This Sunday marks the 77th Golden Globes ceremony, where we get our first taste for what films and performances industry voters are truly drawn towards! What surprises will we see? Will any of the films bowl over the competition, or will the HFPA spread the love?
We’re less than a month away from the Oscar nominations now, and we have a clearer picture than ever as to which films will be in the conversation! With the Globes nominations behind us and the guilds beginning to announce theirs, who are the frontrunners for the biggest award of the night?
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Jojo Rabbit (2019) is the latest from writer-director Taika Waititi, a passion project he has been trying to make for the better part of a decade. It stars Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, and Waititi himself in the satirical WWII tale of a ten-year-old Hitler Youth with an imaginary friend Hitler who discovers that his mother is sheltering a Jewish girl in their house. It has catapulted into Oscar frontrunner status after winning the TIFF People’s Choice Award despite mixed reception, and continues to draw both wild praise and concerned criticism. Will this be the next problematic people-pleaser to win Best Picture?
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It’s still early in awards season (if you can even call it that at this point), but by now most or all of the major awards players have premiered on the festival circuit. I’ve already given my thoughts on the results of the major film festivals (Sundance, Cannes, Venice, and TIFF), but before I see most of the films for myself, I want to give my updated early predictions. Here are my best guesses for how the major categories will look at the 92nd Academy Awards next February!
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The 76th annual Venice Film Festival just closed its doors on another spectacular year of films, and critics have been sharing their first thoughts on the major awards contenders that premiered there. What films will have legs heading into Oscar season this year?
Continue reading “2019 Venice Film Festival Review Round-Up”
2018 is over, which means it’s time to look ahead towards the coming year of cinema! What exciting new projects are on the horizon?
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