The Safety Behind The Silent Child
This year’s winners for the Oscars were a safe pick across most of the categories, as The Shape of Water won for Best Picture and Frances McDormand won for Best … Continue reading
#MeToo, But For Who
Another year, another average award season come and gone. Except this year’s was supposed to be different. The award season this year was supposed to signify a change in the … Continue reading
“Is Get Out an Oscar Worthy Film?” More Like, Why Is That Even A Question?
For some dumb reason, several Academy voters apparently don’t think Get Out is an Oscar worthy movie. I almost couldn’t believe that anybody would ever think that, until I remembered … Continue reading
Emma Stone: You Do You.
This past weekend the Oscars aired and because we are in the midst of #TimesUp and other talks about minority representations in film, there were SO MANY tear jerking, snap-worthy, … Continue reading
#HollywoodSoWhite
#OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign. #OscarsSoWhite targets the wrong thing. #OscarsSoWhite is an important movement. Both of these things can be true. And both of them are. The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, created … Continue reading
Yet Another Pitch for the Oscars
Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph had not even finished their pre-documentary short film comedy bit when people were tweeting that they should host the next Oscars. They are wrong. The … Continue reading
Oscars Found a Nice Narrative, Barely
The Oscars nowadays have two simultaneous functions. They act as a culmination of a five month long awards season, as well as the commemoration of a brief moment in cultural … Continue reading
Stacy Smith and the Inclusion Rider
The inclusion rider that made its debut in McDormand’s made-for-tv moment is one of the few moments in history when academia makes the direct jump from the page to the … Continue reading
Another Pitch for the Oscars
The Oscars Nielson’s were down almost 20% from last year. Whenever dismal Oscar numbers come out, everyone has a different take, most of which I allow. Some say they overlook … Continue reading
Kumail Nanjiani Fights for Fairness Onscreen: A Question of Muslim American Representation
At the 2018 Oscars, Kumail Nanjiani cut straight to the point by saying: “Some of my favorite movies are movies by straight white dudes, about white straight dudes. Now, straight … Continue reading
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