Friday, May 9, 2025

Chasing the Gold: Awards Analysis

Chasing the Gold FYC: ‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’ – Production Design

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed shortlists for nine Oscar categories on February 9th, I was pleased to see three mentions for David E. Talbert’s holiday-themed musical, Jingle...

Chasing the Gold FYC: Chadwick Boseman, Best Actor – ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

Few times has a celebrity death hit me quite like that of Chadwick Boseman. The fact that it came in a year that contained countless other griefs both large and small did...

Chasing the Gold: 2021 Oscar Predictions – New Year, Same Oscar Race

2020 is gone. We rang in a new year this time last week and with that, we look to the new possibilities 2021 can provide everyone around the world. One thing the...

Chasing the Gold FYC: Mads Mikkelsen, Best Actor – ‘Another Round’

We have just come off a year when international films were finally accepted outside of their own category this awards season. Not only were people talking about the likes of Portrait of...

Chasing the Gold FYC: Paul Raci, Best Supporting Actor – ‘Sound of Metal’

When it played at film festivals this fall, Darius Marder’s directorial debut Sound of Metal received raves for its sound design, direction, script, and especially the lead performance from Riz Ahmed. Another...

Chasing the Gold FYC: Maria Bakalova, Best Actress – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

2020 has been a helluva year for many reasons that I don’t even need to state here in this piece but at the end of this brown cloud of a year was...

Chasing the Gold: Best Cinematography Analysis (2021)

If there is any below-the-line category that I personally love, it is Best Cinematography. Unlike most other categories, this is the one that feels like it takes risks and picks more artistic...

Chasing the Gold: Best Adapted Screenplay Analysis (2021)

It seems like every year there are fewer choices for the Adapted Screenplay category. Whilst I admire the Academy for going bold and supporting original filmmaking, it does make this category hard...

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