A few thoughts on the 97th Academy Awards Continue reading The Ani Awards

As Oscar night looms, I share my choices for the best performances of the year Continue reading Twenty Performances, or I’m Just Looking for the Divine Ani

Quick reactions to the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards Continue reading Oscar Pérez — Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations

Whatever quibbles I might have, last night brought the best Oscars ceremony in years. Continue reading Oscarheimer

A longstanding Oscar Week tradition continues: Here’s the way I would have filled out an Actors Branch nomination ballot. Continue reading Twenty Performances, or The King (and Queen) of Payne

After a string of years where the grand finale of the Academy Awards was largely uncertain up to the point when envelopes started being torn open, today’s nominations announcement confirmed we’re in a season of foregone conclusions. The thirteen nominations … Continue reading Out of the Pink — Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations

The last time the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asked Harrison Ford to present the award for Best Picture, they were clearly confident that the Steven Spielberg–director war picture Saving Private Ryan was bound for victory, and it … Continue reading Everything Everywhere All the Oscars

Having completed the process of sharing my own humble views on the top ten movies of the most recent cinematic year, there’s one more bit of business that Coffee for Two tradition dictates before Hollywood hands out shiny prizes on … Continue reading Twenty Performances, or Gach rud i ngach áit go léir ag an am céanna

Befitting a year in which Hollywood reeled in continuous confusion trying to adjust to the new reality of the post-COVID version of moviegoing, the Oscar nominations feel all over the place. There’s this wild convergence of old and new strewn … Continue reading All at Once — Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations

As an overly devoted watched of the Oscars for more than thirty years, I often complain that the ceremony doesn’t show me anything I haven’t seen before. I guess that particular gripe is off the table for the ninety-fourth annual … Continue reading Oscars Exit the Speed Force