The Academy Takes Two Steps Forward and One Step Back with the 2019 Oscar Nominations
Any batch of Oscar nominations can both delight and confound. Those this year were no exception. For every milestone like Black Panther that became the first superhero movie to receive a Best Picture nomination, there are the failures of the Academy to recognize smaller, indie fare like the heralded Eighth Grade, women directors, or actors […]
The Haunting “Cold War” Tells of Love Both Freeing and Incarcerating
In any other year, writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War would be the standout foreign language film. Unfortunately, it’s been relegated to “runner-up” status due to the overwhelming impact Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma has had on the cinema of 2018. That’s a shame because this tough, but tender, love story from Poland is in many ways equal […]
