Tag: Academy Awards

It is sad when predictability is the only conceivable status quo.

[T]here is a witch hunt taking place on an unprecedented scale.

Perhaps this is the driving force of populism: to believe it is the protagonist in stories of the past.

The reinvention of the NBA flagship team ... is the very powerful idea behind 'Winning Time.'

He knew that his Oscar win wouldn’t suddenly open doors for others and became a formidable force for a generation.

In the U.S. film industry, which is dominated by white people, this rapid progress for Asians has great significance.

But this triumph was not reported in Zhao’s motherland. It cannot even be searched online.

A masterpiece doesn't need a prize; it needs an audience.

It is hard to take seriously the president’s attack on the Oscar-winning movie when his own choices are so odd.

The movie that overcame the 1-inch barrier of subtitles ... has also finally torn down the tall walls of the Academy Awards.

For the first time, a non-English language work has been welcomed onto Hollywood’s sacred ground.

The reason the Oscars aren’t what they used to be, and the after-parties have lost their luster, is because the entire media-industrial complex has been captured by an army of sanctimonious finger-waggers.