5 posts tagged ‘ava duvernay’
A Thousand And One director joins Ava DuVernay in award season frustration: "We're not even given a shot"
AV Club,
Award season is in full swing, which means we tend to see some of the same titles—Oppenheimer, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Poor Things, etc.—over and over. Much ink has already been spilled over this cycle’s biggest sweeps and the shows they consequently shut out, but even when mourning those baffling snubs, it can be… Read more...
The biggest snubs and surprises from the 2024 Golden Globe nominations
The Golden Globes are back, and while it’s too soon to say whether they’re better, the slate of nominations that Cedric The Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama announced Monday morning were genuinely promising. On a macro level, the Globes did a generally good job of highlighting both non-American, non-English-language… Read more...
The week in film: Emma Stone shines in Poor Things, plus the greatest gangster movies
Director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer) is not what one might call a conventional filmmaker, crafting his films with deadpan line delivery that enhances the surreal quality of their premises to lay bare fundamental truths of the human experience. His previous collaboration with… Read more...
December's most anticipated films: Ferrari, The Color Purple, Wonka, and more
December has always been one of the most important moviegoing months of the year; you’ve got all the prestige pics competing for Oscar nominations, plus plenty of family-friendly crowd-pleasers for the holiday season. This year, Ferrari and The Color Purple are the big awards-season blockbusters to watch out for,… Read more...
15 Best Actress contenders for the 2024 Oscars
We’ve already identified 22 films competing for a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, and 15 actors in the running for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. Now, we’re turning our attention to the actresses whose names could be called when nominations are announced in January. As with the actors list, we’ve narrowed… Read more...