Posted on Saturday, March 6th, 2021 by Christopher Stipp
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?
This week, we take true crime a little less seriously, remember what it was like to be 16, wait longingly for our lover, get force-fed more dystopian, young adult nonsense from the guy who gave us
Divergent, and work through some issues at a shiva.
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Way back when in early 2020, Hollywood––and everyone else––was enjoying its pre-pandemic innocence.
Early 2020 was an exciting entertainment awards season with the Golden Globes kicking things off on January 5th; then came the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA) on January 9th; The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Jan 19th; The 62nd Grammy Awards on January 26th; and ultimately, the awards season big finale: The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on February 9th. Things were certainly good in the ‘Wood back then, but what we didn’t know at the time is that the 2020 Oscars would be one of the country’s last major entertainment events before lockdown began.
Bittu team celebrates proud moment as film advances to next round in Oscars race PTI
Updated : Feb 10, 2021, 6:58 pm IST
It s every filmmaker s dream to be recognised by the AMPAS Academy, and I m overwhelmed by the gratitude, said Director Karishma Dev Dube
Screen capture from the shortfilm titled Bittu by a Mumbai based director Director Karishma Dev Dube is now advanced advanced to the next round in Best Live Action Short Film segment of the 93rd Academy Awards
Mumbai: Director Karishma Dev Dube on Wednesday said she is overwhelmed by gratitude as her film Bittu advanced to the next round in Best Live Action Short Film segment of the 93rd Academy Awards.
The Globe and Mail Published February 8, 2021
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In one of the more unexpected turns of pandemic-era opera, Voicebox: Opera in Concert has made an impressive first step into digital production with its double bill,
The Human Voice. Back in the days of live performances, Opera in Concert held a firm place in Toronto’s scene, offering in-concert performances – that pure and simple form of opera, where the singers and orchestra perform unobstructed by sets or costumes.
Its double bill, available online until Feb. 19, is another pure and simple idea with great impact – pair Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play,
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Confined to her home for reasons unknown, a woman stares at the wall, paces, picks out outfits, makes phone calls, and slowly begins to unravel. Sound familiar? We all performed a version of that scene during lockdown, but Pedro Almodóvar translated the experience into a meditation on forbearance and the new lease on life that awaits on the other side of heartbreak. Except, in his telling, we’re all dressed like Tilda Swinton in straight-off-the-runway Balenciaga gowns. If only.
The Spanish auteur didn’t set out to make a film about the strangeness of 2020, but his new work,