Once again the silent majority rises above the vocal minority. This is after the mass resignation of the entire board of governers at César following the 12 nominations for Polanski’s film.

Perhaps, but I don’t see why that should be; after seeing Portrait, it’s clear to me which of the two actresses I would pick and her name starts with ‘A’.…[Read more]

I was glass half-full on the nominations for 2019 alone, but I agree with you on these. This is such a basic, mainstream internet-approved list of noms.

Also who keeps voting 1917 in Editing? (It came 2nd below Parasite for 2019.) Whoever it is you’re not being clever doing so. Arrival was right there.

There was limited scope to vote for it as it was ineligible in Picture, Director and Screenplay having missed all three categories at the Oscars and 2012 Goldderby awards.

Besides, the fucking Goldderby Decade Awards is not the place to look for significant reappraisals of divisive films.

I don’t agree with any of these except no. 2. And why would Taika Waititi get into Director? He was able to get in at DGA and the Academy directors’ branch came to a different conclusion, as they always do. More time wouldn’t have helped Taika.

Honestly I think the entire season would’ve been the same except mayyybe Song Kang-ho could’ve gotten…[Read more]

They were. Point out to him some foreign screenplay, art direction and costume design nominees from the 40s and 50s. They’re all on Wikipedia.

Have you told him that the Oscars have never been exclusively for Hollywood films for almost their entire history?

Mel Gibson actually starred in Braveheart and won Best Director (I’m assuming you were referring to his nom for Hacksaw Ridge). Same with Kevin Costner and Dances with Wolves. It’s only more recently that the directors’ branch have demonstrated a possible bias against directors starring in their own movies, although those earlier films were…[Read more]

The director does get to keep the trophy (I think even his or her name is engraved on it) but does not personally become an Oscar-winner on official records. But I agree, it’s completely bogus and condescending towards international filmmakers – as if the entire nation had anything to do with the making of one film!

Lol, none of them will.

Didn’t work for Joe Pesci lol. Though it seems he had better ways to celebrate his 77th than going to the Oscars.

Some real pedigree in the art department. Production designer Adam Stockhausen (Oscar-winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel, nominee for 12 Years a Slave and Bridge of Spies) and set decorators Rena DeAngelo (nominee for Bridge of Spies) and Hélène Dubreuil (nominee for Midnight in Paris).

There are two sides to the Woody Allen story, each deserving of attention. I recommend reading Moses Farrow’s account of events.

I heard that Neon was pushing Song Kang-ho, though not enough clearly. Neon isn’t Netflix who could afford big campaigns to remind voters who Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira were.

1917‘s unperformance has caused me to rethink the assumption of Ford v Ferrari being in last place. Both movies potentially appeal to similar demographics and it’s quite possible the latter was popular and entertaining enough to siphon off first place votes from the former.

Hell, I’m gonna vote Marriage Story. Little Women seemed more beloved,…[Read more]

I never bought the oft-repeated mantra that Parasite had to win editing to upset in Best Picture. Editing nominations are still necessary except in special circumstances, but actually winning editing is not so crucial these days; even a Best Picture winner with outstanding editing can lose to a flasher competitor in that category. Even back in the…[Read more]

The first four Costume Guild awards all snubbed the eventual Oscar-winner, starting with Shakespeare in Love. It was so bizarre.

This. Did the music team ever hear of transposition? It’s allowed lol.

Joker didn’t win anything until late in the ceremony so maybe fans got fed up and tuned out before then. Even 1917 didn’t win anything until well over a hour in. Whereas last year both Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody won multiple awards relatively early on, keeping viewers’ interest.

He or she accepts it on behalf of their country and I suppose they get to take the trophy home, but on official records the directors themselves are not considered Oscar-winners for directing the International Feature winner. Last year when Alfonso Cuarón won Directing the announcer said it was his second win that night, not his third; this was…[Read more]

Technically this isn’t true as the International Feature Oscar is awarded to the country as a whole rather than the director.