Martin Scorsese ranks among the greatest directors of the last half-century, with no mountains left to climb. Yet he appears to remain in denial about changes in the movie business that he loves, and the fact that with his last two films, “The Irishman” and “Killers of the Flower Moon,” he has graduated to directing what are, for all intents and purposes, limited series for streaming.
Left: Frances McDormand stars in Nomadland (Hulu); right: Shane Paul McGhie and Richard Jenkins star in The Last Shift (Sony Pictures Releasing).
“Nomadland” was a big winner at an Oscars that hardly anyone watched, with Chloé Zhao winning Best Director, Frances McDormand taking home Best Actress, and the film claiming Best Picture. Contrary to what the Academy thinks of the film, I believe is one of worst movies I’ve ever watched (which is saying something). I also believe that “The Last Shift” is a much better if lesser-known film, with a similar theme of a bad economy turning people’s lives upside down.
How to Watch the 2021 Oscar-Winning Movies
Get ready to stream!
Frances McDormand (
Promising Young Woman)
After a tumultuous year in film, the 93rd Oscars honored the great movies of 2020. Some made history, including
Nomadland s Chloe Zhao becoming the first woman of color and first woman of Asian descent to win the Best Director prize.
Nomadland also took home Best Picture, but it wasn t a bad night for films like
Promising Young Woman either, which won Best Supporting Actor for Daniel Kaluuya and Best Original Screenplay for Emerald Fennell, respectively. If you want to see the full Oscars winner s list, check that out here or scroll down because we are not just telling you who won, but how to watch the Academy Award-winning films right now.
6 Bad Movies From 2020 - The Atlantic theatlantic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theatlantic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The strange and industry-shattering year of 2020 at the movies is up for, um, celebration this Sunday night at the 93rd Oscars.
Predictions for viewership, based on anemic awards show ratings during the pandemic and the lesser-seen movies likely to win (along with the plunge of ratings in recent years) all point toward a historically small audience.
Which will be a shame because it promises to be a fascinating night of live television, with an in-person ceremony still shrouded in mystery. None other than Steven Soderbergh, the auteur whose films have managed to be relentlessly experimental yet undeniably mainstream and often popular for the past three decades, is producing the awards show. He’s teamed with Stacey Sher (who produced Soderbergh’s prescient “Contagion” a decade ago) and Jesse Collins for this daunting assignment. They won’t let it be boring – they’ve promised it will be COVID-safe but they have banned Zoom acceptance speeches and even sent nominees i