A coming-of-age tale about family and connection is the focus of this latest review for the Oscars Best Picture Challenge. CODA tells the story of Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) and her family. On its surface, Siân Heder’s film follows the traditional paradigm of the coming-of-age tale, with a twist. Ruby is a CODA (Child of [...]
Awards season is here again, which means my Oscars Challenge is back! I was unable to see all of the Best Picture nominated films last year due to many issues but this year I’m making a point to see them all. The first being Licorice Pizza. In all honestly this film was on my must-see [...]
Let’s dive into Chloé Zhao’s feature about finding a place to belong in this world. Nomadland follows Fern (Frances McDormand), a woman who lost everything dear to her during the Great Recession. She is widowed and was forced out of her Nevada home in 2011 when a gypsum plant in her town - and the [...]
A film with a fairly simple premise but rather complicated characters kicks off my Oscars Challenge. Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal stars Riz Ahmed as Ruben, a heavy-metal drummer who performs in a duo with girlfriend, Lou (Olivia Cooke). The nomadic pair tour the country in an RV that, rather intentionally or not, serves as [...]
Something magical occurred at the 92nd Academy Awards Sunday evening. Something that I predicted was going to happen weeks ago. Parasite not only took home four awards - the most of any feature honored at the ceremony. It became the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for both International Feature Film and [...]
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