The Academy Awards: A Demonstration of Good Filmmaking or a Night of Hollywood Being Woke?
Well, it’s that time of year again, when award shows grace our televisions and social media feeds every weekend. And
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The 90th Academy Awards: Anti-Trumpians, Inclusion Riders, and Fish Sex
The 90th Academy Awards show, with record low telecast viewership, was both politically pointed and predictable. According to the
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Academy Award predictions from someone who cares too much
When someone asks me if I’ll be watching the Academy Awards, my left eyelid makes a slightly neurotic twitch as
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Pardon my Indignation
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As
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We Locked Ourselves in a Classroom to Watch Every Oscars Best Picture Nominee
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As
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DG Roundtable: The Oscars
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As
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Commentary about ‘Selma’ heralds diversity over merit
It’s Oscars season again, which, of course, means that the internet is buzzing with arguments over award snubs. This year’s
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Nate Blum puts forth his Academy Award predictions, discusses categories The 84th Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, marking
Read moreOscar’s crying game: the use & abuse of melancholy
Well, once again it’s the bleakest time of the year — mid-November, and Oscar season. Cold, dreary capitalism settles in
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