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One of this year's Oscar nominees, "Do Not Split," is a documentary about the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. But residents of Hong Kong who participated in

By MARK VIOLA My plan last weekend was to watch an Oscar-nominated film, and I ultimately did, although not one of the Best Picture nominees. Instead, I watched the 35-minute “Do Not Split,” nominated for Best Documentary Short. The film, which documents the protests that overtook Hong Kong in mid 2019 and continued until the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, has made quite a bit of news lately after it was reported that China will not air this weekend’s Academy Awards live due, at least i...

The Oscars: who should win, who will, who shouldn’t be here, who ought to be Ty Burr © Provided by The Boston Globe Oscar statuettes lined up and ready to go — but to whom? With the 93d Academy Awards on Sunday night, we officially crawl to the finish line of the longest Oscar season in recorded history, stretched like Silly Putty by pandemic but studded with small and welcome surprises. The major studios kept their 2020 Oscar hopefuls on the shelf — “In the Heights,�...

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POLITICO Get the POLITICO China Watcher newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 04/22/2021 08:35 AM EDT Welcome, China Watchers. This week’s guest host is Cobus van Staden, a senior analyst focusing on China-Afric...

Sound of Metal +10000   After winning the Golden Globe for Best Picture Drama as a -180 favorite, Nomadland has vaulted up the oddsboard to become a -600 favorite in Oscar odds to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.  The film stars Frances McDormand as a widow who travels across the United States after losing her job and meets people in similar struggling circumstances.  The movie has been universally acclaimed by film critics and seems like a runaway train to take the golden statue.   ...

HONG KONG — The decision in Hong Kong not to air this year’s Oscars has only brought more global attention to its struggle for democracy, said the director of…

When Respawn Entertainment and Oculus Studio created 2020’s Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond it wasn’t just a wall-to-wall WWII first-person shooter, the studios wanted to honour those that fought by helping to create several short documentaries. One of those was Colette, which has received an Oscar nomination. If you’ve not played the videogame, this week sees the arrival of Colette on Oculus TV so you don’t need to. Directed by filmmaker Anthony Giacchino and producer Alice Doyard...

When asked to describe the Hong Kong protests, I always mention the tear gas, which, along with thousands of other people, I had the misfortune of choking on. The amount used by Hong Kong police was unprecedented in my many years covering and participating in protests. But people adapted. In the Mongkok district one night in November 2019, as hundreds of police loaded their guns with tear gas canisters for use on peaceful protestors, street vendors wearily pulled on gas masks. I saw someone lay...

Heres whats playing — April 16 - 22 — at in-person and virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of the film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. BETTER DAYS (NR) Chen Nian has been single-mindedly preparing for China’s two-day national college entrance exam, which not only determines where and if she gets to study but also the fate of h...