Author Archive: Jerry Roberts
Jerry Roberts is a film critic and operator of two websites, Armchair Cinema and Armchair Oscars.

The 95th Academy Awards race: Best Production Design
The Nominees are . . .• All Quiet on the Western Front, Christian M. Goldbeck (production design); Ernestine Hipper (set decoration)• Avatar: The Way of Water, Dylan Cole and Ben Procter (production design); Vanessa Cole (set decoration)• Babylon, Florencia Martin (production design); Anthony Carlino (set decoration)• Elvis, Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy (production design); Bev Dunn (set decoration)• The […]

The 95th Academy Awards Race: Best Make-up and Hairstyling
The Nominees are . . . • Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová for All Quiet on the Western Front• Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine for The Batman• Camille Friend and Joel Harlow for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever• Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti for Elvis• Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley for The Whale This […]

To Leslie (2022)
Let us, first, deal the controversy over the Oscar campaign that boosted Andrea Riseborough to a Best Actress nomination. I have to admit that I entered into To Leslie with fists balled up, waiting to dismiss her in the wake of the non-nominations for Viola Davis for The Woman King and Danielle Deadwyler for Till […]

The 95th Academy Awards Race: Best Visual Effects
The Nominees are . . . • Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar for All Quiet on the Western Front• Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett for Avatar: The Way of Water• Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy for The Batman• Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick for […]

The 95th Academy Awards Race: Best Live Action Shorts
The Nominees are . . . • An Irish Goodbye, Tom Berkely and Ross White, producers• Ivalu, Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, producers• Night Ride, Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen, producers• Le Puille (The Pupil), Alfonso Cuarón, Carlo Cresta-Dina and Gabriela Rodriguez, producers• La Valise Rouge (The Red Suitcase), Cyrus Neshvad, producer This is […]

The 95th Academy Award Race: Best Original Score
The Nominees are . . . • Volker Bertelmann for All Quiet on the Western Front• Justin Hurwitz for Babylon• Carter Burwell for The Banshees of Inisherin• Son Lux for Everything Everywhere All at Once• John Williams for The Fabelmans What stands out among the nominees for Best Original Score is John Williams who just […]

The 95th Academy Award Coverage: Best Sound
The Nominees are . . . • Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte for All Quiet on the Western Front• Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges for Avatar: The Way of Water• Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson for The Batman• David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael […]

The 95th Academy Awards Race: Best Cinematography
The Nominees are . . . Darius Khondji for Bardo: The False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsMandy Walker for Elvis The Nominees are . . .• Roger Deakins for Empire of Light• James Friend for All Quiet on the Western Front• Florian Hoffmeister for Tár• Darius Khondji for Bardo: The False Chronicle of a Handful of […]