With the school offering instruction in every aspect of filmmaking, SCAD makes a serious case that Atlanta is the ‘Hollywood of the South.’ By Allison Joyner Some of the films nominated for Oscars this year were touched by the artistry of graduates from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). “Top Gun: Maverick,” “The […]
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Eleanor Ringel predicts who will win Oscars on March 27
Whose turn is it this year? A few weeks ago, I would’ve leaned heavily toward “The Power of the Dog,” a film that’s easier to admire than love. But now entities like the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America have weighed in.
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Eleanor’s 2022 Oscar ruminations and predictions
So here we are with the nominees for the Academy Awards. True, there have been distractions since they were announced last week. Super Bowl LVI. Valentine’s Day. Ukraine (Yes? No? Maybe?) And something about Donald Trump flushing documents down the toilet. Why didn’t Richard Nixon think of that?
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A sign of normalcy – Oscar picks (and snubs) for 2020 movies
By Eleanor Ringel Cater Since the world turned upside down in 2020, it perhaps makes some sort of oddball sense that we look to traditions like award shows to give us an illusion of balance. But with theaters shut down for much of the year, nobody knows exactly what to expect from the granddaddy of […]
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Oscars: Why ‘Star Wars’ was snubbed is a mystery
Oscar announcements are fun. And frustrating. Maybe that’s why ruminating on who got snubbed and who got lucky can be even more fun.
Soooo, let’s take a look.
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Predicting Sunday’s Oscar winners — who should win and who will win
I don’t even watch the whole Oscar show anymore (Feb. 24). Yet, as I wrote in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, I can’t break my addiction to trying to predict the top 6 categories.
I once had a boss/colleague who was either so obsessed with the Academy Awards or so competitive that he would insist on predicting every single category. Sorry, I just have no idea who deserves best sound editing. Nor, I’m afraid, do I much care.
Yeah, I’m a shallow Philistine who much prefers to stick to the top six groups, i.e., Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress.
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ – Kathryn Bigelow goes straight for the jugular
Kathryn Bigelow doesn’t fool around.
She never has. Think of the tense and ultimately explosive opening of “The Hurt Locker.” Or the fatal pick-up outside a bar in her vampire-cum-biker flick, “Near Dark.”
In her Oscar-nominated movie, “Zero Dark Thirty,” she goes straight for the jugular. The screen is black and on the soundtrack we hear a building babble of voices, which — it’s almost immediately clear — are real-life phone calls made from those trapped in the World Trade Center on 9/11.
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Golden Globes: ‘Oscar’s younger, dumber, prettier sibling’ is more fun
The Golden Globes, Oscar’s younger, dumber and prettier sibling, threw a nice little monkey wrench into the eternal question: who will win what on Oscar Night.
Well, it’s eternal for movie critics and for pundits in general who suddenly morph into movie critics around Oscar time. I think I read what Bill O’Reilly was picking a few years ago.
The Golden Globes began as a joke: a doling out of awards by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a somewhat dubious group made up of somewhat dubious people. Well, dubious in the implication that they make their living writing about movies. A lot of them have other real jobs, but moonlight as movie reviewers.
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Eleanor’s Oscar predictions: ‘Artist’ may win Best Picture; Hoping ‘Hugo’ will win
Note to Readers: This column was written and posted before Sunday night’s Oscars. Eleanor only missed one prediction — Meryl Streep did win best actress. Maria
What can I say about the Academy Awards that hasn’t already been said?
Perhaps this: I have been watching the televised Oscar show as part of my job description for well over 30 years. I’ve noticed these differences.
– The Red Carpet has basically become more important than who wins what. One hears “Who are you wearing” more often than “And the winner is…”
