Following last year’s inadvertently overtly dramatic Oscars, one that will certainly go down in history, last night’s affair was a tad uneventful (perhaps a plus for the producers following 2017’s Best Picture debacle). The awards themselves held no real surprises, even in races that weren’t locks, the favourite inevitably walked away with the trophy. The…
We’re now just one day away from film’s biggest night, and despite certain films and filmmakers sweeping up awards left and right at other ceremonies, this year’s Oscars seems a little more unpredictable. Last year’s Moonlight triumph in the Best Picture race threw a huge spanner in the works in being pretty much the only…
Last night, the most prestigious awards in the British film industry were handed out in a show full of speeches characterised by Time’s Up, unsurprising winners, and a sweep of awards for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The biggest winner of the night, Three Billboards began by claiming the Best British Film award, and went…
Disclaimer: Frustratingly, there are still a few nominated films that haven’t been released in the UK yet, so I’ll be basing my predictions for those more off of the general consensus The biggest night in the British film calendar is now only a day away, and the anticipation is reaching fever pitch. It is one…
After last year’s ceremony deeply influenced by the Trump era, and this year’s awards circuit being completely characterised by Time’s Up and MeToo, the run up to the Oscars has prompted the usual ‘I don’t want your politics’, ‘awards shows shouldn’t be political’, and the general notion that those in the film industry shouldn’t be…
2018 marks the 90th Oscars, and, as would be expected, there is a lot of focus on that fact, both from within the Academy, and from outside observers. Sadly, despite the many celebratory events and posts on social media, the emphasis on 90 years, also places emphasis on the discrimination and lack of diversity the film…
With the Oscar nominations rolling in last week, this year’s batch features quite a few noticeable entries that stand out as untypical Oscar fare, which, based on plot and content alone (i.e. excluding buzz and praise), you wouldn’t immediately think the Oscars would be interest in. There are a huge number of indies in this…
I don’t usually talk about the Golden Globes; as hardly any of the nominated films have been released here yet, I can’t really have an opinion on the results (and I cannot watch the ceremony in full). However, this year’s ceremony seems to signify that MeToo and Time’s Up are going to be the game…
