Posted in Acting 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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Actress Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Director Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Acting Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Director Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Acting Oscars

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….

Continue Reading
Posted in Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Acting Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Acting Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Oscars Screenwriting

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….

Continue Reading
Posted in Actress Oscars

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…

Continue Reading
Posted in Director Oscars Women

For Your Consideration: Lynne Ramsay as Best Director for You Were Never Really Here

Debuting at Cannes Film Festival in 2011, We Need To Talk About Kevin asserted Lynne Ramsay‘s place in contemporary indie cinema as a wholly unique…

Continue Reading
Posted in Oscars World Cinema

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…

Continue Reading