No limos, free dresses or after-parties: How will Hollywood survive?
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No limos, free dresses or after-parties: How will Hollywood survive?
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Every January, amid a sea of deflated New Year balloons, Hollywood s awards season kicks into gear. There are tuxedos to press, limousines to book, and after-parties to gate-crash. If you re not shoulder to shoulder with the who-used-to-be-who and the what s left of showbusiness, then where the bloody hell are you?
In 2020, all of that slid off the rails. There were either cancellations or delays for most major events, and all of the key film industry awards nights, historically a circus of red carpets, designer dresses and inane sideline reportage, went virtual . No red carpets, no free dresses, no audiences and, in most cases, acceptance speeches either pre-taped or Zoomed from home.
Mank Review: Fincherâs Ode to Citizen Kane Falls Flat
The best advice is probably just to skip Mank, watch Citizen Kane, and read a biography of the Mankiewicz brothers. Youâll have a far better time.
A still from Netflix s Mank  (2020). Photo: IMDB
I thought
Mank was an atrocious film, which is odd. I mean, surely this David Fincherâdirected Netflix project was practically made for me.
Iâm one of those freaks who really cares about the career of screenwriter Herman J. âMankâ Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) and his battle with media wunderkind Orson Welles (Tom Burke) over the writing credit on
It’s nearing the close of 2020, which means it’s time for the various critics’ associations to weigh in on their year-end picks. The L.A. Film Critics Association, aka LAFCA, convened via Zoom on Sunday, December 20, to announce their prizes. But do these critics’ picks affect the who gets noms for the Globes and the Oscars?
You could certainly argue they do or at least they have in the past. The LAFCA’s Best Picture pick has been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar every year since 2009, but that streak is likely to end this year. Our hometown critics picked