Posts tagged frances mcdormand
[TIFF 2020] REVIEW: ‘Nomadland’ offers unexpected shelter

Many of the people in the nomad community couldn’t be happier. They are free to travel as they please, without the responsibilities that come with keeping up a piece of real estate. It’s a lot grittier than the manicured illusion of #vanlife on Instagram - a quick scene lays out the benefits of different sizes of toilet buckets - but it’s the most free you can be without becoming a totally off-the-grid hermit.

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REVIEW: ‘Isle of Dogs’ trades Wes Anderson’s coziness for scrappiness

It’s the relationship between Atari, Chief and Spots that really fuels the film. Anderson and his team punctuate the movie with intense close-ups of both the dogs and Atari, deep in thought, tears coming to their eyes as they think about the beings they care about.

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My Predictions for the 2018 Oscars

The most important news this year is it's a very difficult one to call, with lots of uncertainty in major categories in the way that there hasn't been for some time.

It may be because there's a surplus of excellent movies this year, or just that the Academy's efforts to modernize its membership are finally showing some results. And we also can't discount the effect of past controversies and scandals: #OscarsSoWhite seems to be less of a worry this year, but there's also the influence of #MeToo and #TimesUp to account for.

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