Tagged Oscars

It’s Oscars night on Sunday, that magical time when, well, the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Guild Awards, and other ceremonies repeat themselves – but with added hype, expectation and chance of upset. However...

It’s been a glorious year for film fans. In truth, every year is if you watch the right stuff. The problem is that often these cinematic gems aren’t the same ones held up by the Academy as the best in the...

Time and again Sir Daniel Day-Lewis’ name has been sounded in response to the debate as to who is the greatest living actor. Certainly, it is the case that his name is synonymous with the highest standard...

After wallowing in the shadows of Los Angeles for his excellent directorial debut Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy steps into the light (mostly) for his second film, Roman J. Israel, Esq. Truth be told, he seems to...

Yesterday was the day many film fans have been waiting for: the 2018 Oscars nominations have been revealed! To celebrate and debate the (delightful and outrageous) results of this announcement are Copy Editor...

The character actor is often considered a vestige solely for male performers – Paul Giamatti, Gary Oldman, Steve Buscemi, J.K. Simmons; the list goes on. Often the bridesmaid, rarely the bride, these side...

A sensationally funny and affecting dark comedy, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri arrived at Venice just as the festival was hitting a slump, and reinvigorated it with a fiery passion. Martin...

In 2017, differences of perspective mutated into an aggressive disruption of common truth. Facts are no longer sacred in societal discourse, meaning philosophical debate is now often a battle over the...

If Short Term 12 had been a co-production between Henry Selick and Tim Burton, it might well have ended up as something close to My Life as a Courgette, a simple but sincere stop motion feature that tests the...

Adaptations: they're never as good as the book. Lord of the Rings purists would mostly agree, and though Ang Lee and Emma Thompson did an Oscar-winning number on Sense and Sensibility, there's no way any of...

One quirk of every awards season are the filmmakers who enjoy a shining moment of glory, full of the promise of cinematic brilliance to come, only to fade away into obscurity. Out of sheer curiosity, we’ve...

In possibly the most sensational conclusion in Oscar history, Moonlight has won Best Picture! Not before the producers of La La Land had gone on stage, and actually held the Oscar for Best Picture. This all...

Here it is, folks: the night we spend all year preparing for. The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards represent a wonderful mix of styles, voices and perspectives, which is exactly what a good film awards...

With 8 Oscar nominations under its belt, Moonlight has quickly become a real competitor against the likes of La La Land.  Offering a look at the complexities of modern day masculinity in situations of high...

Biopics, historical dramas, films about Hollywood, war films. The key phrase continually thrown around by the masses that connects these genres is the demeaning qualifier “Oscar bait” – should the film...