By Terence Johnson
Managing Editor
When the Oscars roll around on March 2 one of the winners we could possibly have another film centered around the Holocaust taking home an Oscar prize. The Lady in Number 6, currently up for Documentary Short, has been making some waves and announced itself as one of the frontrunners for the Oscar.
Looking over the history of the Academy, films that cover WWII or the Holocaust are like catnip to Oscar voters. Almost an eigth of the films awarded Best Picture have dealt in some way with that period in history and many more have won major awards. Think about how The Pianist almost upset Chicago in 2002 or Schindler’s List‘s dominated awards run in 1993 and one can see that when a movie with this subject matter is good that awards usually follow. So with The Lady in Number 6 in competition it’ll...
Managing Editor
When the Oscars roll around on March 2 one of the winners we could possibly have another film centered around the Holocaust taking home an Oscar prize. The Lady in Number 6, currently up for Documentary Short, has been making some waves and announced itself as one of the frontrunners for the Oscar.
Looking over the history of the Academy, films that cover WWII or the Holocaust are like catnip to Oscar voters. Almost an eigth of the films awarded Best Picture have dealt in some way with that period in history and many more have won major awards. Think about how The Pianist almost upset Chicago in 2002 or Schindler’s List‘s dominated awards run in 1993 and one can see that when a movie with this subject matter is good that awards usually follow. So with The Lady in Number 6 in competition it’ll...
- 2/22/2014
- by Terence Johnson
- Scott Feinberg
Looking back over the year at what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2013—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2013 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were given the option to write some text explaining their 2013 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How...
All the contributors were given the option to write some text explaining their 2013 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How...
- 1/13/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
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