Awards
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The Deakins Oscar Drought Continues
Still no Academy love for one of cinematography’s greatest. Perhaps the greatest living director of photography, Roger Deakins has been working in Hollywood for the…
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The Best Original Songs of 2016 Were All Musical Numbers
Maybe it’s time for the Academy to add a little bit to the mix. No day in the calendar year gives me quite as much cinematic…
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They Nominated That? A History of the Oscars’ Most Confounding Nominations
Suicide Squad is just the tip of the iceberg. There were a handful of surprises yesterday when this year’s Academy Awards were announced, perhaps the most…
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How to Watch This Year’s Oscar Nominees
Find out where to stream or when you can rent all 62 movies. You’ve seen the list of nominees for the 89th Academy Awards. Now what?…
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The Selfishness of La La Land
Why the obvious choice for an Oscar sweep is the wrong one. To begin with, let me state that I enjoyed La La Land. It’s a…
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How Did the Oscars Get Not So White?
How new members and a hashtag influenced this year’s more inclusive Oscar nominees. The nominations are out and word on the street is that the…
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Musical Prodigy: The References in La La Land
Celebrate the film’s many, many Oscar noms with a look at its cinematic influences. If you were paying attention to this morning’s Oscar nominations, then…
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The 2017 Oscar Nominations Are Here
Gotta love the smell of awards show season in the morning (it smells like speculative think pieces). The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were…
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In Search of Satire: When Heckling Hollywood isn’t Enough
The ol’ razzle dazzle isn’t cutting it anymore.
