raphael warnock and stacey abrams on the same ballot, you re probably going to turn out. you know what i mean? it s like if you re on the academy you know, the motion picture board of whatever it is, the people in the oscars and you re like do you want to vote on bogart and mccaul or would you rather sit it out this year? these are leading lights. on oscar voting, we re going have to devoted more time to that, because i know that s your expertise. i don t even know what the body is that votes. the academy, people, the movie. there s a man named oscar. is it a roll call vote? do we have a quorum? exactly. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence. thank you. a complete and total melt down. those are the words that democratic congressman hakeem
How ‘Nomadland’ Cinematographer Shot Frances McDormand’s Final Scene as Homage to John Wayne
Joshua James Richards talks to TheWrap about Chloé Zhao’s Oscar frontrunner and its spiritual connection to John Ford’s 1956 classic ‘The Searchers’Joe McGovern | March 12, 2021 @ 3:56 PM
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Spoiler warning: This article discusses the final scene of “Nomadland.”
John Ford’s “The Searchers” was released 65 years ago, but the Western starring John Wayne continues to be a major influence on the theme and visual styles of movies today. The film, which follows Wayne’s Civil War vet Ethan Edwards on an obsessive Homeric journey to save his kidnapped niece, is an essential favorite of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and TV shows like “Breaking Bad.” Paul Greengrass screened it before embarking on “News of the World.”
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Israeli Live Action Short Contender White Eye Is a Poignant Portrayal of Privilege in One Perfect Take
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Among the live action shorts in contention for this year’s Academy Awards is “White Eye,” Israeli filmmaker Tomer Shushan’s poignant narrative about the thought-to-reaction movements of a Tel Avivian who finds his stolen bicycle in the street. At 20 minutes and in one continuous take, it progresses like a waltz through the choreographed action of its 10 primary actors, a diverse ensemble of Hebrew speakers from different ethnic backgrounds, each of whom comes with their own internal biases and sense of privilege and place in the greater class structure of modern Israeli society.
together. i wish them well. he looked so happy about the way vote have gone. the preliminary stages of oscar voting has begun. i, for one, could not be less excited. december is typically the type when hollywood unveils its films. i was blown away by selma but nonplussed people. american sniper was good but everything it tried to do was done better by the hurt locker. as an industry it rakes in over $10 billion a years you but with no one almost buys no dvds yaern more, they have relied on escapist fare.