oscars 2017

The adjective that often comes up when discussing the movies of Asghar Farhadi is human. Between his subtle direction, the masterful turns he mines from his frequent acting collaborators and the three-dimensional characters he writes –…

I know, I know, we've been neglecting you, and we're still undecided as to the overall direction of this podcast, but we just had to make an episode for Oscars 2017, so here we are. If you listened to our InHouse Oscar podcast from last…

*Contains mild plot details* Describing what happens in Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight is like trying to recount a dream: you can relate the events which transpired but they’re not really what made an impression in the first place. After the…

One hates to start a review on such a churlish note, but none the less I feel it’s necessary to do so. It’s very interesting that Mel Gibson’s return to the Hollywood fold comes at a time when anti-Semitism, what with Trump’s major-domo…

With the Oscars nominations out tomorrow morning, Mark Conroy takes a look at who he thinks will win what, and why, in all the big categories: Best Picture What will win: Moonlight In the year following the #OSCARSSOWHITE…

As my colleague Adam Duke noted in his excellent review of The Light Between the Oceans, it’s that time of year where the Academy Awards are on the mind of every film fan, whether they like it or not. During this period, studios begin…