Not exact matches
Having Mudbound become the first Netflix original feature
film to compete at the Oscars would be a big
deal for the streaming service, and a Golden Globes win (it's
nominated for Best Original Song, and Mary J. Blige is
nominated as a supporting actress) could be the first step.
The festival will also screen «Without a Net,» a new documentary by Oscar -
nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy that
deals with schools around the country that are technologically underserved; and a new restoration of G.W. Pabst's silent
film «Pandora's Box.»
«Getting Real: Recreating an Era» (11:13) doesn't just
deal with the
film's recent period setting, but with its look as established by cinematography, costume design, and that Oscar -
nominated editing.
The world's refugee crisis looms over this year's Oscar -
nominated documentary short
films, with four of the five movies
nominated dealing with the subject either tangentially or straight on.
Cranston has already proved he can carry the main role in a
film where acting doesn't matter («Godzilla») and where it matters a great
deal («Trumbo,» which didn't offer much beyond his Oscar -
nominated work).
Miller's last two
films Capote and Moneyball were both
nominated for Best Picture and with the involvement of Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, Foxcatcher has a great
deal of buzz behind it among the winter releases to hit Cannes later this year.
In 1968, the Oscarcast went on without incident after the burial of King, and ironically, two
nominated films that
dealt with bigotry owned the night: The Best Picture winner In The Heat Of The Night, and the inter-racial marriage comedy Guess Who's Coming To Dinner — both starring Sidney Poitier — won the most awards.