Top Documentaries to Watch and Discuss The directors of the year’s top documentary features–Becoming Cousteau, The First Wave, Flee, Francesco, Julia, Procession, The Rescue, Summer of Soul and The Velvet Underground–discuss the inspirations for, challenges making and impact of their documentaries: Discovery+’s Francesco A portrait of the life and impact of Pope Francis, an Oscar nominee for 2015’s Winter […]
Oscars 2021: Submissions for Best International Feature, by Country (A to Z)
December 10, 2021 by
Submissions for the 2021-2022 Best International Feature Oscars
Kapo (1960): Gillo (Battle of Algiers) Pontecorvo’s Holocaust Tale, Sarring American Susan Strasberg and French Laurent Terzieff
November 29, 2021 by
Gillo Pontecorvo directed Kapo, a well-intentioned but severely flawed Holocaust melodrama, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, possibly due to dealing with a significant topic.
Politics 2021: Oscar Winner Matthew Matthew McConaughey Decides to Not Run for Texas Governor
November 29, 2021 by
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey has decided not to run for Texas governor.
Precious is the Night (2021): Singapore’s Chinese-Language Thriller, Entry for Best International Feature Oscar
November 28, 2021 by
Told from the perspective of a novelist who stumbles across the fragment of a story, the 1960s-styled set-up involves a handsome doctor who is having an affair with the starlet that he attends to.
