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Close Steven Prescod and Robert Taronga (a blind and deaf actor) in the Oscar-nominated short film “Feeling Through.” Courtesy photo By Alice Reese Herald-Banner Contributor Apr 24, 2021 5 hrs ago Steven Prescod and Robert Taronga (a blind and deaf actor) in the Oscar-nominated short film “Feeling Through.” Courtesy photo The following excellent short films are nominated for Oscars at the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony scheduled for Sunday, April 25. FEELING THROUGH (Live Action Short) Tareek (Steven Pres...

Oscars 2021: Best Live-Action Short Film Nominees Reviewed Shaun Munro reviews 2021’s Oscar-nominated live-action short films… We’re right on the eve of the 93rd Academy Awards, and in an attempt to foreground the typically under-discussed short film categories, this review series tackles each of the three fields – Animated, Live-Action, and Documentary. True to form, this year’s batch of live-action nominees offer hard-hitting depictions of urgent social issues from around the globe, presenting an appealingly diverse array of subjects in the process. Despite the potential for grimn...

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...

Has a Best Picture race ever felt like such a done deal? Even in years where there's been an obvious frontrunner, there was still some room for surprise come Oscars night. That doesn't 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 Zhao's resilient road movie became the first film to ever win both Venice's Golden Lion Award and the Toronto International Film Festival's People's Choice Award, the latter heralding it as one to watch come awards season...

NEXT WEEK – APRIL 20th – TUESDAY SCREENINGS RETURN Plus, tickets on sale now for next week's return of Premium Member Tuesday.  Catch Michelle Pfeiffer's acclaimed turn in "French Exit" on 4/20.  There will also be a special screening of "Dazed and Confused"—also with a new post-film onscreen cast reunion (FYI: 4/20 is cannabis culture slang for marijuana and also refers to cannabis-oriented celebrations that take place annually on April 20. The 18 Arclight and Pacific theaters represented about 200 screens — as well as countless premieres, chance encounters, and the belief that the...