Currently Browsing: Best Picture Oscar
Part of the joy of attending a film festival is getting to know the volunteers that keep the festival running smoothly. After watching Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, a volunteer I had befriended hurried up to me as I emerged into the lobby, asking if I needed any tissues. Worriedly, she said that many other people had cried, but none as much as I had.… read more.
Like so many others, I couldn’t wait for the release of Materialists (Celine Song’s second feature). Months before it came out, I exchanged excited texts with my friends, sharing links to the teaser trailer and gushing about the casting choices. Celine’s first feature—the Oscar-nominated film Past Lives—had made me a fan, and seeing her early experimental theater transformed me into an enthusiast.… read more.
Coralie Fargeat has made Oscar history with her film The Substance this year, earning nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Make Up/Hairstyling. And she is also now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director in the horror genre.
This marks a tremendous achievement for Coralie, who first caught critics’ attention with her 2017 feminist body horror thriller Revenge (which centers around a woman who, after a brutal sexual assault, sets out on a violent revenge path with no mercy).… read more.
Many films considered “classics” still hold a place in the annals of film, but Midnight Cowboy stands alone. A humble film with a down and dirty plot, Midnight Cowboy secures its staying power through nuance and subtext.
The only X-rated film to ever win an Academy Award (three, in fact), Midnight Cowboy shocked audiences with far from glamorous sexual scenes, yet it appeared at a time when film-goers were in need of a shock to the system.… read more.
Happy Mother’s Day Mommy. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Mamas out there too!
Guest Post by Lisa Siegrist
It seems only fitting on this Mother’s Day to pay tribute to Loretta Lynn—country music icon and mother of six—who died last year on October 4, 2022. Since this is the first year in decades that her own voice will be silent on this day, we will sing about her on behalf of women in audiences everywhere.… read more.