Tag: minari
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Oscars 2020: Final Predictions and Preferences
By Christian DiMartino Nobody could’ve predicted at the start of 2020 that it would be as ghastly as it turned out to be. Talk about unpredictable. Speaking of unpredictable, here we are with less than a week before the Academy Awards- last year was a much quicker Oscar season, this one is much longer- and…
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2020 in Film: A Very Delayed Overview
By Christian DiMartino 2020 was uh… it was a weird one, for a lot of reasons. For this though, we’re talking movies. The year began as usual, with plenty of theatrical releases- some good, some duds. Then… the world shut down, as did movie theatres, and suddenly everything turned upside down. All of the big…
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Oscar Talk: Look Out for a “Promising Young Woman”
By Christian DiMartino As the immortal Beyoncé once said: Girls, they run the world. In terms of this year’s Oscars, yeah, they do. It’s rare for a female to get a Best Director nomination- in fact, until this year, only five had been nominated, with only one winner (Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker). This…
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2021 Oscar Nominations: Yes! No?! What?
By Christian DiMartino Whew, what a morning it has been. Despite never receiving recognition of my own (someday, hopefully), Oscar morning is very nerve-wracking for me. I thought this year would be different, considering my lack of interest in movies in general recently. Yet I’d seen a decent amount so I guess something within me…
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Review: Minari
By Christian DiMartino I pretty much gave up on 2020 as a film year last March, whenever movie theatres shut down. I’m one of those who isn’t on-board with streaming taking over and all that, but I’ll take what I’m given I suppose. With that said, A24’s Minari, which appears to be gaining Academy Award…
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