2021 Oscars Best Picture Nominees Ranked
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Wings (1927) Review
‘Wings’ (1927) is, for better or for worse, the first ever winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Close to 100 years later, its issues and triumphs are more evident than ever. Review by Kieran Judge.
Read MoreNews of the World (2021) Review
‘News of the World’ (2021), from Bourne Series director Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks, nominated for 4 Oscars including cinematography, is “two hours well spent”, but little more. Kieran Judge reviews.
Read MoreLove and Monsters (2020) Review
‘Love and Monsters’, a new creature feature by director Michael Matthews and starring Dylan O’Brien, is an inventive little adventure movie. Scott Z Walkinshaw reviews.
Read MoreLawrence Michael Levine Interview – “I Will Always Make Small, Intimate Films”
Lawrence Michael Levine tells The Film Magazine about searching deep within himself to find ‘Black Bear’ (2020), scripting naturalistic dialogue and why he’ll always make small films.
Read MoreCrip Camp (2020) Review
Nominated for Documentary Feature at the 2021 Oscars, “Crip Camp is an essential story of liberty and spirit against impossible odds”. James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham direct, Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
Read MoreBurrow (2020) Short Film Review
Madeline Sharafian’s ‘Burrow’, the Pixar SparkShorts entry into the 2021 Oscars Animated Short category, is a nursery rhyme relevant to our times. Joseph Wade reviews.
Read MoreMy Octopus Teacher (2020) Review
‘My Octopus Teacher’, the wildlife documentary phenomenon that has earned a nomination at the 2021 Oscars, isn’t quite the runaway success of other documentaries in its genre. Katie Doyle reviews.
Read MoreTwo Distant Strangers (2021) Short Film Review
Oscar nominated live action short ‘Two Distant Strangers’, from Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, starring Joey Bada$$ and Andrew Howard, tells of police brutality and murder in the United States.
Read MoreCollective (2019) Review
Romanian film ‘Collective’, a nominee in both the Documentary Feature and International Feature categories at the 2021 Oscars, is “one of the most important documentaries of all time”. Mark Carnochan reviews.
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