https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com Any film you haven't seen -- is a new experience! Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:31:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.5 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-FF-1-32x32.png https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com 32 32 /2023/02/20/best-actor-race-tightest-since-1974/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-actor-race-tightest-since-1974 /2023/02/20/best-actor-race-tightest-since-1974/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:31:10 +0000 /?p=19266 By John H. Foote Though the field for Best Actor nominees was very sparse this year, those who found their way into the Oscar race were exceptional performances all. Right now it seems to be a three man race with Austin Butler in Elvis, Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin and Brendan Fraser in…

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The post OSCAR OMISSIONS SPARK CONTROVERSY. AGAIN. appeared first on Foote & Friends on Film.]]> /2023/02/20/oscar-omissions-spark-controversy-again/feed/ 0 /2023/02/20/dga-decides-oscar-race-its-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dga-decides-oscar-race-its-over /2023/02/20/dga-decides-oscar-race-its-over/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:10:00 +0000 /?p=19259 By John H. Foote Everything Everywhere All at Once seems headed for Oscar glory. The film’s directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, won the Director’s Guild of America on Saturday making the film the frontrunner for the Academy Award on Oscar night. The popular time travel film has defied the odds becoming a fan favourite,…

The post DGA DECIDES OSCAR RACE – IT’S OVER appeared first on Foote & Friends on Film.]]> /2023/02/20/dga-decides-oscar-race-its-over/feed/ 0 /2023/02/07/the-oscars-who-and-what-was-left-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-oscars-who-and-what-was-left-out /2023/02/07/the-oscars-who-and-what-was-left-out/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:05:58 +0000 /?p=19255 By John H. Foote Two weeks after the Academy Award nominations were announced and I am still trying to make sense of them.  First let me apologize for not writing near as much as I am used to doing. My father is dying of stage 4 liver cancer, and I am his caregiver. Watching this…

The post THE OSCARS: WHO AND WHAT WAS LEFT OUT? appeared first on Foote & Friends on Film.]]> /2023/02/07/the-oscars-who-and-what-was-left-out/feed/ 0 /2023/01/14/our-oscar-predications-for-the-best-of-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-oscar-predications-for-the-best-of-2022 /2023/01/14/our-oscar-predications-for-the-best-of-2022/#respond Sat, 14 Jan 2023 14:19:19 +0000 /?p=19250 By John H. Foote We are a short time before the announcement of the Academy Award nominations for 2022, so I am going to weigh in on my predictions. It has been an usually fine year especially for women on film, the plethora of performances stunning in what has been a landmark year. Along with…

The post OUR OSCAR PREDICTIONS FOR THE BEST OF 2022 appeared first on Foote & Friends on Film.]]> /2023/01/14/our-oscar-predications-for-the-best-of-2022/feed/ 0 /2023/01/11/the-golden-globes-are-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-golden-globes-are-back /2023/01/11/the-golden-globes-are-back/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:38:07 +0000 /?p=19247 By John H. Foote After a year in which the industry boycotted the Golden Globe Awards citing many dark reasons, specifically their lack of diversity and inclusion, rumours of bribes, the Association of Foreign Press writers made the necessary changes, and last night the awards were presented with stars in attendance. The Globes have often…

The post THE GOLDEN GLOBES ARE BACK! appeared first on Foote & Friends on Film.]]> /2023/01/11/the-golden-globes-are-back/feed/ 0 /2022/12/29/review-women-talking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-women-talking /2022/12/29/review-women-talking/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:04:11 +0000 /?p=19242 By John H. Foote (****) In theatres In 2006, at TIFF I made my way to the screening of Sarah Polley’s Away From Her, because I admired Polley’s work as an actress, had seen one of her short films and liked it, and I adored Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie. I came out of the…

The post REVIEW: WOMEN TALKING appeared first on Foote & Friends on Film.]]> /2022/12/29/review-women-talking/feed/ 0 /2022/12/29/the-best-films-of-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-films-of-2022 /2022/12/29/the-best-films-of-2022/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:50:12 +0000 /?p=19234 By John H. Foote Has 2022 been a great year at the movies? Like most years, we saw a handful of good films, some really great ones, but more bad films than good. Choosing the year’s best films is always a pleasure, but a job I agonize over. My first shortlist included 31 films; paring…

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