those of us that follow the Oscar race know, Best Actress this year is a bloodbath with no clear frontrunner. You have Sally Hawkins…
For Your Consideration: Baby Driver, Best Film Editing
Baby Driver is easily one of my favorite films released in theaters this year, and part of the reason it is, is because of its crafts….
Writer-Director Dan Jenski Talks About His First Feature Film ADDicted
It occurred to me while watching ADDIcted, written and directed by Dan Jenski, that there are not many films these days that deal with the…
Vote Oscars: What Are The Greatest Of The 89 Best Picture Winners?
This needs little explaining. We’re heading towards the 90th Academy Awards, so a mass vote to establish a ranked list of the 89 Best Picture…
