Tag: FYC
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…
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: Sorry to Bother You, Best Original Screenplay
I had the honour of meeting Boots Riley this year at the London Film Festival. In fact, he shook my hand. And for a surreal…
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….
For Your Consideration: Kathryn Hahn Deserves a Best Actress Nod for Private Life
I am a firm believer that if you ever feel like a given year has been a “weak year” for movies, you probably just haven’t…
For Your Consideration: Paul Schrader, Best Director, First Reformed
Paul Schrader has been kicking around Hollywood for a long time, but he has never truly been rewarded for his hard work and effort. Schrader…
Consider A Fantastic Woman For Best Foreign Language Film
One main narrative surrounding this year’s Oscar race is how it has been the year of the woman. Our Best Picture frontrunners are Lady Bird,…
ELIO, OSCAR… OSCAR, ELIO
Status in the industry, body of work, relevance and “importance” of the character, and, ultimately, how the Academy wants to be viewed, all come into play. All are understandable, with one exception – that is the reverse ageism that exists specifically targeted at male actors. Unlike the other three acting categories, there is not a single portrayal of a character under 30 in Oscar’s Best Lead Actor lexicon.
For Your Consideration: Benny Safdie, Best Supporting Actor, Good Time
Connie Nikas: You’re incredible, do you understand? Nick Nikas: Yeah. Good Time has a run time of 101 minutes, it’s a non-stop thrill ride which…
For Your Consideration: A Best Supporting Actress Trio, Get Out
Understandably, Daniel Kaluuya is the one actor from Get Out heaping most of the awards traction. The film is up for Best Picture and he is…
For Your Consideration: Wonder Woman, Best Picture
Wonder Woman, the film, mercifully ticks all the big screen entertainment boxes here. Gracefully progressing from one crucial sequence to the next, the comic book…
For Your Consideration: I, Tonya, Best Picture
America…they want someone to love, but they want someone to hate.” All she wanted to do was be the best figure skater in America. But…
For Your Consideration: Patrick Stewart, Best Supporting Actor, Logan
“I always know who you are. It’s just sometimes I don’t recognize you.” Charles Xavier, Logan Logan marked Patrick Stewart’s seventh film in the X-Men…
For Your Consideration: Michelle Pfeiffer, Best Supporting Actress, mother!
There is plenty to try and decipher about the psychological thriller mother!. For example, one could wonder whether the story about an unnamed couple trying to…
