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The 2022 Oscar season is underway, and despite the Academy’s offensively stupid decision to present eight of the categories before the ceremony and then awkwardly edit them in later, there are still plenty of good films nominated. Great international films … Continue reading Review: 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
ColetteDirected by Anthony GiacchinoFrance, 25mAvailable on YouTube for free here “Once I cross into Germany, I won’t ever be the same.” Colette, a 90-year-old former member of the French Resistance during WWII, says these words before making her first-ever journey … Continue reading Review: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films (Documentary)
Hello, all! Instead of writing about singing cowboys this week, which you can find here, I’ll be writing about the Oscar-nominated short films. I already covered the animated shorts here, and I’ll be covering the documentary shorts on Friday. Right … Continue reading Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Live Action)
Hello everyone! Awards season is upon us, and when I’m not writing about singing cowboys, I’m catching up with some of the films you may have missed, particularly the ones nominated for Oscars. The short films have been available to … Continue reading Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Animated)
Here’s the final batch of Oscar Nominated Short Films after the documentary and live action batches earlier this week. Sure, the live action nominees were an embarrassing lot, but the animated films are always a better and more enjoyable collection. There’s more … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Animated (2019)
It’s time for the next batch of Oscar Nominated Short Films after yesterday’s lot of documentary titles. The live action shorts are always my least favorite of the three by a considerable margin. The films are always such a dour … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action (2019)
Welcome back to another year of coverage of the Oscar Nominated Short Films. Unlike last year, I was actually able to see the documentary package in theaters and it will serve as our lead off (the other two will come … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Documentary (2019)
I already took a look at the animated and live action nominees for Best Short Film at this weekend’s Academy Awards so let’s finish it up with those in the category of Best Documentary (Short Subject). Unlike those which I was able … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Documentary (2018)
Now that we have the levity of the animated short films out of the way, it’s time for a bunch of serious films about serious issues. Seriously, four of these five films are exactly that, just as it is every year. … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action (2018)
Unless one goes viral, shorts rarely get any mainstream attention. They also rarely wind up even shown to most audiences unless they are attached to another movie and usually that film is from Pixar. For a select few though, an … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Oscar Nominated Shorts – Animated (2018)
“Dying is one of my least favorite things to do” Short films, even when they breakthrough to viral status, never achieve the kind of attention that feature length films do. With the exception of Pixar and the rare other example, … Continue reading Movie Reviews: World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts (2017)
Hey there! As a sort of trial run post for me, I thought I’d shine a light onto one of my favorite short films of the past few years. It’s about an astronaut, or at least most of an astronaut. … Continue reading Movies: Somewhere, our limbs lost in the distance.
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