The Fine Art of Black Comedy or Why It’s OK to Laugh When We Shouldn’t
Using three examples by filmmakers from three different continents, Sam Sewell-Peterson analyses the cathartic nature of Black Comedy in this special feature.
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Green Book’s Win Says More About the Academy Than Society
“A Green Book Oscars win is the cinematic equivalent of burying one’s head in the sand” writes Jacob Davis of its Oscars 2019 Best Picture win in this special opinion piece.
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The Animation Race 2019
The five nominees for the 2019 Oscar for Animated Feature are summarised and analysed by Rebecca Seghini in this, the Animation Race 2019.
Read MoreThe Five Most Idiotic Oscar Snubs 2019
The Oscars seem to have got a lot wrong in 2019, from hosts to broadcasting. In this list, we celebrate 5 of their most overlooked in this: the 5 most idiotic Oscar snubs 2019.
Read MoreShoplifters (2018) Review
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Oscar-nominated Foreign Language film ‘Shoplifters’ is “humanist poetry on film”. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read MoreCan You Ever Forgive Me? (2018/19) Review
Marielle Heller’s ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ starring Oscar nominated Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant “should have been nominated for Best Picture”. Sam Sewell-Peterson’s review.
Read MoreBlackKklansman (2018) Review
Nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, Spike Lee’s ‘BlackKklansman’ is “the film America needs right now”. Sam Sewell-Peterson’s review.
Read MoreBlack Panther (2018) Review
Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture, Ryan Coogler’s ‘Black Panther’ as reviewed by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read MoreGreen Book’s Verdant Views on Race Allow Inherent Contradiction
Jacob Davis goes to task on one of this Oscars season’s most divisive and controversial films, questioning the morals and ethics of Peter Farrelly’s ‘Green Book’.
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