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Looking at this year’s list of Oscar nominees, I was drawn to the name of a live short nominee, “A Concerto is a Conversation,” because it was about the premiere of Kris Bowers’ violin concerto. Intrigued, I decided to watch the movie. Although this short didn’t win the Oscar, it’s still not to be missed.
From the title, I expected the film to be about Bowers, who, at 29, wrote the score for
The Green Book. The LA Philharmonic’s premiere of Bower’s violin concerto “For A Younger Self” is the catalyst for the movie. But the movie is set up like a conversation between Kris Bowers and his 91-year-old grandfather, Horace Bowers, Sr., whom Kris Bowers says was “instrumental” in his success.
Oscars Deal Some History But With a Sopranos Finale-Like Ending Leaving Viewers Puzzled
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What was marketed as “what if the Oscars were a movie?” the end result was more like, “What if the Oscars were a glossy version of the Golden Globes but with more Black people in attendance?”
In an unconventional year, the Oscars delivered an unconventional ceremony, making history, and even rearranging the show so that the biggest prize of best picture wasn’t handed out last. This small tweak undid an aesthetically rich ceremony and made it into a jaw-dropping and ill-advised decision to end the evening on best actress and actor, which saw Frances McDormand win her third acting (and fourth overall after winning best picture) for “Nomadland,” and Anthony Hopkins winning his second Oscar for “The Father” over presumed frontrunner Chadwick Boseman for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
2021 Oscar Predictions: The Other Best Pictures
As part of our 2021 Oscar Predictions series, we make picks for The Other Best Picture categories: Animated, Documentary, International, and the Shorts categories.
The 93rd Academy Awards are upon us and before Hollywood can hand out its hardware, we need to make our 2021 Oscar Predictions. Will this help you win your own Oscar betting pool? Maybe. In this entry, we’re looking at a group of categories we like to call The Other Best Pictures the awards for Best Animated, International, Documentary Feature, Animated Short, Documentary Short, and Live-Action Short.
Best Animated Feature
It’s easy to say that the Academy cannot deny Pixar. It’s true; they’re drawn to the animation house, but so are a lot of people. Truthfully, the Academy did not award Pixar with a little gold statue in 2018 when