The 93nd Academy Awards are FINALLY behind us, which naturally means that it’s time to look forward to the 94th Academy Awards! What 2021 films will be honored at the 2022 ceremony? What performances will we all be talking about in less than a year’s time? Let’s discuss!
The 93rd Academy Awards are only a couple days away now, and it’s time to make our final predictions on who the winners will be! Who will be our next Best Picture winner? Which actors and actresses will prevail? Join me as I predict all 23 categories and try to beat my score from last year!
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Normally this is the time of year when I start reading through scripts of the previous year’s best films and dissecting them for themes and storytelling lessons we can learn from them. However, I noticed an interesting throughline in several big contenders last year, one that we haven’t seen explored much in Hollywood in recent years: religion. It’s a thorny topic in today’s day and age, but no matter what you believe in, spirituality is a fascinating aspect of life that deserves deeper exploration! We’ve seen a few (older) filmmakers tackle the concept in recent years: Martin Scorsese’s Silence and Paul Schrader’s First Reformed to name a couple. But last year gave us two young up-and-coming directors with something to say about faith through their films that did not come across as preachy or overzealous. Today I want to look at the screenplays for Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari and Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal to see what they have in common in regards to spirituality.
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The 2021 EE BAFTA Awards have just announced their winners, giving us our final hint as to what will win the major (and minor) categories at the 93rd Academy Awards! What does this mean for the Oscar prospects of the top contenders? What upsets shook up the major races? Let’s dive into the winners and dissect what they mean for the bigger (best?) picture!
Shiva Baby (2021) is a comedy film written and directed by Emma Seligman. It stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a young bisexual Jewish woman who attends a shiva with her family, running into people who know her from her salacious personal life, and hilarity and awkward ensues. The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival before hitting theaters and PVOD on April 2. Why has this simple little comedy drawn such praise from critics and audiences alike?
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We’re still three weeks away from the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, but in recent days we’ve received a lot more info from the various guilds as to what Oscars voters are responding well to! We’ve now heard from the Producers Guild (PGA), Writers Guild (WGA), and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and have the Directors Guild (DGA) on the horizon. What did these awards shows teach us? Who will win in all the major categories now?
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