Glenn here. Each Tuesday we bring you reviews and features on documentaries from theatres, festivals, and on demand. This week we are looking at three films from the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Nuts!
We will be looking at Keith Maitland’s Tower in the coming weeks, but the current boom of animated documentaries – we also saw Oscar nominated doc short Last Day of Freedom – reaches its most absurd and gleefully entertaining point with Nuts! A ridiculous story that finds a storytelling home in director Penny Lane’s fabulous criss-cross of animation, archival footage, and talking heads.
Like her last film, Our Nixon of which I had some issues, Nuts! highlights Lane’s canny ability to fish fascinating stories out of the archives and is her latest is a significant step forward creatively. Here, she is wise to use the animation technique to recreate the strange life story of Dr. John...
Nuts!
We will be looking at Keith Maitland’s Tower in the coming weeks, but the current boom of animated documentaries – we also saw Oscar nominated doc short Last Day of Freedom – reaches its most absurd and gleefully entertaining point with Nuts! A ridiculous story that finds a storytelling home in director Penny Lane’s fabulous criss-cross of animation, archival footage, and talking heads.
Like her last film, Our Nixon of which I had some issues, Nuts! highlights Lane’s canny ability to fish fascinating stories out of the archives and is her latest is a significant step forward creatively. Here, she is wise to use the animation technique to recreate the strange life story of Dr. John...
- 8/2/2016
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
"Havana Curveball" is a funny and personal documentary film by Ken Schneider & Marcia Jarmel about their son Mica’s efforts to send baseball gear to kids in Cuba—a project that started with his Bar Mitzvah and his love of baseball, and his wish to give thanks for his Grandpa’s refuge during the Holocaust.
The film explores the rewards and challenges of doing good in the world and educators are confirming that the film will be a valuable tool for inspiring kids to get involved in the issues they care most deeply about. They raised more than their $40K goal to help finish the film on Kickstarter.
And now Ken has been in Cuba following Potus and the Stones as he and Marcia are off on a new Cuban adventure, “Cuban (R)evolution” where “Art for the people” collides with market forces in six short portraits of Cuban artists at the vanguard of an evolving nation. You can see the promotion on Kickstarter where they have succeeded in raising $30,000+ in 30 days.
Ken Schneider (director/producer/editor) is a Peabody-winning producer who believes in the power of documentaries to move people. His passions are stories of war and peace, human rights, artists’ lives, and Cuba. In addition to his feature and short work for PatchWorks, Ken has edited over 35 feature length documentaries for PBS, HBO, Al-Jazeera, and others. Films he edited have been nominated for an Oscar and multiple Emmys, and won prime-time and documentary Emmys, a Columbia-Dupont, two Peabodys, an Indie Spirit award and top awards at the Sundance Film Festival. (See www.kenschneidereditor.net for details.)
In addition to her PatchWorks work, Marcia Jarmel (co-director/producer/writer) worked as consulting producer on HBO’s Emmy-nominated "50 Children," consultant to Academy Award nominee "Last Day of Freedom," and Ifp Mentor to "The Last Season." Other credits include co-editing the Academy-award nominee,"For Better or For Worse," and assistant producing the Academy Award nominees, "Berkeley in the Sixties" and "Freedom on My Mind." She is also an impact consultant for documentary filmmakers.
“We are PatchWorks Films (www.patchworksfilms.net). For more than 20 years we have created award-winning documentaries exploring contemporary social issues through intimate character stories that build innovative partnerships for strategic use with organizations and educators. Our films have broadcast worldwide and shown at museums, libraries, schools, universities, community centers, conferences, and film festivals. Our previous documentary features include: “The Return Of Sarah’s Daughters”, “Born In The Usa”, “Speaking In Tongues”, And “Havana Curveball”. “(R)Evolution Cuba” is PatchWorks' 8th collaboration.
In Cuba we work with a fabulous experienced crew that includes Cuba’s pre-eminent documentary cinematographer, Roberto Chile, veteran sound man, Javier Figueroa, and one of Cuba’s hottest jazz pianists, Harold López-Nussa, who is composing music for the series.”...
The film explores the rewards and challenges of doing good in the world and educators are confirming that the film will be a valuable tool for inspiring kids to get involved in the issues they care most deeply about. They raised more than their $40K goal to help finish the film on Kickstarter.
And now Ken has been in Cuba following Potus and the Stones as he and Marcia are off on a new Cuban adventure, “Cuban (R)evolution” where “Art for the people” collides with market forces in six short portraits of Cuban artists at the vanguard of an evolving nation. You can see the promotion on Kickstarter where they have succeeded in raising $30,000+ in 30 days.
Ken Schneider (director/producer/editor) is a Peabody-winning producer who believes in the power of documentaries to move people. His passions are stories of war and peace, human rights, artists’ lives, and Cuba. In addition to his feature and short work for PatchWorks, Ken has edited over 35 feature length documentaries for PBS, HBO, Al-Jazeera, and others. Films he edited have been nominated for an Oscar and multiple Emmys, and won prime-time and documentary Emmys, a Columbia-Dupont, two Peabodys, an Indie Spirit award and top awards at the Sundance Film Festival. (See www.kenschneidereditor.net for details.)
In addition to her PatchWorks work, Marcia Jarmel (co-director/producer/writer) worked as consulting producer on HBO’s Emmy-nominated "50 Children," consultant to Academy Award nominee "Last Day of Freedom," and Ifp Mentor to "The Last Season." Other credits include co-editing the Academy-award nominee,"For Better or For Worse," and assistant producing the Academy Award nominees, "Berkeley in the Sixties" and "Freedom on My Mind." She is also an impact consultant for documentary filmmakers.
“We are PatchWorks Films (www.patchworksfilms.net). For more than 20 years we have created award-winning documentaries exploring contemporary social issues through intimate character stories that build innovative partnerships for strategic use with organizations and educators. Our films have broadcast worldwide and shown at museums, libraries, schools, universities, community centers, conferences, and film festivals. Our previous documentary features include: “The Return Of Sarah’s Daughters”, “Born In The Usa”, “Speaking In Tongues”, And “Havana Curveball”. “(R)Evolution Cuba” is PatchWorks' 8th collaboration.
In Cuba we work with a fabulous experienced crew that includes Cuba’s pre-eminent documentary cinematographer, Roberto Chile, veteran sound man, Javier Figueroa, and one of Cuba’s hottest jazz pianists, Harold López-Nussa, who is composing music for the series.”...
- 3/26/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
I'm sure most of you watched the Academy Awards last night, so I wanted to create a place for you to talk to us and your fellow commenters about the winners, losers, snubs, performances, and host. For good reason, the topic of diversity was looming large in the minds of the producers of the broadcast, and I thought host Chris Rock did a great job of ripping Hollywood while at the same time creating a call to action for equal opportunity in the industry (which is all the controversy really boils down to). For addressing a tough, complicated issue that obviously doesn't start and end with the organization of the Oscars, I thought it was handled about as well as it could have been.
As for the winners and losers, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mad Max: Fury Road take home as many awards as it did, considering what...
As for the winners and losers, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mad Max: Fury Road take home as many awards as it did, considering what...
- 2/29/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
The winners of the 88th Annual Academy Awards have been announced, the biggest award Best Picture went to 'Spotlight.' 'The Revenant' took home the Best Director Oscar for Alejandro González Iñárritu, making Iñárritu the third director in history to win back-to-back directing and Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his Oscar for Best Actor (and there was much rejoicing).
Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki also won his third Best Cinematography Oscar in a row for 'The Revenant.' 'Mad Max: Fury Road' was the big winner of the night for most awards, sweeping the technical categories to earn six Oscars, including Best Production Design.
It was a great year for Irish talent picking up nominations but only Stutterer, which was directed by Irishman Benjamin Cleary managed to pick up a award in Best Short Film (Live Action). The short can be viewed on the Rte player here.
With all the talk of Leonardo DiCaprio...
Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki also won his third Best Cinematography Oscar in a row for 'The Revenant.' 'Mad Max: Fury Road' was the big winner of the night for most awards, sweeping the technical categories to earn six Oscars, including Best Production Design.
It was a great year for Irish talent picking up nominations but only Stutterer, which was directed by Irishman Benjamin Cleary managed to pick up a award in Best Short Film (Live Action). The short can be viewed on the Rte player here.
With all the talk of Leonardo DiCaprio...
- 2/29/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Here's the list of nominees for the 88th Academy Awards that were announced Sunday at the Dolby Theater.
Winners are noted in bold and with an asterisk.
Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"Matt Damon, "The Martian"Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant", (*Winner)Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, "The Big Short"Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight"Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies" (*Winner)Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"Tom Hardy, "The Revenant"
Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"Brie Larson, "Room", (*Winner)Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"Rooney Mara, "Carol"Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl" (*Winner)Kate WInslest, "Steve Jobs"
Directing
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant", (*Winner)Lenny Abrhamson, "Room"Tom McCarthy,...
Winners are noted in bold and with an asterisk.
Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"Matt Damon, "The Martian"Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant", (*Winner)Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, "The Big Short"Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight"Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies" (*Winner)Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"Tom Hardy, "The Revenant"
Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"Brie Larson, "Room", (*Winner)Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"Rooney Mara, "Carol"Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl" (*Winner)Kate WInslest, "Steve Jobs"
Directing
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant", (*Winner)Lenny Abrhamson, "Room"Tom McCarthy,...
- 2/29/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
It’s Hollywood’s biggest night. In an awards season with no true clear frontrunner for Best Picture, we’re finally finding out who’s taking home the coveted statuettes at the 2016 Oscars ceremony. Below is the full list of nominees. HitFix will keep you updated on the winners here as they’re announced. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ honors are being presented at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Winner: Spotlight Best Actress Cate Blanchett, Carol Winner: Brie Larson, Room Jennifer Lawrence, Joy Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn Best Actor Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Matt Damon, The Martian Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara, Carol Rachel McAdams, Spotlight Winner: Alicia Vikander,...
- 2/29/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Best Picture
Spotlight
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Brie Larson, Room
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor:
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh,...
Spotlight
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Brie Larson, Room
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor:
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh,...
- 2/29/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Awards season comes to a glitzy end tonight with Sunday's broadcast of the Academy Awards.
Chris Rock returns to host one of the most competitive races in years -- with front-runners emerging late in the game, or not at all, in some categories. Will "The Revenant" sweep? Will Leo finally take home an Oscar? Can "Spotlight" ride its early buzz into the winners' circle?
We'll be updating the winners' list throughout the show. So make sure to check back to see who won, and who lost.
Best Picture
"Spotlight" -- Winner
"The Big Short"
"Bridge Of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant" -- Winner
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Best Actress
Brie Larson, "Room" -- Winner
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu,...
Chris Rock returns to host one of the most competitive races in years -- with front-runners emerging late in the game, or not at all, in some categories. Will "The Revenant" sweep? Will Leo finally take home an Oscar? Can "Spotlight" ride its early buzz into the winners' circle?
We'll be updating the winners' list throughout the show. So make sure to check back to see who won, and who lost.
Best Picture
"Spotlight" -- Winner
"The Big Short"
"Bridge Of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant" -- Winner
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Best Actress
Brie Larson, "Room" -- Winner
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu,...
- 2/29/2016
- by Phil Pirrello
- Moviefone
First of all, I'm very happy that my favorite film of the year, Tom McCarthy's "Spotlight," wins big at the 88th Academy Awards! I was losing hope after "The Big Short" won the Producers Guild Award and "The Revenant" zoomed onto the frontrunner status!
But no. At the night of the Oscars, "Spotlight" won two major awards including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay!
Kudos to McCarthy and team!
My heart felt "Spotlight" would win but my mind said "The Revenant." See? The heart always wins!
Now, onto the show itself. I thought Chris Rock did a good job in softening the #OscarsSoWhite controversy! But the show itself? A bit of a bore. It felt long! Not quite the 4 hours and 23 minutes of the 74th Oscars but long nonetheless.
And really? Only Sam Smith, The Weeknd, and Lady Gaga were invited to perform the Best Original Song nominees? What...
But no. At the night of the Oscars, "Spotlight" won two major awards including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay!
Kudos to McCarthy and team!
My heart felt "Spotlight" would win but my mind said "The Revenant." See? The heart always wins!
Now, onto the show itself. I thought Chris Rock did a good job in softening the #OscarsSoWhite controversy! But the show itself? A bit of a bore. It felt long! Not quite the 4 hours and 23 minutes of the 74th Oscars but long nonetheless.
And really? Only Sam Smith, The Weeknd, and Lady Gaga were invited to perform the Best Original Song nominees? What...
- 2/29/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Kicking off at 8:30Pm Est tonight is the 88th Academy Awards, hosted by Chris Rock. Leading the pack of nominations is The Revenant, which picked up 12 nominations, while Mad Max: Fury Road is close behind with 10, The Martian had 7, while Carol, Bridge of Spies and Spotlight each picked up 6, so we’ll have to see who comes out on top. We’ll be live updating the winners below (in red) with more coverage on Twitter.
Update: See the full list of winners below, topped by Spotlight, while Mad: Max Fury Road picked up the most with six.
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Directing
Adam McKay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian...
Update: See the full list of winners below, topped by Spotlight, while Mad: Max Fury Road picked up the most with six.
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Directing
Adam McKay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian...
- 2/29/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
I will be posting updates of all of the Oscar action here tonight in this post (and live tweeting). You can check out all of the nominations below, I will Red Bold the winners as they are announced. 2015 brought a crazy amount of competition and there’s absolutely no telling which way the votes will go with this room of talent. Will Leo finally win his Oscar? Will George Miller take the Oscar for Best Director? Will Stallone finally earn the gold for Rocky after all these years?
The Revenant leads the way with 12 nods, including Picture, Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Supporting Actor (Tom Hardy). Mad Max: Fury Road follows with 10 nods, with the action epic getting the well deserved Picture and Director nominations.
Here we go…
Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFavue
Straight Outta Compton — Jonathan Herman,...
The Revenant leads the way with 12 nods, including Picture, Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Supporting Actor (Tom Hardy). Mad Max: Fury Road follows with 10 nods, with the action epic getting the well deserved Picture and Director nominations.
Here we go…
Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFavue
Straight Outta Compton — Jonathan Herman,...
- 2/28/2016
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Join me on my Facebook page about 5 p.m. Pacific and let's talk all things Oscars! Click here, it'll be fun! Grab your favorite drink and finger foods and let's blog the Oscars away! Go to facebook.com/MannyTheMovieGuy and I'll see you there!
Here's my full Oscar predictions again:
Best Picture
"The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight"
Will Win: .The Revenant.
Should Win: .Spotlight.
Best Director
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
Will Win: Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Should Win: George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Should Win: Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett,...
Here's my full Oscar predictions again:
Best Picture
"The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight"
Will Win: .The Revenant.
Should Win: .Spotlight.
Best Director
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
Will Win: Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Should Win: George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Should Win: Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett,...
- 2/28/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
“From documentaries, we learn about our world and humanity,” was the greeting by Documentary Branch governor Kate Amend to the audience in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wednesday evening at the opening of Documentary program. Amend said while this year’s nominated shorts were tragic, they were also about “courage and compassion.”
Referring to the Documentary Shorts as “The Big Shorts,” Amend (editor of The Long Way Home, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Case against 8) mentioned that 124 films qualified in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories.
The evening included a screening of clips from the nominated films. Nominees from all 10 films also took part in panel discussions talked about their own films and shared insights on the craft of documentary filmmaking. All the directors gratefully acknowledged the collaboration of the cinematographers and editors in the success of their movies.
Best...
Referring to the Documentary Shorts as “The Big Shorts,” Amend (editor of The Long Way Home, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Case against 8) mentioned that 124 films qualified in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories.
The evening included a screening of clips from the nominated films. Nominees from all 10 films also took part in panel discussions talked about their own films and shared insights on the craft of documentary filmmaking. All the directors gratefully acknowledged the collaboration of the cinematographers and editors in the success of their movies.
Best...
- 2/25/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The awards season comes to a close with the 88th Academy Awards. And it.s one of the most unpredictable Oscars yet! In order to predict the outcome, I divided each category between the heart (who should win) and mind (who will win).
Best Picture
"The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight"
Will Win: .The Revenant.
Should Win: .Spotlight.
Best Director
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
Will Win: Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Should Win: George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Should Win: Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Brie Larson, "Room"
Jennifer Lawrence,...
Best Picture
"The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight"
Will Win: .The Revenant.
Should Win: .Spotlight.
Best Director
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
Will Win: Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Should Win: George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Should Win: Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Brie Larson, "Room"
Jennifer Lawrence,...
- 2/25/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The 88th Annual Academy Awards are just around the corner on Sunday evening, so once again, it’s time to lay down my predictions for who has the best chance of winning in each of the 24 categories, along with a bit of analysis as to why they appear to be the frontrunners. As usual, I’ll start from the smallest categories and work my way up, so let’s get started:
Best Animated Short Film
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best Live Action Short Film
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Body Team 12...
Best Animated Short Film
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best Live Action Short Film
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Body Team 12...
- 2/24/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
Netflix’s push into the world of feature films this year has been much publicized, but the streaming giant has also been making waves in a few other categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
Not only are two of this year’s best documentary feature nominees, What Happened, Miss Simone? and Winter on Fire, produced by Netflix, a number of short film nominees are being distributed by the network. Documentary short Last Day of Freedom as well as the animated short, World of Tomorrow, are all streaming on Netflix.
This major push by Netflix is aimed at the established big name in small-screen, HBO. The cable network boasts three Oscar-nominated shorts, documentary shorts Body Team 12, Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, and A Girl in the River, this year.
In April, 2015, HBO picked up the rights to Spectres of the Shoah at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto.
Managing Editor
Netflix’s push into the world of feature films this year has been much publicized, but the streaming giant has also been making waves in a few other categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
Not only are two of this year’s best documentary feature nominees, What Happened, Miss Simone? and Winter on Fire, produced by Netflix, a number of short film nominees are being distributed by the network. Documentary short Last Day of Freedom as well as the animated short, World of Tomorrow, are all streaming on Netflix.
This major push by Netflix is aimed at the established big name in small-screen, HBO. The cable network boasts three Oscar-nominated shorts, documentary shorts Body Team 12, Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, and A Girl in the River, this year.
In April, 2015, HBO picked up the rights to Spectres of the Shoah at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto.
- 2/23/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
Netflix, the online streaming giant, has made a major push into producing its own content in recent years. While its television programming has received critical attention, including a number of Emmy awards, 2015 marked its first foray into the world of feature film.
While Beasts of No Nation, Netflix’s first feature, won a SAG award for star Idris Elba, the film was shut out by the Academy. However, both What Happened, Miss Simone? and Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom were produced by Netflix and earned best documentary Oscar nominations.
Not only is Netflix revolutionary in its production of content, but it also offers many audiences access to a number of Oscar-nominated films. Here’s what Oscar noms you can find on Netflix, right now.
In addition to both of its documentary contenders, Netflix also offers contending nominee Cartel Land, which centers on...
Managing Editor
Netflix, the online streaming giant, has made a major push into producing its own content in recent years. While its television programming has received critical attention, including a number of Emmy awards, 2015 marked its first foray into the world of feature film.
While Beasts of No Nation, Netflix’s first feature, won a SAG award for star Idris Elba, the film was shut out by the Academy. However, both What Happened, Miss Simone? and Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom were produced by Netflix and earned best documentary Oscar nominations.
Not only is Netflix revolutionary in its production of content, but it also offers many audiences access to a number of Oscar-nominated films. Here’s what Oscar noms you can find on Netflix, right now.
In addition to both of its documentary contenders, Netflix also offers contending nominee Cartel Land, which centers on...
- 2/19/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
The best documentary short award has been presented at the Oscars since 1942. Unlike its counterpart category, best documentary feature, documentary shorts rarely receive wide theatrical releases. As such, it can be difficult for many film buffs, and Oscar predictors, to view the films.
However, in recent years a number of documentary shorts have been broadcast on television, including three of this year’s nominees (Body Team 12, Claude Lanzmann, A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness) which are all HBO productions and will be broadcast on the network this year. The other two films in the category are serious contenders for this year’s Oscar, as well, and may be worth picking in your office pool.
Here’s a breakdown of all of this year’s best documentary short nominees.
Last Day of Freedom: Through a first-hand interview, the film tells the story of Manny Babbitt,...
Managing Editor
The best documentary short award has been presented at the Oscars since 1942. Unlike its counterpart category, best documentary feature, documentary shorts rarely receive wide theatrical releases. As such, it can be difficult for many film buffs, and Oscar predictors, to view the films.
However, in recent years a number of documentary shorts have been broadcast on television, including three of this year’s nominees (Body Team 12, Claude Lanzmann, A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness) which are all HBO productions and will be broadcast on the network this year. The other two films in the category are serious contenders for this year’s Oscar, as well, and may be worth picking in your office pool.
Here’s a breakdown of all of this year’s best documentary short nominees.
Last Day of Freedom: Through a first-hand interview, the film tells the story of Manny Babbitt,...
- 2/13/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
When it comes to this year’s Academy Awards, no word is more buzzworthy than “diversity”. For the second year in a row the Oscars have nominated only white actors in their four main acting categories, sparking backlash and, as a result, inciting the Academy to announce new changes to tackle its “diversity problem”.
Amidst another year of #OscarsSoWhite trending on Twitter, however, the fact that 2015 has been an exceptionally strong year for women has been largely overlooked. Three of this year’s best picture nominees (Brooklyn, Room, Mad Max: Fury Road) are female-centric and feature strong female protagonists in the center of the action. In fact, even outside of those films and their performances, a number of women are nominated for best picture as producers, as well. Kristie Macosko Krieger is nominated for Bridge of Spies, Blye Pagon Faust is nominated for Spotlight, Dede Gardner...
Managing Editor
When it comes to this year’s Academy Awards, no word is more buzzworthy than “diversity”. For the second year in a row the Oscars have nominated only white actors in their four main acting categories, sparking backlash and, as a result, inciting the Academy to announce new changes to tackle its “diversity problem”.
Amidst another year of #OscarsSoWhite trending on Twitter, however, the fact that 2015 has been an exceptionally strong year for women has been largely overlooked. Three of this year’s best picture nominees (Brooklyn, Room, Mad Max: Fury Road) are female-centric and feature strong female protagonists in the center of the action. In fact, even outside of those films and their performances, a number of women are nominated for best picture as producers, as well. Kristie Macosko Krieger is nominated for Bridge of Spies, Blye Pagon Faust is nominated for Spotlight, Dede Gardner...
- 2/4/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
“A Girl in the River” masterfully portrays a culture that justifies killing women, its rage subsumed by a dispiriting account of how its customs are perpetuated. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s an extraordinary group of short documentaries that received Oscar nominations this year, and I’m having a tough time picking a favorite, a best, or a guess about which will win the Academy Award. I am partial to stories about women, however, and in particular about the special hardships that women face because of our gender, so I’m gonna throw my hopes for a win behind “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” [IMDb | official site], from Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (who won this same Oscar in 2012 for her short doc “Saving Face”). This is a horrifying story of an attempted “honor killing” in Gujranwala,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s an extraordinary group of short documentaries that received Oscar nominations this year, and I’m having a tough time picking a favorite, a best, or a guess about which will win the Academy Award. I am partial to stories about women, however, and in particular about the special hardships that women face because of our gender, so I’m gonna throw my hopes for a win behind “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” [IMDb | official site], from Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (who won this same Oscar in 2012 for her short doc “Saving Face”). This is a horrifying story of an attempted “honor killing” in Gujranwala,...
- 2/1/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’re reviewing each short category. See the Documentary section below and the other shorts sections here.
Body Team 12 – Liberia – 13 minutes
For Americans the Ebola scare was a handful of cases and nurses who weren’t as careful as they should have been. To the world it was thousands upon thousands of dead bodies—loved ones that family members can’t normally mourn because every second the deceased’s blood lays in the streets is an extra second risking greater contamination. It’s easy to forget the scope of epidemics like this when ground zero isn’t in our own backyard. We blame countries for being inferior, rejoice in our capabilities to put a lid on things, and go about our daily business as though nothing is wrong. This isn’t the case for citizens of Liberia where outbreak numbers exploded exponentially. It was a plague destroying their country.
Body Team 12 – Liberia – 13 minutes
For Americans the Ebola scare was a handful of cases and nurses who weren’t as careful as they should have been. To the world it was thousands upon thousands of dead bodies—loved ones that family members can’t normally mourn because every second the deceased’s blood lays in the streets is an extra second risking greater contamination. It’s easy to forget the scope of epidemics like this when ground zero isn’t in our own backyard. We blame countries for being inferior, rejoice in our capabilities to put a lid on things, and go about our daily business as though nothing is wrong. This isn’t the case for citizens of Liberia where outbreak numbers exploded exponentially. It was a plague destroying their country.
- 1/28/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Okay, you've already seen "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but where can you see "Steve Jobs," "Creed," and all the other Oscar-nominated movies of 2015?
We've rounded up which movies are still in theaters, which are on DVD and Blu-ray, and which are available to stream or buy online. In the case of "The Martian," you have your choice of catching it on the big screen or owning your very own copy since it's still in theaters and out on DVD.
Dates and availability are subject to change. For limited release movies, check the film's official site for theaters.
In Theaters
"45 Years" (Best Actress - Charlotte Rampling) Limited release "Anomalisa" (Best Animated Feature Film) "The Big Short" (5 nominations, including Best Picture) "Boy and the World" (Best Animated Feature Film) Limited release "Brooklyn" (3 nominations, including Best Picture) "Carol" (6 nominations, including Best Actress - Cate Blanchett and Best Supporting Actress – Rooney Mara) "Creed...
We've rounded up which movies are still in theaters, which are on DVD and Blu-ray, and which are available to stream or buy online. In the case of "The Martian," you have your choice of catching it on the big screen or owning your very own copy since it's still in theaters and out on DVD.
Dates and availability are subject to change. For limited release movies, check the film's official site for theaters.
In Theaters
"45 Years" (Best Actress - Charlotte Rampling) Limited release "Anomalisa" (Best Animated Feature Film) "The Big Short" (5 nominations, including Best Picture) "Boy and the World" (Best Animated Feature Film) Limited release "Brooklyn" (3 nominations, including Best Picture) "Carol" (6 nominations, including Best Actress - Cate Blanchett and Best Supporting Actress – Rooney Mara) "Creed...
- 1/25/2016
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
ShortsHD, the Only Short Film Channel (www.shorts.tv), working with Magnolia Pictures, will open “The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016” on over 400 screens across the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America on Friday January 29, 2016. “The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016” will showcase the Live Action, Animation and Documentary short film nominees compilation as three separate theatrical events.
This marks the 11th year of the Oscar nominated short films theatrical experience and is the only opportunity for audiences to watch the nominated short films prior to the 88th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 28, 2016.
In 2015, the Oscar Nominated Short Films earned over $2.4 million worldwide, nearly doubling from just a few years prior. One of the most diverse categories in Academy consideration, this year’s Oscar® Nominated Short Films feature with projects originating from United States, France, Germany, Palestine, United Kingdom, Kosovo, Austria, Chile, Russia, Liberia, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Canada.
“Films...
This marks the 11th year of the Oscar nominated short films theatrical experience and is the only opportunity for audiences to watch the nominated short films prior to the 88th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 28, 2016.
In 2015, the Oscar Nominated Short Films earned over $2.4 million worldwide, nearly doubling from just a few years prior. One of the most diverse categories in Academy consideration, this year’s Oscar® Nominated Short Films feature with projects originating from United States, France, Germany, Palestine, United Kingdom, Kosovo, Austria, Chile, Russia, Liberia, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Canada.
“Films...
- 1/20/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s the main event of awards show season, and the 88th Academy Awards just released the distinguished list of hopefuls.
Slated to take place on February 28th at the Dolby Theatre, the 2016 Oscars will be hosted by Chris Rock and will feature some of today’s biggest and brightest stars.
Best Picture hopefuls include “Spotlight,” “The Martian,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Revenant,” “Room,” “Bridge of Spies,” “The Big Short” and “Brooklyn,” while Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, and Saoirse Ronan will all compete for the Best Actress honors.
And the 2016 Oscar Nominees Are:
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max
Alejandro Inarritu The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamsonm, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender,...
Slated to take place on February 28th at the Dolby Theatre, the 2016 Oscars will be hosted by Chris Rock and will feature some of today’s biggest and brightest stars.
Best Picture hopefuls include “Spotlight,” “The Martian,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Revenant,” “Room,” “Bridge of Spies,” “The Big Short” and “Brooklyn,” while Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, and Saoirse Ronan will all compete for the Best Actress honors.
And the 2016 Oscar Nominees Are:
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max
Alejandro Inarritu The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamsonm, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender,...
- 1/14/2016
- GossipCenter
It’s the main event of awards show season, and the 88th Academy Awards just released the distinguished list of hopefuls.
Slated to take place on February 28th at the Dolby Theatre, the 2016 Oscars will be hosted by Chris Rock and will feature some of today’s biggest and brightest stars.
Best Picture hopefuls include “Spotlight,” “The Martian,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Revenant,” “Room,” “Bridge of Spies,” “The Big Short” and “Brooklyn,” while Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, and Saoirse Ronan will all compete for the Best Actress honors.
And the 2016 Oscar Nominees Are:
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max
Alejandro Inarritu The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamsonm, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender,...
Slated to take place on February 28th at the Dolby Theatre, the 2016 Oscars will be hosted by Chris Rock and will feature some of today’s biggest and brightest stars.
Best Picture hopefuls include “Spotlight,” “The Martian,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Revenant,” “Room,” “Bridge of Spies,” “The Big Short” and “Brooklyn,” while Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, and Saoirse Ronan will all compete for the Best Actress honors.
And the 2016 Oscar Nominees Are:
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max
Alejandro Inarritu The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamsonm, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender,...
- 1/14/2016
- GossipCenter
Here are the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards; and The Revenant leads the way with 12 nods, including Picture, Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu), Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Supporting Actor (Tom Hardy). Mad Max: Fury Road follows with ten however, with the action epic getting the well deserved Picture and Director nominations.
Surprisingly Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs) and Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight) didn’t get a screenplay nod and Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott missed out in the Director category.
The 2016 Oscars will air live on Sunday, February 28th on ABC, hosted by Chris Rock.
Best Picture
Spotlight
The Big Short
The Revenant
The Martian
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge of Spies
Room
Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller — Mad Max: Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson — Room
Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Charlotte Rampling...
Surprisingly Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs) and Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight) didn’t get a screenplay nod and Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott missed out in the Director category.
The 2016 Oscars will air live on Sunday, February 28th on ABC, hosted by Chris Rock.
Best Picture
Spotlight
The Big Short
The Revenant
The Martian
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge of Spies
Room
Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller — Mad Max: Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson — Room
Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Charlotte Rampling...
- 1/14/2016
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday morning, and The Revenant dominated the field, earning nods in 12 different categories, including Best Picture. In recent weeks, Alejandro González Iñárritu's epic saga of frontier revenge has seemed like one of the only sure things in an otherwise unusually unpredictable field, but the sheer number of nominations it received was one of the biggest surprises of a morning that was filled with them.
Also vying for the film world's top prize are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road,...
Also vying for the film world's top prize are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road,...
- 1/14/2016
- Rollingstone.com
We finally know who and what has been nominated this year by Oscar. Ladies and gentlemen, just a few moments ago this morning the 88th Academy Award nominations were handed out, with The Revenant leading the way. 12 nominations went to that film, with Mad Max: Fury Road next in line with ten citations. Things like Spotlight managed to do as well or better than expected, while the only huge shockers to me were Ridley Scott missing in Best Director (essentially replaced by Lenny Abrahamson for Room) and Tom Hardy getting in for The Revenant. Straight Outta Compton missing in Best Picture was also surprising, but less so. I’ll have more to say in tomorrow’s piece on exactly what went down, along with updated predictions, but at the moment, let’s get straight to the actual nominations… Analysis is coming tomorrow. For now, here are the nominees for the...
- 1/14/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Here is the complete list of nominees for the 88th Academy Awards, to be presented @ Hollywood's Dolby Theater, February 28, 2016:
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Directing
Adam McKay - The Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson - Room...
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Directing
Adam McKay - The Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson - Room...
- 1/14/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
With the awards season winding down, it's almost time for the big show, the 88th Academy Awards. This morning the nominations were announced, and you can check out the full list here and begin your Oscar predictions!
February 28th will bring about this year's Academy Awards, which means we have a little over a month to debate who we think should/will win based on this morning's nominations. As expected The Martian, The Revenant, and Mad Max: Fury Road are leading the pack, but there are a few surprises (and snubs) as well. Check out the full list below:
Best Original Song
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3” from Youth
“Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre
Best Cinematography
Ed Lachman, Carol
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Emmanuel Lubezki,...
February 28th will bring about this year's Academy Awards, which means we have a little over a month to debate who we think should/will win based on this morning's nominations. As expected The Martian, The Revenant, and Mad Max: Fury Road are leading the pack, but there are a few surprises (and snubs) as well. Check out the full list below:
Best Original Song
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3” from Youth
“Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre
Best Cinematography
Ed Lachman, Carol
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Emmanuel Lubezki,...
- 1/14/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
The big screen will take over the small screen for one evening only when the 88th Academy Awards air Feb. 28 on ABC.
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And based on Thursday’s announcement of Oscar nominees, it’s clear that a handful of TV’s MVPs will infiltrate cinema’s biggest night, hosted by Chris Rock.
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Brie Larson (The United States of Tara), Rachel McAdams (True Detective), Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall), Tom Hardy (Peaky Blinders, the upcoming Taboo), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Revenge, Showtime’s upcoming Twin Peaks revival) and Eddie Redmayne...
RelatedWinter TV Preview! Your Scoop-Filled Guide to 20+ Returning Favorites
And based on Thursday’s announcement of Oscar nominees, it’s clear that a handful of TV’s MVPs will infiltrate cinema’s biggest night, hosted by Chris Rock.
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Brie Larson (The United States of Tara), Rachel McAdams (True Detective), Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall), Tom Hardy (Peaky Blinders, the upcoming Taboo), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Revenge, Showtime’s upcoming Twin Peaks revival) and Eddie Redmayne...
- 1/14/2016
- TVLine.com
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Let the games begin! The 88th Academy Awards will be handed out February 28, with Chris Rock hosting for the second time, and now we know who has a shot to win those little naked gold guys. The 2016 Oscar nominations were announced the morning of Thursday, January 14.
Without further ado, here are your nominees (via Deadline):
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge Of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge Of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara,...
Let the games begin! The 88th Academy Awards will be handed out February 28, with Chris Rock hosting for the second time, and now we know who has a shot to win those little naked gold guys. The 2016 Oscar nominations were announced the morning of Thursday, January 14.
Without further ado, here are your nominees (via Deadline):
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge Of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge Of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara,...
- 1/14/2016
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Award season moved into the homestretch on Thursday with the announcement of the 88th annual Academy Award nominations. Sylvester Stallone proved to be the season's big comeback story, earning a Best Supporting Actor nod for his beloved turn in Creed, alongside heavy favorites Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet and Alicia Vikander. The Oscars - to be presented Feb. 28 - honor the year's top films in 24 categories. And the nominees are: Best Motion Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Best ActorBryan Cranston, Trumbo Matt Damon,...
- 1/14/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
It’s difficult to even care much about this announcement when mourning the loss of a film icon, but alas, the 2016 Oscar nominations have been unveiled this morning. Ahead of a ceremony on February 28th, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski, and Ang Lee were on hand to announce the 88th Oscars nominations.
Leading the pack is The Revenant, which picked up 12 nominations, while Mad Max: Fury Road was close behind with 10. The Martian had 7, while Carol, Bridge of Spies and Spotlight each picked up 6, but sadly, Todd Haynes‘ magnificent drama was left out of the Best Picture and Best Director race. See the full list below.
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl...
Leading the pack is The Revenant, which picked up 12 nominations, while Mad Max: Fury Road was close behind with 10. The Martian had 7, while Carol, Bridge of Spies and Spotlight each picked up 6, but sadly, Todd Haynes‘ magnificent drama was left out of the Best Picture and Best Director race. See the full list below.
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl...
- 1/14/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
After many months of speculation, the full list of this year's Oscar nominees have been announced - just minutes after the reveal of the death of beloved thespian Alan Rickman.
"The Revenant" led the field with twelve nominations followed by "Mad Max: Fury Road" with ten and "The Martian" with seven. Next were "Spotlight" and "Carol" with six nominations; "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "The Big Short" and "Bridge Of Spies" got five; "Room" and "The Danish Girl" nabbed four; "Sicario," "Brooklyn" and "The Hateful Eight" scored three; and "Steve Jobs" and "Ex Machina" nabbed two.
Surprises? "Creed" and "Joy" scored only one nomination each for Stallone's and Lawrence's performances respectively. No Ridley Scott for director, Quentin Tarantino or Aaron Sorkin for screenplay, Charlize Theron for best actress, "Carol" for best picture, "See You Again" for best song, and of course - the distinct lack of racial diversity. Here's the list in full.
"The Revenant" led the field with twelve nominations followed by "Mad Max: Fury Road" with ten and "The Martian" with seven. Next were "Spotlight" and "Carol" with six nominations; "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "The Big Short" and "Bridge Of Spies" got five; "Room" and "The Danish Girl" nabbed four; "Sicario," "Brooklyn" and "The Hateful Eight" scored three; and "Steve Jobs" and "Ex Machina" nabbed two.
Surprises? "Creed" and "Joy" scored only one nomination each for Stallone's and Lawrence's performances respectively. No Ridley Scott for director, Quentin Tarantino or Aaron Sorkin for screenplay, Charlize Theron for best actress, "Carol" for best picture, "See You Again" for best song, and of course - the distinct lack of racial diversity. Here's the list in full.
- 1/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The 2015 Ida Documentary Awards took place at the Paramount Theater hosted by comedian Tig Notaro. Notaro was quick to point out this was the first year of the awards being “broadcasted…” on Periscope, and for that reason alone maybe the last.
The Best Feature Award was given to Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Look of Silence,” which made the Oscar shortlist earlier in the week and happens to be the film companion for “The Act of Killing.” “The Look of Silence” has been banned in Indonesia and screenings of the film are only available through NGOs, schools/universities, religious organizations and other limited outlets.
Read More: 12 Things Joshua Oppenheimer Wants You to Know About 'The Look of Silence
The winner for Best Short Award went to the animated short “Last Day of Freedom” directed by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman. The directors thanked the Ida for giving the award to an animated film.
Read More: Oscar Shortlisted Doc Short 'Last Day of Freedom' is a Gentle Animated Look at Complex Issues
Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Gordon Quinn, Founder and Artistic Director of Kartemquin Films. The award was presented by Chaz Ebert, whose husband Roger Ebert was the subject of Quinn’s film “Life Itself” and by Haskell Wexler, influential cinematographer, producer, and director.
Academy Award® winning director Kathryn Bigelow presented the Courage Under Fire Award to Director Matthew Heineman for his immersive and brave work in the pursuit of truth in “Cartel Land.” Bigelow executive produced Heineman’s “Cartel Land.”
Read More: Matthew Heineman on Going Beyond the Headlines and Body Count in 'Cartel Land'
Ted Sarandos, the Chief Content Officer at Netflix, was awarded with The Pioneer Award, in recognition to the company’s game-changing and support to the production of non-fiction programming. The Pioneer Award is presented by the Ida to acknowledge extraordinary contributions to advancing the nonfiction form and providing exceptional vision and leadership to the documentary community.
Read More: 'Best of Enemies' Co-Director Morgan Neville on Intellectual Divas and the Theatricality of Politics
Actor, director and political activist Danny Glover presented Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation ( www.berthafoundation.org) with the Ida’s Amicus Award in recognition of their work supporting the essential needs of the non-fiction media landscape.
Full List of 2015 Ida Documentary Awards Honorees & Winners:
Career Achievement Award
Gordon Quinn
Pioneer Award
Ted Sarandos
Amicus Award
Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation
Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Courage Under Fire Award
Matthew Heineman
Best Feature Award
"The Look of Silence"
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Drafthouse Films and Participant Media
Best Short Award
"Last Day of Freedom"
Directors: Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Pare Lorentz Award
"How to Change the World"
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Creative Recognition Award Winners
Best Cinematography
"The Russian Woodpecker"
Cinematography by: Artem Ryzhykov
Best Editing
"Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck"
Edited by: Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen
Best Writing
"Listen to Me Marlon"
Written by: Stevan Riley
Co-Writer: Peter Ettedgui
Best Music
"Best of Enemies"
Original Score by: Jonathan Kirkscey
ABC News VideoSource Award
"Best of Enemies"
Directors: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville
Magnolia Pictures
Best Curated Series Award
"Independent Lens"
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer and Lois Vossen
Itvs, PBS
Pov
Executive Producers: Simon Kilmurry and Chris White
Pov, PBS
Best Limited Series Award
"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst"
Executive Producer: Jason Blum
Co-Executive Producer: Zac Stuart-Pontier
Produced by: Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
HBO
Best Episodic Series Award
"Chef’s Table"
Executive Producers: David Gelb and Andrew Fried
Netflix
Best Short Form Series Award
"Do Not Track"
Executive Producer: Hugues Sweeney
National Film Board of Canada, Upian, Arte, and Br
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
"The Archipelago"
Director: Benjamin Huguet
The National Film and Television School...
The Best Feature Award was given to Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Look of Silence,” which made the Oscar shortlist earlier in the week and happens to be the film companion for “The Act of Killing.” “The Look of Silence” has been banned in Indonesia and screenings of the film are only available through NGOs, schools/universities, religious organizations and other limited outlets.
Read More: 12 Things Joshua Oppenheimer Wants You to Know About 'The Look of Silence
The winner for Best Short Award went to the animated short “Last Day of Freedom” directed by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman. The directors thanked the Ida for giving the award to an animated film.
Read More: Oscar Shortlisted Doc Short 'Last Day of Freedom' is a Gentle Animated Look at Complex Issues
Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Gordon Quinn, Founder and Artistic Director of Kartemquin Films. The award was presented by Chaz Ebert, whose husband Roger Ebert was the subject of Quinn’s film “Life Itself” and by Haskell Wexler, influential cinematographer, producer, and director.
Academy Award® winning director Kathryn Bigelow presented the Courage Under Fire Award to Director Matthew Heineman for his immersive and brave work in the pursuit of truth in “Cartel Land.” Bigelow executive produced Heineman’s “Cartel Land.”
Read More: Matthew Heineman on Going Beyond the Headlines and Body Count in 'Cartel Land'
Ted Sarandos, the Chief Content Officer at Netflix, was awarded with The Pioneer Award, in recognition to the company’s game-changing and support to the production of non-fiction programming. The Pioneer Award is presented by the Ida to acknowledge extraordinary contributions to advancing the nonfiction form and providing exceptional vision and leadership to the documentary community.
Read More: 'Best of Enemies' Co-Director Morgan Neville on Intellectual Divas and the Theatricality of Politics
Actor, director and political activist Danny Glover presented Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation ( www.berthafoundation.org) with the Ida’s Amicus Award in recognition of their work supporting the essential needs of the non-fiction media landscape.
Full List of 2015 Ida Documentary Awards Honorees & Winners:
Career Achievement Award
Gordon Quinn
Pioneer Award
Ted Sarandos
Amicus Award
Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation
Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Courage Under Fire Award
Matthew Heineman
Best Feature Award
"The Look of Silence"
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Drafthouse Films and Participant Media
Best Short Award
"Last Day of Freedom"
Directors: Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Pare Lorentz Award
"How to Change the World"
Director: Jerry Rothwell
Creative Recognition Award Winners
Best Cinematography
"The Russian Woodpecker"
Cinematography by: Artem Ryzhykov
Best Editing
"Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck"
Edited by: Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen
Best Writing
"Listen to Me Marlon"
Written by: Stevan Riley
Co-Writer: Peter Ettedgui
Best Music
"Best of Enemies"
Original Score by: Jonathan Kirkscey
ABC News VideoSource Award
"Best of Enemies"
Directors: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville
Magnolia Pictures
Best Curated Series Award
"Independent Lens"
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer and Lois Vossen
Itvs, PBS
Pov
Executive Producers: Simon Kilmurry and Chris White
Pov, PBS
Best Limited Series Award
"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst"
Executive Producer: Jason Blum
Co-Executive Producer: Zac Stuart-Pontier
Produced by: Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
HBO
Best Episodic Series Award
"Chef’s Table"
Executive Producers: David Gelb and Andrew Fried
Netflix
Best Short Form Series Award
"Do Not Track"
Executive Producer: Hugues Sweeney
National Film Board of Canada, Upian, Arte, and Br
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
"The Archipelago"
Director: Benjamin Huguet
The National Film and Television School...
- 1/3/2016
- by Alejandro Torres Rezzio
- Sydney's Buzz
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 88th Academy Awards® have been narrowed to 10 films, of which five will earn Oscar® nominations. Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 74 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.
So far I have only seen 3 of the 10 films are listed below, but I’m working on the others…
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” is screening in L.A. Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7:00 pm at The Landmark Theater, 10850 W. Pico at Westwood Blvd., L.A. 90065 with a discussion with the filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to follow the screening. RSVP to HBO here.
The first one I've seen is “Last Day of Freedom,” a gentle treatment of several very difficult, important social issues of today: care for veterans, capital punishment, race and justice. This is the story of two African American brothers, one of whom suffered from undiagnosed Ptsd after serving two tours of duty in Vietnam, the other who tells the story. The younger brother Bill Babbitt is a brilliant storyteller and he entrances the audience telling about his brother Manny who committed a crime, and how he still agonizes over his decision to call the police. He tells this story in an animated format using over 32,000 images.
A work of art in its own right, this is the first film by filmmakers Dee Hibbert-Jones, a U.K. born Associate Professor of Art & New Media at Uc Santa Cruz and her partner since 2004, Nomi Talisman, an Israeli born freelance editor and animator both of whom live in San Francisco. They had two long interviews with him and many other conversations. Out of his mouth came the words used in the film, drawn and designed by Hibbert-Jones and Talisman.
After the recent screening hosted by Women in Film, Nomi Talisman answered questions and mingled at the reception. Originally Nomi and Dee, who have been collaborating since 2004, thought this would be one part of a three-part feature, but realized it was best as a stand alone at 32 minutes. Since then they have been working on other related short forms and distribution of the films.
The film has already been voted Best Short Documentary by Ida and by Full Frame Film Festival. It has shown in Doc Leipzig, the world’s oldest doc film festival, Hamptons and other festivals. Since it began screening they have received requests to show it from special veterans groups, groups against capital punishment and universities. The film touches on Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, veterans, homelessness and mental health, capital punishment, race and blind justice (or injustice).
It is so artfully accomplished and so nuanced and complex, that one audience member asked how they arrived at their artistic decisions, as if this question had an answer. There are times when the drawings are as if drawn from photographs, times when real photo montages are used, and times when the screen is completely abstract. The reality of the story is so extreme in purport that the artist’s abstract visuals helps the viewers listen emotionally as the surviving brother tells his story. As the audience listens enraptured and dreading the outcome, the medium allows a distance between the story and the listener which is needed in order to absorb every detail, and one does not want to miss a word.
I would put my money on this film at least as one of the five nominations to be announced on January 14. As far as I can see so far, it should be the winner.
Read More: “Watch: Oscar-Shortlisted 'Last Day of Freedom' Is a Searing Study of Our Most Pressing Social Issues”
Here is the list of the 10 shortlisted documentary short vying for a nomination:
1. “Last Day of Freedom”
2. “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”
3. “The Testimony”
4. “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
5. “Body Team 12”
6. “Chau, beyond the Lines”
7. “50 Feet from Syria”
8. “Minerita”
9. “My Enemy, My Brother”
10. “Starting Point”...
So far I have only seen 3 of the 10 films are listed below, but I’m working on the others…
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” is screening in L.A. Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7:00 pm at The Landmark Theater, 10850 W. Pico at Westwood Blvd., L.A. 90065 with a discussion with the filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to follow the screening. RSVP to HBO here.
The first one I've seen is “Last Day of Freedom,” a gentle treatment of several very difficult, important social issues of today: care for veterans, capital punishment, race and justice. This is the story of two African American brothers, one of whom suffered from undiagnosed Ptsd after serving two tours of duty in Vietnam, the other who tells the story. The younger brother Bill Babbitt is a brilliant storyteller and he entrances the audience telling about his brother Manny who committed a crime, and how he still agonizes over his decision to call the police. He tells this story in an animated format using over 32,000 images.
A work of art in its own right, this is the first film by filmmakers Dee Hibbert-Jones, a U.K. born Associate Professor of Art & New Media at Uc Santa Cruz and her partner since 2004, Nomi Talisman, an Israeli born freelance editor and animator both of whom live in San Francisco. They had two long interviews with him and many other conversations. Out of his mouth came the words used in the film, drawn and designed by Hibbert-Jones and Talisman.
After the recent screening hosted by Women in Film, Nomi Talisman answered questions and mingled at the reception. Originally Nomi and Dee, who have been collaborating since 2004, thought this would be one part of a three-part feature, but realized it was best as a stand alone at 32 minutes. Since then they have been working on other related short forms and distribution of the films.
The film has already been voted Best Short Documentary by Ida and by Full Frame Film Festival. It has shown in Doc Leipzig, the world’s oldest doc film festival, Hamptons and other festivals. Since it began screening they have received requests to show it from special veterans groups, groups against capital punishment and universities. The film touches on Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, veterans, homelessness and mental health, capital punishment, race and blind justice (or injustice).
It is so artfully accomplished and so nuanced and complex, that one audience member asked how they arrived at their artistic decisions, as if this question had an answer. There are times when the drawings are as if drawn from photographs, times when real photo montages are used, and times when the screen is completely abstract. The reality of the story is so extreme in purport that the artist’s abstract visuals helps the viewers listen emotionally as the surviving brother tells his story. As the audience listens enraptured and dreading the outcome, the medium allows a distance between the story and the listener which is needed in order to absorb every detail, and one does not want to miss a word.
I would put my money on this film at least as one of the five nominations to be announced on January 14. As far as I can see so far, it should be the winner.
Read More: “Watch: Oscar-Shortlisted 'Last Day of Freedom' Is a Searing Study of Our Most Pressing Social Issues”
Here is the list of the 10 shortlisted documentary short vying for a nomination:
1. “Last Day of Freedom”
2. “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”
3. “The Testimony”
4. “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
5. “Body Team 12”
6. “Chau, beyond the Lines”
7. “50 Feet from Syria”
8. “Minerita”
9. “My Enemy, My Brother”
10. “Starting Point”...
- 12/31/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Last Day of Freedom is a hand-drawn animated documentary which chronicles Bill Babbitt’s relationship with his mentally ill brother, Manny, a Vietnam veteran with Ptsd who was sentenced to the death penalty after murdering a woman. Using a confessional format to tell a compelling story encompassing the treatment of veterans, Ptsd, mental illness, the criminal justice system, racism and family, the film won the Best Short Award at at the International Documentary Association’s Ida Awards Saturday night. Directed by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, Last Day of Freedom has taken top prizes at a number of festivals, including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, where it won the Jury […]...
- 12/8/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Last Day of Freedom is a hand-drawn animated documentary which chronicles Bill Babbitt’s relationship with his mentally ill brother, Manny, a Vietnam veteran with Ptsd who was sentenced to the death penalty after murdering a woman. Using a confessional format to tell a compelling story encompassing the treatment of veterans, Ptsd, mental illness, the criminal justice system, racism and family, the film won the Best Short Award at at the International Documentary Association’s Ida Awards Saturday night. Directed by Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, Last Day of Freedom has taken top prizes at a number of festivals, including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, where it won the Jury […]...
- 12/8/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Watch: Oscar-Shortlisted 'Last Day of Freedom' Is a Searing Study of Our Most Pressing Social Issues
Animated documentary short "Last Day of Freedom," recent winner of the Ida's Best Documentary Short prize and one of ten on the Academy's shortlist in the category, tells the story of Bill Babbitt, who realizes that his brother, Manny, has committed a crime—and must decide whether or not to turn him in. Read More: "Inside the 2015 Ida Documentary Awards (Full Winners List)" It's Bill's soft voice you hear in the stunning trailer (video above) for "Last Day of Freedom," as he personally confronts several of our most pressing social issues, including veterans' affairs, access to mental healthcare, and the need for criminal justice reform. As Manny, a veteran, is charged, convicted, and ultimately faced with the death penalty, "Last Day of Freedom" captures the interwoven personal and political questions at the heart of Babbitt's story. Read More: "Oscar Doc Shortlist Lands with 10 Doc Shorts" U.K.-born co-director Dee.
- 12/8/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Joshua Oppenheimer's searing documentary about the 1960s Indonesian genocide won big at the 31st Annual Ida Documentary Awards trampling down award season favorite "Amy." The Best Short Documentary award went to Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman's "Last Day of Freedom."
Here's the complete list of nominees and winners (highlighted) of the 31st Annual Ida Documentary Awards are:
Best Feature
"Amy"
"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution"
"Listen to Me Marlon"
"The Look of Silence" -- Winner
"The Russian Woodpecker"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Best Short Documentary
"Body Team 12"
"Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah"
"The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul"
"Object"
"Last Day of Freedom" -- Winner
ABC News VideoSource Award
"(T)error"
"Best of Enemies" -- Winner
"Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll"
"Night Will Fall"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Curated Series Award
"30 For 30" (Espn)
"Independent Lens" (Itvs/PBS) -- Winner...
Here's the complete list of nominees and winners (highlighted) of the 31st Annual Ida Documentary Awards are:
Best Feature
"Amy"
"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution"
"Listen to Me Marlon"
"The Look of Silence" -- Winner
"The Russian Woodpecker"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Best Short Documentary
"Body Team 12"
"Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah"
"The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul"
"Object"
"Last Day of Freedom" -- Winner
ABC News VideoSource Award
"(T)error"
"Best of Enemies" -- Winner
"Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll"
"Night Will Fall"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Curated Series Award
"30 For 30" (Espn)
"Independent Lens" (Itvs/PBS) -- Winner...
- 12/7/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Joshua Oppenheimer’s companion piece to The Act Of Killing earned the best feature award at the International Documentary Association’s 2015 Ida Documentary Awards on Saturday night.
The Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Gordon Quinn, the Kartemquin Films founder and artistic director, while Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos collected the Pioneer Award.
The prize was presented “in recognition of the company’s game-changing and unwavering support of creating and showcasing nonfiction programming.”
Kathryn Bigelow awarded Matthew Heineman the Ida’s Courage Under Fire Award for Cartel Land.
Full list of winners:
Career Achievement Award
Gordon Quinn
Pioneer Award
Ted Sarandos
Amicus Award
Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation
Lyric R Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Courage Under Fire Award
Matthew Heineman
Best Feature Award
The Look Of Silence
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Best Short Award
Last Day Of Freedom
Directors:...
The Ida’s Career Achievement Award was presented to Gordon Quinn, the Kartemquin Films founder and artistic director, while Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos collected the Pioneer Award.
The prize was presented “in recognition of the company’s game-changing and unwavering support of creating and showcasing nonfiction programming.”
Kathryn Bigelow awarded Matthew Heineman the Ida’s Courage Under Fire Award for Cartel Land.
Full list of winners:
Career Achievement Award
Gordon Quinn
Pioneer Award
Ted Sarandos
Amicus Award
Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by the Archibald Family Foundation
Lyric R Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Courage Under Fire Award
Matthew Heineman
Best Feature Award
The Look Of Silence
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Best Short Award
Last Day Of Freedom
Directors:...
- 12/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence was named Best Feature tonight at the 2015 Ida Documentary Awards. A followup to Oppenheimer’s Act Of Killing, the new movie explores a man’s journey to locate and confront the men who killed his brother during anti-communist purges in Indonesia. The Look of Silence won the Grand Jury Prize in Venice this year and was acquired by Drafthouse Films and Participant Media just before on the eve of that fest. Last Day Of Freedom…...
- 12/6/2015
- Deadline
If there’s a trio of categories that aren’t given the respect that they deserve (or frankly, any respect at all), it’s the short film categories. Be it Best Animated Short, Best Documentary Short, or Best Live Action Short, they all are mostly ignored by the masses, especially when the first two have feature length cousins in Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary Feature to compete with as well. Still, they deserve to be noticed, so I wanted to quickly list what’s in contention this year. I’ve included the categories in my most recent Oscar prediction update, so there’s that as well. The Academy Awards are the sum total of all the categories, so these have their place, no doubt about that. It’s just a shame that more folks don’t recognize this. Here are the three short subject categories and the remaining contenders...
- 11/24/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The International Documentary Association (Ida) has revealed the nominees for the 2015 Ida Documentary Awards. Winners will be announced at their annual awards gala to be held on Sunday, December 5 at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles.
The nominees of the 31st Annual Ida Documentary Awards are:
Best Feature
"Amy"
"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution"
"Listen to Me Marlon"
"The Look of Silence"
"The Russian Woodpecker"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Best Short Documentary
"Body Team 12"
"Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah"
"The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul"
"Object"
"Last Day of Freedom"
ABC News VideoSource Award
"(T)error"
"Best of Enemies"
"Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll"
"Night Will Fall"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Curated Series Award
"30 For 30" (Espn)
"Independent Lens" (Itvs/PBS)
"Storyville" (BBC)
"America Reframed" (World Channel)
Limited Series Award
"Blood Brothers" (Vara Television)
"Hard Earned" (Al Jazeera, Kartemquin Films)
"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst...
The nominees of the 31st Annual Ida Documentary Awards are:
Best Feature
"Amy"
"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution"
"Listen to Me Marlon"
"The Look of Silence"
"The Russian Woodpecker"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Best Short Documentary
"Body Team 12"
"Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah"
"The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul"
"Object"
"Last Day of Freedom"
ABC News VideoSource Award
"(T)error"
"Best of Enemies"
"Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll"
"Night Will Fall"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
Curated Series Award
"30 For 30" (Espn)
"Independent Lens" (Itvs/PBS)
"Storyville" (BBC)
"America Reframed" (World Channel)
Limited Series Award
"Blood Brothers" (Vara Television)
"Hard Earned" (Al Jazeera, Kartemquin Films)
"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst...
- 11/17/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 88th Academy Awards has been narrowed to 10 films, of which five will earn Oscar nominations.
Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 74 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Body Team 12,” Ryot Films and Vulcan Productions
“Chau, beyond the Lines,” Cynasty Films
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” Jet Black Iris America
“50 Feet from Syria,” Spin Film
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” Soc Films
“Last Day of Freedom,” Living Condition
“Minerita,” Kanaki Films
“My Enemy, My Brother,” Fathom Film Group
“Starting Point,” Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association
“The Testimony,” Atria Film in association with Escape Artists
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday,...
Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 74 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Body Team 12,” Ryot Films and Vulcan Productions
“Chau, beyond the Lines,” Cynasty Films
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” Jet Black Iris America
“50 Feet from Syria,” Spin Film
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” Soc Films
“Last Day of Freedom,” Living Condition
“Minerita,” Kanaki Films
“My Enemy, My Brother,” Fathom Film Group
“Starting Point,” Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association
“The Testimony,” Atria Film in association with Escape Artists
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday,...
- 10/26/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A screening committee drawn from documentary branch members has winnowed a field of 74 entries down to 10 semi-finalists for the Best Documentary Short Oscar using an averaged scoring system. This marks an increase from the eight it has been in the past. (See the full list below.) All members of the branch can take part in the second round which kicks off on Dec. 30 and will be done by preferential voting. Five nominees will be announced along with the rest of the Academy Award contenders on Jan. 14. All members of the academy will receive DVDs of these nominees and can vote for the winner. -Break- “Body Team 12" “Chau, beyond the Line" “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah" “50 Feet from Syria" “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" “Last Day of Freedom" “Minerita" “My Enemy, My Brother" “Starting Point" “The Testimony&quo..."...
- 10/26/2015
- Gold Derby
Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 74 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation. Five will earn Oscar nominations on Thursday, January 14, 2016. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Body Team 12,” Ryot Films and Vulcan Productions“Chau, beyond the Lines,” Cynasty Films“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” Jet Black Iris America“50 Feet from Syria,” Spin Film“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” Soc Films“Last Day of Freedom,” Living Condition“Minerita,” Kanaki Films“My Enemy, My Brother,” Fathom Film Group“Starting Point,” Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association“The Testimony,” Atria Film in association with Escape Artists The 88th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.
- 10/26/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“Body Team 12,” Ryot Films and Vulcan Productions “Chau, beyond the Lines,” Cynasty Films “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” Jet Black Iris America “50 Feet from Syria,” Spin Film “A...
- 10/26/2015
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Plus… Academy announces shortlist of 10 documentary shorts and The Hornet’s Nest collaborators launch distribution alliance.
FilmBuff has licensed worldwide rights to Lesley Chilcott’s Codegirl (pictured), which follows Technovation, a competition in which high school girls from around the world have three months to design an app to solve a problem in their community.
The film will open theatrically in the Us on November 1 and become available on all major VOD platforms from November 6.
The distributor has also picked up Us rights to TransFatty Lives, Patrick O’Brien’s Als documentary that won this year’s Tribeca audience award.
The film will open theatrically and on VOD on November 20.
Anderson Media Corporation CEO Charlie Anderson and executive producer Mike Camello have formed producer-distributor Charlie Mike Productions.
The parties have signed a deal to fund the in-production military titles Citizen Soldier and Danger Close from The Hornet’s Nest producer Strong Eagle Media.
Alchemy, which...
FilmBuff has licensed worldwide rights to Lesley Chilcott’s Codegirl (pictured), which follows Technovation, a competition in which high school girls from around the world have three months to design an app to solve a problem in their community.
The film will open theatrically in the Us on November 1 and become available on all major VOD platforms from November 6.
The distributor has also picked up Us rights to TransFatty Lives, Patrick O’Brien’s Als documentary that won this year’s Tribeca audience award.
The film will open theatrically and on VOD on November 20.
Anderson Media Corporation CEO Charlie Anderson and executive producer Mike Camello have formed producer-distributor Charlie Mike Productions.
The parties have signed a deal to fund the in-production military titles Citizen Soldier and Danger Close from The Hornet’s Nest producer Strong Eagle Media.
Alchemy, which...
- 10/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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