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Adam Ramos, Charlie Kenney, Nora McGreevy, Matthew Munhall and Owen Lane | Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Best Acceptance Speech — Frances McDormand (Best Actress) By Adam Ramos, Scene Editor In an award show focused on brevity (the shortest acceptance speech earned a new jet ski), Frances McDormand still managed to deliver an electric moment upon accepting her award for Best Actress. McDormand, accepting the award for the second time after winning
R.J. Stempak | Friday, September 22, 2017
I got around to watching “Moonlight” at the end of the summer, just before returning to school. The 2016 Best Picture perfectly executed what I hope to find in every film I watch: specificity. If you haven’t seen it, “Moonlight” is a fascinating look into the coming of age of a gay black man named
Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, February 28, 2017
We can all identify at least one thing that surprised us about the 89th Academy Awards. It’s hard to be alive in the United States with functional Internet access and not possess at least an inkling of Sunday night’s dramatics: mayhem, Steve Harvey memes, justified anger, public statements of apology, awkward celebrity interviews and the New
Sam Fentress | Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Resting next to “Creed” and “Steve Jobs” on this year’s shelf of Academy snubs — in some cases, complete misses — is David O. Russell’s “Joy,” the vibrant, spry comedy that found unstable critical ground in its one-month run. David O. Russell directed “Joy,” but perhaps I should correct myself: “Joy” belongs wholeheartedly to Jennifer
Miko Malabute | Thursday, February 19, 2015
This Sunday, the 87th Academy Awards will reveal the year’s most brilliant pictures, celebrate the most heart-warming soundtracks and scores, commend the best directors, actors and actresses and coronate every other superlative in the movie business for their work and talent. Naturally, I looked to see what the “odds” (or “bets,” as presented by Las Vegas)