They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for February, 2017
The Winner is ‘La La Land’ . . . oh wait!
La La Land, Damien Chezelle’s sweet romantic confectionary musical about struggling artists set amid the ocean side glow of The City of Angels won the top award of the evening Sunday night taking home only half of its fourteen nominations. The top prizes included Best Picture, Best Director for Damien Chazelle and Best Actress for […]
Armchair Oscars – 2016
Best Picture THE WINNER: La La Land (Directed by Damien Chazelle) Moonlight (Directed by Barry Jenkins) The Nominees: Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea MY CHOICE: O.J.: Made in America (Directed by Ezra Edelman) My Nominees: Fences (Denzel Washington), Jackie (Pablo Larrain), Moonlight […]
My annual (and reasonably accurate) Oscar predictions
If you aren’t in love with La La Land, the awards probably aren’t going to be much fun this year. Yet, due to the Academy’s valiant attempt to make up for last year’s #oscarsowhite scandal, some well-deserving nominees will finally have their day. Here now are my annual (and I think accurate) Oscar predictions in […]
The Persistence of Disney, Part 17: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
The only way that I can really deal with One Hundred and One Dalmatians in terms of watching the Disney animated features in succession is to put Lady and the Tramp completely out of my mind. That lovely film extolled a kind of watercolor intimacy of a dog’s experience. One Hundred and One Dalmatians isn’t […]
The Oscar Nominees: Rogue One (2016)
From now until February 26th, I will be taking to be taking a brief look at the nominees for The 89th Annual Academy Awards, one film at a time in several categories. Nominated for: Best Visual Effects | Best Sound Mixing It is understandable to approach Rogue One – the Star Wars saga’s first stand-alone adventure […]
The Oscar Nominees: Deep Water Horizon (2016)
From now until February 26th, I’m going to be taking a brief look at the nominees for this years Academy Awards, one film at a time. Nominated for: Best Sound Editing | Best Visual Effects The most unnerving thing about Peter Berg’s retelling of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy is that it in trying to recount […]
The Oscar Nominees: Captain Fantastic
From now until February 26th, I will be taking to be taking a brief look at the nominees for The 89th Annual Academy Awards, one film at a time in several categories. Nominated for: Best Actor – Viggo Mortensen _____________________________________________________ I have an affection for movies about particularly weird families. I love the textures of […]
The Persistence of Disney, Part 16: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
For a man known for reinventing the language of fairy tales, it’s odd to consider that Walt Disney only made three straight out fairy tales in his career. Yet, it is important to note that those three films, Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are not only some of the most accomplished work he ever […]
