Awards

Short-form Academy Award nominees hit theaters this week.The White Helmets (Netflix)I can’t recall the last time the Oscar nominees for Best Documentary Short were so essential…

Why social media is the most powerful weapon in the quest for diversity in film. Twitter is less a way of connection and more a venue…

Short-form Academy Award nominees hit theaters this week. As with any anthology or program of short films, this year’s crop of nominees for the Oscar for…

Short-form Academy Award nominees hit theaters this week. If you’re a fan of short films and like to see them on the big screen but can’t…

A compilations of contenders. With less than a month before the 89th annual Academy Awards take place, the excitement is mounting, especially if you’re one…

Sometimes, it really is just an honor to be nominated. My guilty confession? I secretly love the Academy Awards. Oh, not because of the ceremony…

The writer-director of The Salesman breaks new ground on old questions. The Salesman opens on a theatre stage, dangling lights highlighting the artifice of the…

How Kenneth Lonergan finally broke through to the Oscar crowd by speaking their language. Kenneth Lonergan has suffered greatly. This is not a deep reading…

Robert Eggers’ folk tale is an allegory for our times. There is much to celebrate in this year’s crop of Oscar nominees: independent film is well-represented,…