SIX NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE By John H. Foote Watching this hilarious film for the first time at TIFF last September, I felt a surge of warm humour raging through me. I remember thinking watching the film, about the director and how he did it. Taika Waititi did it, he created a very funny black…
By John H. Foote In what looks increasingly how things will play out on Oscar night, there was were no real surprises at the Screen Actor Guild Awards last night in any of the film awards. Laura Dern was a popular winner for her tough lawyer in Marriage Story, while Brad Pitt brought the house…
January 19, 2019 DEAR ACADEMY MEMBERS: Through your history you have awarded Best Director more than 90 times. During that time great filmmakers such as Howard Hawks, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, and Stanley Kubrick, while nominated, never won a competitive Oscar. In 2006, after multiple nominations, Martin Scorsese finally won an Academy Award for his…
By John H. Foote Sam Mendes superb war epic 1917 won the Producers Guild of America Award (PGA) Saturday night furthering its chances of winning the Academy Award as Best Picture. No one paid attention last year when Green Book won the same award and went on to a shocking Oscar win, though no one…
By Nick Maylor Here it is! We’ve launched our official podcast with Episode #001. On our inaugural show, John and I discuss the Oscar nominations, Joker, The Irishman, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker plus much more! To listen to the official podcast of Foote & Friends On Film, click here Nick MaylorNick is an…
By John H. Foote After taking a day to explore and review this year’s Academy Award nominations, looking over the critic’s awards and a few other awards groups, I concede there were some pretty huge snubs. In reality there were very few surprises, but in terms of snubs, they are there. The one making the…
By John H. Foote Though I am sure there are those griping that Greta Gerwig was shut out of the Best Director category, screaming anti-female, the truth is there were six or seven better achievements in direction than hers on Little Women, and it was reflected in the nominations. Women have stated for a number…
By Nick Maylor This morning the Academy announced the nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards. They are… Best picture “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” “The Irishman” “Parasite” “1917” “Marriage Story” “Jojo Rabbit” “Joker” “Little Women” “Ford v Ferrari” Best actress in a leading role Renée Zellweger, “Judy” Charlize Theron, “Bombshell” Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”…
By John H. Foote When they announce this year’s Academy Award nominations tomorrow morning there are a handful of nominations I would like to hear (but probably will not) that would indeed make this cranky critic smile. It is expected and fully deserved that The Irishman, 1917, Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time ……
By John H. Foote In one week at 5:30 am Pacific time, 8:30 am here, January 13, 2020, the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards will be announced. One week until we know which films, performances and achievements will be vying for the best of 2019. The year was rather extraordinary, with Netflix leaping into…