Oscars
The Oscars need to stop pandering to the masses
March 23, 2022By: Emma Best, Peak Associate For 93 years, the Oscars have honoured the art and craft of filmmaking, recognizing the year’s best films. They’ve made changes to evolve alongside the developing film industry: select categories were once divided by colour and black-and-white, and the Best Animated Film category didn’t exist until 2001. However, with the rise in blockbuster film viewership and the decline in live-television viewership, The Oscars are trying to reinvent themselves. These changes are causing the Oscars to prioritise the ceremony’s viewers over the awards they’re distributing. It was recently announced that eight categories — Makeup and Hairstyling, Original…
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Oscar Watch 2022
March 22, 2022By: Sara Brinkac, Humour Editor Oscar night is approaching and glamour is in the air! While it may be an exciting time for film buffs and movie lovers alike, you may feel a little lost on which films to check out…
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An ardent defense of the Academy Awards from a frustrated film fan
March 9, 2019By: Kate Olivares, Peak Associate So here’s the thing: the Academy Awards are a mess. The weeks leading up to it were a PR nightmare, and its confused identity leaves it unable to catch up to the lightning-fast pace…
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Oscar predictions 2017
February 25, 2017Best picture – La La Land La La Land is almost a shoo-in to win. The cinematography is stunning, the dance numbers are magical, and the chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone captivates moviegoers from beginning to end. While…
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Tom McCarthy masterfully negotiates a challenging story
February 29, 2016The critically acclaimed film Spotlight seamlessly delivers a very important story based on true events and demands the attention of the world. It revisits the scandal and cover-up of child molestation within the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and the Pulitzer…
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CINEPHILIA: Who will win at the 88th Academy Awards?
February 22, 2016If the itches on my back were the Hollywood elite, the Oscars would be their back scratcher; an awards show by Hollywood to please Hollywood. Exclusivity is a part of what makes an award prestigious, and even though the Academy…
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Whitewashing the 2016 Oscars
January 25, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f 2015 ended a little bit more hopeful with regards to media representation for minorities, given the release of a Star Wars sequel featuring a black man and a woman as the main characters, as well as Viola Davis’s Emmy,…
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Cinephilia: If I could hand out Oscars
August 4, 2015The summer movie season is nearing an end and the Academy Awards will never recognize any of my picks, so I’ve decided to assemble an Oscar ballot for the first two thirds of the year, before the awards season hopefuls…
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Quvenzhane Wallis won’t stop asking everyone she knows what a “c***” is.
February 26, 2013By Gary Lim and Alison Roach HOUMA, Louisiana — Uncomfortable silence and dry-mouthed stammering permeated the sleepy neighborhood of West Hollow, Houma yesterday night. When nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis asked her entire family over dinner what a “cunt” was.…
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