These are my top 10 films of 2018. And yes, I did see Roma, Green Book, The Favourite, and Bohemian Rhapsody, among many others.
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My Top 10 Films of 2017
The tradition continues. I’ve been documenting my top films of the year since 2002, when Bowling for Columbine took the top spot. This past year had some real gems, including those that made this list, as well as some that didn’t, like low-budget indie The Florida Project and large-scale blockbuster Beauty and the Beast. Check out my 2017 list, then tell me what made your list.
Short Film: “Alike”
Creativity matters. Don’t let society make you lose your color. What a beautiful sentiment.
“Feud: Bette and Joan” Main Title Sequence
One of the most notorious feuds in Hollywood history is that of rival sisters Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. And they’re the subject of my most-anticipated show of 2017, Ryan Murphy’s newest anthology series, Feud, starring Jessica Lange as Crawford and Susan Sarandon as Davis. Have a look at the show’s recently released opening sequence. The pair’s 1962 psychological thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? airs as part of TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar on March 2, just three days before Feud‘s March 5th premiere on FX.
Short Film: “Geri’s Game”
Winner of the 1998 Academy Award for Best Short Film, Animated, this Pixar classic was written and directed by Jan Pinkava. If nothing else, it’s proof that one isn’t necessarily the loneliest number.
Short Film: “We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”
Nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best Short Film, Animated, “We Can’t Live Without Cosmos” is a beautiful film about friendship and dreams. This is Russian filmmaker Konstantin Bronzit’s second Oscar nomination in this category; his previous nomination came in 2009 for his animated short “Lavatory Lovestory.”
Oscar-Nominated Films on Netflix
This morning, the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced. View all nominees here.
If you’re like me, you watch as many of the nominated films as possible before the ceremony (on February 22 this year). Got some catching up to do? Watch 11 of the nominated films, currently on Netflix.
Available Via Streaming
- Best Foreign Language Film (Poland)
- Best Cinematography
- Best Documentary
Available Via Netflix DVD
- Best Original Song
- Best Picture
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Film Editing
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Documentary
- Best Picture
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Original Score
- Best Film Editing
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Best Costume Design
- Best Production Design
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Original Song
- Best Costume Design
- Best Visual Effects
2014 Oscars: Short Film Shortlists
In the past few weeks, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the shortlists for all short film categories for the 2013 Oscars. Official nominations will be announced on January 16, 2014. Here’s what will be vying for a nomination in all three categories:
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- “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me),” Esteban Crespo, director (Producciones Africanauan)
- “Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything),” Xavier Legrand, director, and Alexandre Gavras, producer (KG Productions)
- “Dva (Two),” Mickey Nedimovic, director, and Henner Besuch, director of photography (Filoufilm Dani Barsch)
- “Helium,” Anders Walter, director, and Kim Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions)
- “Kush,” Shubhashish Bhutiani, director (Red Carpet Moving Pictures)
- “Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?),” Selma Vilhunen, director, and Kirsikka Saari, screenwriter (Tuffi Films)
- “Record/Play,” Jesse Atlas, director, and Thom Fennessey, executive producer (Collaboration Factory)
- “Throat Song,” Miranda de Pencier, director (Northwood Productions)
- “Tiger Boy,” Gabriele Mainetti, director (Goon Films)
- “The Voorman Problem,” Mark Gill, director, and Baldwin Li, producer (Honlodge Productions)
Short Film: “Fresh Guacamole”
At just 1 minute and 41 seconds, “Fresh Guacamole” is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar. It competed this year in the Best Short Film – Animated category, where it lost to “Paperman” (a much more deserving film). Despite the lack of story in “Guac,” the stop-motion animation is inventive and whimsical. Check out more of the short works by director PES on his YouTube channel.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJdJIwCF_Y&list=PLE30DFC5B7FA8E6E2&index=1]Short Film: “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
This animated short film directed by Nicky Phelan and written and performed by Kathleen O’Rourke was nominated at the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Short Film (Animated). In my opinion, it was the best of the five nominated films and should have won for its cleverness and use of multiple animation techniques.
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