Tag: The Farewell
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Academy delivers broadly conservative selection of nominees
No female director made it on to Monday’s list.The Academy produced a fairly conservative list of nominees on Monday, and by ’conservative’, that means white and male in the general categories, with the odd sprinkling of well-liked talent from other quarters.Nine films compete for the best picture Oscar and all the heavyweights are there, although…
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Backlash Grows as Oscars Snub Women Directors Yet Again
Hollywood’s outcry is growing over Oscar nominations in the best director category, which again ignored women filmmakers on Monday. Instead of recognizing Greta Gerwig for “Little Women,” Lulu Wang for “The Farewell,” or Marielle Heller for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opted to honor five male…
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Women in Film La blast lack of female Oscar directing nominees
Kathryn Bigelow remains only women ever to win the award.Women in Film La has lambasted the historical lack of female representation in the Academy’s best director Oscar category after no woman earned a nomination in Monday’s (January 13) selections.Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Greta Gerwig (Little Women) and Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood)…
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5 Reasons Why Jennifer Lopez’s Oscar Snub Is Bad for the Academy Awards
After a year at the movies that broke so many barriers for women and diverse filmmakers, the Oscar nominations on Monday morning felt in some ways like they were still stuck in the past. And the Academy, which has been slow to embrace change, missed multiple opportunities to celebrate truly deserving artists while also making…
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Academy delivers largely conservative selection of nominees
No female director made it on to Monday’s list.The Academy produced a fairly conservative list of nominees on Monday, and by ’conservative’, that means white and male in the general categories, with the odd sprinkling of well-liked talent from other quarters.Nine films compete for the best picture Oscar and all the heavyweights are there, although…
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‘Little Women’ Oscar Nominees Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh Speak Out on Gerwig Director Snub
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nominated “Little Women” for six Oscars, and yet Greta Gerwig was shut out of the Best Director race despite the Academy believing her movie has some of the best writing and acting of the year. “Little Women” picked up noms for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress…
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Oscar Nominations 2020: Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From Greta Gerwig to ‘Klaus’ (Photos)
Hollywood awards gurus have gotten Oscar prognostication down almost to a science. But that doesn’t mean that the Academy doesn’t throw us a curveball every year. Here are the nominations that were the biggest surprises, and the snubs that burned the most.Snub: Greta Gerwig, “Little Women” (Best Director) — The Academy failed to nominate any…
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China Box Office: ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Richard Jewell’ Fail to Unseat Local Holdovers
Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” and Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” both flopped in China with dismal $261,000 and $212,000 opening weekends, respectively, according to data from Maoyan.Although “The Farewell” was distributed directly by Maoyan, one of China’s biggest online ticketing platforms, the critical darling made a paltry $78,000 on opening day Friday. Screenings were on average…
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Academy Awards Barely Escape a Reprise of #OscarsSoWhite
Until Issa Rae and John Cho announced “Harriet” star Cynthia Erivo as a nominee for best actress for the 92nd Academy Awards, it was looking increasingly likely that the Oscars were heading for a repeat of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that drove the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences four years ago to aggressively begin…
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27 Great Movies Completely Rejected by the Oscars in 2020
The nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards have been announced, and movies such as Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” Sam Mendes’ “1917,” Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” all walked away with multiple nominations as expected. As is the case every Oscar season, a handful of…