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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.   The competition in the Best Picture category for 2020 doesn’t seem as overwhelming as in years pas...

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, Colette follows one of the last surviving members of the French resistance, 92-year-old Colette M...

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 laying on the sidewalk wearing only shorts, a blanket, and a gas mask. It’s hard to convey in words t...

Here's what's 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 her entire family. Following the suicide of her classmate, Chen Nian suddenly finds herself the new...