Critics’ Influence on the Oscars
Kevin Spacey, Mena Suvari in American Beauty
Critics and Awards Season: Part I
It’s too bad that U.S. film critics have such short memories — see Jack Mathews‘ top comment in the previous page — as Once is the type of small, foreign film that needs year-end critics’ awards so Academy members can a) become aware of its existence b) check it out. Here’s wondering if voting "compromises," as mentioned by Mathews in his second comment, ended up leaving Once almost totally shut out of the myriad U.S. critics’ lists.
Both Stephen Witty’s and Scott Foundas‘ articles are well worth a read. I do, however, disagree with Foundas’ statement that the Oscar’s "golden luster" has been badly tarnished in recent years. After all, [...]
by Andre Soares | December 31, 2007
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Tags: Academy Awards, American Beauty, Critics Choices, Film Awards, Gordon Pinsent, Once, Patrick Goldstein, Scott Foundas, Vera Farmiga
Critics and Awards Season
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova in Once
Jack Mathews‘ "Next Up in Oscar Race: Voters Who Matter" in the New York Daily News:
"It’s been fun watching the evolution of the awards, as critics’ groups narrowed the field with their collective awards while breaking the hearts of many of the individual members. Movies that will end up on many top 10 lists didn’t even get a nod of collective approval. When the small Irish musical Once opened in May, it received almost universal praise and with an 88 (out of 100) score on the review collating site metacritic.com, it’s the year’s third best-reviewed film. Only No Country for Old Men and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly rank higher, yet Once is completely [...]
by Andre Soares | December 31, 2007
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Tags: Critics Choices, Film Awards, Glen Hansard, Jack Matthews, Once, Patrick Goldstein, Scott Feinberg, Scott Foundas, Stephen Witty
