Tag: Parasite
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Pre-Oscar Awards Scorecard: ‘Parasite’ Won the Most, but ‘1917’ Won the Big Ones
The Hollywood guilds and professional organizations have for the most part finished handing out their awards for the films of 2019, with “Parasite” and “1917” emerging as the year’s big winners.Bong Joon Ho’s Korean-language black comedy won the most guild awards, five, but Sam Mendes’ World War I drama won four, including two of the…
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Oscars Box Office: ‘Parasite’ Feasts on Younger Moviegoers
Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar contender Parasite continues to feed on impressive numbers as it widens its reach at the U.S. box office in advance of the Feb. 9 Academy Awards ceremony, where it will compete for the best picture prize.Through Feb. 2, the genre-bending thriller’s domestic gross rested at $33.2 million, one of the best…
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WGA Awards: ‘Parasite,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ HBO Among Top Winners (Full List)
The Writers Guild of America handed out its top awards of the year in concurrent ceremonies on both the East and West Coasts on Saturday night, with big winners including “Parasite” and “Jojo Rabbit” on the film side and “Succession” and “Barry” in TV.Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won took home the award for…
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‘Parasite’ wins WGA original screenplay prize in Us
Taika Waititi honoured in adapted screenplay category for JoJo Rabbit.The sense that something big is brewing for Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed South Korean dark comedy Parasite intensified after it won the Writers Guild of America’s best original screenplay award on Saturday night (February 1).To add to the best ensemble win at the recent Screen Actors…
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‘Parasite,’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’ & ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Among 2020 Art Directors Guild Awards Winners
The Art Directors Guild handed out the 2020 Adg Awards on Saturday night and whether they had any real influence on the upcoming Oscars remains to be seen. The guild has three different film categories and this year’s winners were Barbara Ling for “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” (Period Film), Charles Wood for “Avengers:…
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Art Directors Guild Awards: ‘Parasite, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Take Top Honors
Oscar nominees “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite” were the big winners Saturday night at the 24th annual Art Directors Guild Awards (held at The InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown). Barbara Ling’s elegiac recreation of 1969 Hollywood beat Dennis Gassner’s innovative period work on Sam Mendes’ one-shot, World War I extravaganza “1917” for the…
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WGA Awards: Complete Winners List (Updating Live)
The Writers Guild of America will hand out its top awards of the year in concurrent ceremonies on both the East and West Coasts on Saturday night.“Parasite” won the award for original screenplay for “Parasite,” winning out over nominees such as Noah Baumbach for “Marriage Story.” Bong expressed his gratitude to WGA members for reading…
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Writers Guild Awards 2020 Winners: The Complete List (Updating Live)
The Writers Guild of America Awards is just getting underway at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. This year’s host at the celebration of the best in film, TV, online, and radio writing is “Saturday Night Live” alum Ana Gasteyer.With a week to go before the Oscars, four Best Original Screenplay nominees are also up…
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‘Parasite’ Crosses $30 Million, Becomes Neon’s Top Box Office Grosser
“Parasite” has now become the highest grossing release ever for U.S. distributor Neon, grossing $2 million in its 16th weekend in release to bring its total to $30.9 million.Founded in 2017 by Tom Quinn and Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League, Neon’s first claim to fame was the Tonya Harding biopic “I, Tonya,” which won Allison…
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‘Kajillionaire’ Review: Evan Rachel Wood Elevates Miranda July’s Quirky Con Story
Stories about con artist families speak to desperate times, and we’re apparently living through them, because each of the last three years have brought new cinematic entries to the genre. First came Hirokazu Kore-eda’s delicate “Shoplifters,” followed by Bong Joon Ho’s zany “Parasite,” both of which centered on offspring wondering if their family values might…