my picks for tonight’s 91st Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2018’s films) (winners indicated)
I correctly guessed 9 out of the 24 categories, which is appalling. I shall be in my corner reprimanding myself.
Roma
a running tally of all the artists and intellectuals hassled by border agents or actually kept out of America under Trump
And now it’s Jorge Antonio Guerrero, who costars in Roma, who can’t get a visa to attend the Oscars…
AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced
Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).
OFCS 2018 awards winners announced
Roma wins four awards including Best Picture; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is Best Animated Feature.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Nov 29
Sarah Silverman gives voice to a videogame character on an adventure; Shay Mitchell is a cop investigating a possessed corpse; more…
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Nov 21
Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz in the midst of high intrigue in the court of Queen Anne; Alba August portrays Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren; more…
Gypsy Caravan, When the Road Bends (review)
I keep thinking of Pete, the diner owner in *The Muppets Take Manhattan,* and his little speech to Kermit about how ‘peoples is peoples.’ Is true, no?
