Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Animated Feature
...status quo. Each movie is visually unique, and all contenders are stunning and complex pieces of storytelling. Kubo and the Two Strings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4-6qJzeb3A Mixing the painstaking art of stop motion and cutting...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Documentary Feature
...seem to grow more profound each day. Life, Animated, tells the story of a boy silenced by autism who reconnects with the world around him through Disney movies. A reflection on one...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Original Song
...of the world. Already something of a national obsession, City of Stars is certainly the category’s front-runner. Emma Stone’s solo song Audition is also in the running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZAw8qxn0ZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBUXcNTjviI Piano ballad The...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Production Design
...is what we would consider Oscar-worthy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vso5o11LuGU The Wizarding World has captivated audiences for eight films and it’s easy to see the appeal. Beautiful scenery, breathtaking creatures, and of course, an abundance...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Sound Editing & Sound Mixing
...the battles believable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX193z7vE78 Musicals always have an added element of highlighting the songs in a way that progresses the plot and La La Land rises to the challenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZAw8qxn0ZE Deepwater Horizon...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Actress in a Supporting Role
...grown into a man who has nearly cut himself off from his own feelings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90LsAY8Z_x0 Nicole Kidman — Lion Kidman’s tender performance as Sue Brierley (based on a real woman) gives Lion...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Actress in a Leading Role
...astonishing. Reacting to the intruder’s violation with a mysterious detachment rather than fury, Huppert delivers the year’s most curious, confounding performance. She’s at the very top of her game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM96ne-XiH0 Ruth Negga...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Adapted Screenplay
...Fences rarely leaves the Maxon’s small house, the film gives these masterful actors the room to fully embody Wilson’s world. Hidden Figures—Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wfrDhgUMGI “I mean this one, as...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Actor in a Supporting Role
...way he dresses and behaves that Juan has never strayed from far his heart. The same can be said of his affect on the viewer. Ali should take home the statue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ORxqGmYUY...
Know Your 2017 Oscar Nominees: Cinematography
...says in the below featurette, “Bradford really is a master of light.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw-utFAnnDE Linus Sandgren — La La Land Many of your Oscars prognosticators are predicting that Sandgren’s bold, immersive work in Damien...