Laundry, taxes and googly eyes: frontrunners for the Oscars
The film Everything, Everywhere All at Once received 11 Oscar nominations, making the film the frontrunner for the…
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Cynically ranking the 2022 Oscars Best Original Song nominees
It’s the same thing every year. The best original songs aren’t ever original and the winners never deserve…
What the Academy’s new eligibility standards say about Hollywood
This attempt to inspire inclusivity doesn’t strike the root of the diversity problem On Sept. 8, 2020, the…
What BTS’s “Dynamite” says about the American Music Industry
Will the success of these global superstars help bring change to a fundamentally xenophobic industry? After seven years…
What the Oscars diversity issue says about Hollywood and its moviegoers
So, you’ve likely heard the news about the Oscars. There were no female directors nominated and only one…
Oscars (still) so white (and male)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is trying to save itself from another #OscarsSoWhite fiasco that’s…
Our predictions for Best Picture
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Phantom Thread are this year’s frontrunners The time has come to catch…
The irrelevance of the best picture winner
Not winning a Best Picture at The Oscars is inconsequential in the long run Last week’s Oscar ceremony…
Oscars predictions: Who will bring home the gold?
The Concordian’s film critic-in-residence gives his two cents about the upcoming Academy Awards If you’re like me, there…
Swept under the red carpet
When it comes to scandals and sexual assaults, mum’s the word at the Academy Awards Awards season is…
Another year, another round of predictions
He got them all right last year—how will Elijah fare in 2015? Well, folks, another year has gone…
Society’s love affair with the Academy Awards
The Oscars aren’t just glitz and glam: they’re validating Awards season is upon us, and you know what…