May. It's a Wrap
Monday, May 31, 2021 at 11:00PM Well, that went quick. And yet time also isn't moving. Somehow the Oscars were only 36 days ago! Isn't that nuts? But in case you've been in and out of this joint this month when we haven't been as prolific (we're always a bit fatigued the month after the Oscars) here are some posts you might have missed...
a dozen highlights
• Toni Collette - is one Oscar nom all it will ever be?
• Back to the movies - Lynn Lee sees Gunda as her first trip back to the cinema
• Postman Rings Four Times - a quartet of The Postman Always Rings Twice films
• Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot - one of the great child performances
• Emmy Watch: Best Comedy Series - it'll be a mostly freshman competition
• On the Globes cancellation - Hollywood hypocrisy and what it could mean going forward
• Yes No Maybe So - teasing Dear Evan Hansen, Stillwater, and more...
• A Dirty Shame - we revisited 7 John Waters movies for his 75th birthday
• Erin Brockovich's Best Lines - ten juicy lines from a classic script
• Supporting Actress Smackdown 2000 - a great conversation about Frances, Julie, Marcia, Kate, and Dame Judi Dench
• Cher in Mask - she was right to shame the Academy about her snub
• Cruella Interview - the dazzling wigs and mad makeup discussed
COMING IN JUNE
More Emmy FYCs and analysis, first Oscar predictions of the year, In the Heights, Pixar's Luca, Ellen Burstyn in Queen Bees, the release of I Carry You With Me (finally), the Provincetown film festival, the 50th anniversary of Klute (Jane Fonda's first much-deserved Oscar win), and a celebration of the films of 1946 in the run-up to the Supporting Actress Smackdown.
The Film Experience, Year in Review
Reader Comments (8)
I also think this is a great time (at least a month after the dust has settled) to truly reflect on what happened at the Oscars to try and get it to sink in.
For me, it still hasn't REALLY sunk in that Anthony Hopkins is a two-time Best Actor Oscar winner.
I really liked the interview with Nadia Stacey. I hope it gets more traction when the awards season reignites.
Peggy -- thank you.
Travis C -- the whole oscar night feels surreal... we'll (hopefully) never have another year like 2020. Now that the world is beginning to open back up it's feeling more and more like some haunted collective dream (albeit with waking consequences)
Nathaniel, is it me or did you somehow miss the "Last Night in Soho" trailer? I was expecting a "Yes, No, Maybe So" article about it.
Wait a minute, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, and Loretta Devine are starring in a movie together? Why isn't this getting Black Widow-type publicity?
Great month of work Claudio and co! I'm extra excited for the 46 Smackdown, Klute and anything Claudio wants to toss our way.
Question regarding prediction index. You have had for a while the text predictions are coming soon. Is there a reason you didn’t just leave the old ones up? I would like to look at the old ones but you delete them every year which is fine, but I rather you do when you need instead of doing it in advance.
Chinoserie -- past years are still available on the left hand sidebar pull downs