2022 was a great year for film, with amazing selections across the board for all genres and budget types. “Aftersun,” a debut independent film from newcomer Charlotte Wells, starring Paul Mescal of “Normal People” fame, was rated the fifth best film of
Last year’s Oscars, broadcasted from LA’s Union Station and attended only by nominees and a handful of invited guests, was virtually unrecognizable. This year’s ceremony, hosted by Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer, will return to a more familiar venue, Hollywood’s
The 93rd Oscars happened last weekend, and it was a wild ride. For those of you who didn’t watch (either because you didn’t have three spare hours on a Sunday night, or because you didn’t want to pay the outrageous cost for
Well, it’s that time of year again, when award shows grace our televisions and social media feeds every weekend. And our latest award show, the Oscars, came with quite a few surprises this year. For the second consecutive year, the Academy Awards
The 90th Academy Awards show, with record low telecast viewership, was both politically pointed and predictable. According to the Associated Press, 26.5 million people watched the Oscars on March 4, 2018, marking a 20 percent decline from the 33 million who
When someone asks me if I’ll be watching the Academy Awards, my left eyelid makes a slightly neurotic twitch as I try to maintain some semblance of casualness and sanity. Will I be watching? Will I be watching?! I will be
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. I’ve yet
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It’s Oscars season again, which, of course, means that the internet is buzzing with arguments over award snubs. This year’s main obligatory controversy over Oscar nominations concerns the film “Selma,” by up-and-coming director Ava DuVernay. It’s a civil rights film portraying Martin
