Florian Zeller’s directorial feature debut The Father was undoubtedly subject to a lot of critical and commercial praise and emerged as a favourite among many critic’s Best Film lists going into the Oscars. Starring Anthony Hopkins as Anthony, a father who is suffering with dementia, the film follows his deterioration into memory loss and despair… Read More The Father (2020)
Emma Stone is one of the most exciting young actresses working today. She worked her way up in the ranks of quirky teenage comedies proving her ability to perform in an array of roles in various genres along the way. In such a short career, we have seen her portray a young writer in a… Read More Top 5 Emma Stone Performances
Women in film has become a huge talking point for film development in recent years, partially due to the #metoo movement that outed the abusive patriarchy in film seeing women given less power both in representation and finance. A lot of discussion on the internet (from men mostly) questioning whether there truly is a problem… Read More Women’s Voice In Film
For this segment of my Oscars 2019 roundup, I am looking at the four “big” categories in the creative department – both adapted and original screenplays, director and best picture. I have previously discussed my thoughts on the acting categories here. The screenplay categories are my favourite categories in the whole of awards season and… Read More 91st Academy Awards – Creative Awards (Part 1)
So Sunday night was the 91st Academy Awards and as usual, I stayed up for them so suffice to say I am still recovering! The night was full of expected wins (here’s looking at you “Shallow”) and even more surprises. Given that there is a lot of debate regarding the awards (particularly the Best Picture… Read More 91st Academy Awards – Acting Awards
