2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Award short list is predictable in form and content

"...there may be surprises among the other categories of Oscar nominations this year, the five entries in the documentary..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Oscar's Texas Ties

Academy Award nominations dropped this morning

"...The slate of 2014 Academy Award nominations has the world buzzing this morning...."

Jan. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...As befits their nominations for an Academy Award in the field of animation,..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Live Action

Good intentions by voters don't lead to a great selection

"...for the price of one ticket. That’s right, the Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts are back, and like every year..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table has released the nominations for its seventh annual awards for achievement in theatre...."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

Oscar by Oscar

"...No, this isn't the Harry Knowles Oscar column. This is far from the Ain't It Cool..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Column by Barbara Chisholm

2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated

A Disney-free lineup goes global

"...Disney and Pixar have an effective stranglehold on the Oscars’ animated feature category, taking three of the five nominations,..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...his devout Hindu father’s morning prayers, the Animated Shorts nominations are more racially inclusive than the disappointing #OscarsSoWhite main..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Golden Globe Award Nominations: Best Original Song

Five nominees might get you off Netflix and into theatres

"...“Please Mr. Kennedy,” by Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver for Inside Llewyn Davis..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Brother's Keeper

This documentary is about the unlikeliest of subjects: an alleged mercy killing between a pair of barely socialized, virtually illiterate, unkempt, unhygienic, slow-witted, never-married bachelors.

"...and Bruce Sinofsky. The glaring mistake is last week's Oscar nominations was the Academy's failure to recognize Brother's Keeper..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...a pretty terrific filmmaker. He’s just earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Director...."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Animation Nations

Napping Princess leads this week's home releases

"...If the Oscar nominations were the only guide (Ferdinand? The Boss Baby?),..."

Jan. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Kathryn Bigelow Soldiers On

'The Hurt Locker' Oscar-winner was robbed of a 'Zero Dark Thirty' nom

"...the first woman to ever receive a Best Director Oscar from the Academy voters?..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

When It Felt True

The Austin Chronicle's Raoul Hernandez curates an AFS Essential Cinema series on the 'enigma' of William Wyler

"...The eight Oscar nominations for 1946's The Best Years of Our Lives..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Scent of a Woman

"...its showcase Pacino performance is being talked up as Oscar caliber. (Pacino, who has never won an Oscar despite..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 355

International crime-fighting with Jessica Chastain’s superspies

"...tossing them the keys to a Yugo. With two Oscar wins and four Oscar nominations between them, Jessica Chastain,..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

They Could Be a Contender

Who's Ahead in the Race for Oscar?

"...The sad fact is that Academy Award nominations are less about anyone's performance per se and more..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

La Cérémonie

"...with La Cérémonie, which earned six 1995 César (French Oscar equivalent) award nominations, including best direction, and a best..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...higher and breathier to play Gloria Grahame, the one-time Oscar winner (for 1952’s The Bad and the Beautiful) whose..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brooklyn's Finest

Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, and Don Cheadle star in this clichéd police drama that's capped by an outlandish third act.

"...Training Day led Denzel Washington to a Best Actor Oscar win and earned co-star Ethan Hawke a Best Supporting..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye: Sample Wisdom

Austin Film Festival now accepting pilot submissions; returning shows; and TCM talks Oscar

"...follows Super Bowl XLV on Fox. Get Ready for Oscar..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Amsterdam

David O. Russell's madcap murder-mystery is a misfire

"...feature film since 2015’s achingly dull Joy. (Despite five Oscar nominations, he’s arguably better known these days for his..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Demolition

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in dramedy as a man rebuilding his life

"...is on a role after guiding four actors to Oscar nominations in his last two films: Reese Witherspoon and..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sandra Adair's New Calling

A master editor steps behind the camera

"...film had become a cultural juggernaut, racking up six Oscar nominations and near-universal praise...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Dallas Buyers Club

Matthew McConaughey gives a searing performance in this true-life story set in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

"...is now spoken of as a viable contender for Oscar nominations this year due to his work in Mud..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin and the Academy

'The Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"...Terrence Malick is no stranger to the Oscars – he was previously nominated in 1999 for The..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Margaret

A tangled post-production history kept this Kenneth Lonergan film from completion for six years, and its story about teenage trauma suffers as a result. But, oh, what a cast.

"...Me, which received many accolades and a couple of Oscar nominations. He shot his second film, Margaret, five years..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Town & Country

"...such a collection of talents (who boast a dozen-plus Oscar nominations among them) could contribute to such a catastrophically..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All About Eve

A record 14 Oscar nominations for the cast and crew, this show-biz classic is as wicked and sophisticated as they come.

"...to satisfy even the heartiest appetite. A record 14 Oscar nominations for the cast and crew, it is as..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review

Opie on Top

AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking

"...(Splash), summer blockbuster (the Da Vinci movies) and fall Oscar bait (Frost/Nixon). But the sentimental fave has to be..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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