Six years after #OscarsSoWhite, the 93rd Academy Awards nominations are record-setting
On January 15, 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its full list of nominees for its 87th Academy Awards ceremony. The announcements were made early, shuffled to an at-dawn time slot for what the Academy likely guessed would be an uneventful lead-up procedure for the big night. They were wrong. Audience … Continue reading Six years after #OscarsSoWhite, the 93rd Academy Awards nominations are record-setting
The Problem with Piers
Piers Morgan loves to hear himself talk. So much so that on a Monday broadcast of Good Morning Britain the 55-year-old news presenter and media personality made certain that he was first to speak on the controversial “Harry & Meghan” interview, wherein, among other things, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accused the Royal Family … Continue reading The Problem with Piers
Minari: as American as agwi-jjim
There’s an old saying on the nature of stories: at their best, they should simultaneously be as old tales told as new, and new ones defined as classics. Writer-director Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari is an exemplar of the adage, recontextualizing the age-old American Dream for an underrepresented subject. The film is a thoughtful work of … Continue reading Minari: as American as agwi-jjim
