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Has a Best Picture race ever felt like such a done deal? Even in years where theres been an obvious frontrunner, there was still some room for surprise come Oscars night. That doesnt seem to be the case this year, where Nomadland is so primed to win that if any other film were read off, we would say, " Why do they keep letting Warren Beatty present Best Picture?!" Chloé Zhaos resilient road movie became the first film to ever win both Venices Golden Lion Award and the Toronto International F...

Academy Award Nominated Short Film Features First Deaf-Blind Actor “Feeling Through” is a great feel-good movie and the documentary of the making of the film is even better — view both!   I’m haunted by the way I behaved the first time I came into close proximity with a Deaf-Blind person. It was in the lobby of the student union building at Gallaudet University — the famous liberal arts school for the Deaf in Washington, DC. At the time, my Deaf daughter Miranda was a student there. ...

SHORTS TV As we prepare for the upcoming Academy Awards, one category—or, to be precise, three categories that are easy to gloss over are the short films. This is because most of us simply haven’t seen or even heard of them. SHORTS TV has made a laudable effort to change this, and the 2 021 Oscar Nominated Shorts can be viewed in theaters and online—mostly online this year, if we are being honest. As a filmmaker in addition to being a film critic, I’m most prolific in the area of makin...

Oscar Shorts 2021 run the gamut from maudlin to magnificent The 15 nominated shorts offer everything from vivid cartoons to complex metaphors and shattering stories of lost lives by Norman Wilner on April 7th, 2021 at 8:00 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4 Oscar Shorts 2021 Available to stream at VIFF Connect until April 29 Remember last year, when passing an Oscar pool around the office was a completely normal thing? The 2020 Academy Awards ceremony was one of the very last normal events of the before-ti...

The 2021 Oscar-nominated shorts: 15 films examine lifes many conditions Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times (TNS) The 15 short-film Oscar nominees — live action, documentaries and animation — show that the format is alive and well, showcasing a wide range of topics, tones and approaches — and highlighting a trend in documentaries toward more daring cinematic style and extreme subjectivity. The Appell Center for the Performing Arts, 50 N. George St., will host screenings of the Oscar-nominat...

Print The 15 short-film Oscar nominees — live action, documentaries and animation — show that the format is alive and well, showcasing a wide range of topics, tones and approaches — and highlighting a trend in documentaries toward more daring cinematic style and extreme subjectivity. For information on viewing them, go to shorts.tv/theoscarshorts. Here’s a quick look at each. Animation “Burrow”: A Pixar SparkShort about a rabbit embarrassed by her humble ambitions for her home when ...

Burrow (USA, 6 minutes) Director: Madeline Sharafian.  In perhaps the quaintest of the five animated shorts, a female rabbit digs for new digs only to repeatedly find herself invading the space of other burrowing creatures. This process continues until she learns going it alone isn’t nearly as fun and rewarding as joining together to form a community. What Sharafian, an artist on the Oscar-winning “Coco,” lacks in imagination is handsomely compensated by superior animation techniques and...

Uptown Magazine Mar 5, 2021 Check out the trailers and teasers for the films, miniseries, and shows landing on TV and streaming platforms this March. This month is shaping up to be a delight when it comes to viewing entertainment. A few documentaries and miniseries will tell the stories of Tina Turner, Greenleaf creator Craig Wright, Delilah, premieres on OWN. And we can’t forget about Coming 2 America, which hit Amazon Prime Video today. Here’s what to stream and watch in March 2021. G...