Month: February 2020
The Last Thing He Wanted: Short term loss, long term value
by Matt Ward
With a seemingly endless budget, Netflix continues to pour money into project after project with avid disregard for the bottom line. This strategy may seem counter-intuitive to budget conscious business owners, but for film lovers, the streaming service writing blank checks to everyone from Martin Scorsese to Noah Baumbach to Michael Bay is an overall win. Some productions may miss the mark financially, but … Read More The Last Thing He Wanted: Short term loss, long term value
Birds Of Prey: Identity crisis
by Matt Ward
She’s just an ordinary girl who loves her breakfast sandwich. Sure, she also loves money, the ability to do whatever she wants without recourse or retribution and her pet hyena, Bruce. But Harley Quinn – at least as seen through the lens of Margot Robbie’s gobsmackingly fun portrayal – isn’t simply a bad guy. She’s misunderstood. An inevitability following the breakout success of Robbie’s … Read More Birds Of Prey: Identity crisis
The universal language of cinema: ‘Parasite’ breaks barriers as 92nd Academy Award winner for Best Picture
by Matt Ward
Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films. – Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning writer and director of “Parasite” Before Sunday night, a lot of things were different in the world of cinema. A foreign language film had never won Best Picture at the Academy Awards; no South Korean film had ever earned a nomination; … Read More The universal language of cinema: ‘Parasite’ breaks barriers as 92nd Academy Award winner for Best Picture
92nd Academy Awards preview: Parasite v 1917
by Matt Ward
For the sake of posterity, here are my predictions and thoughts on tonight’s Academy Awards: Best Picture: Going to win – 1917, the runaway winner at BAFTA and odds on favorite tonight, the Academy will likely favor an old standard in Best Picture winners: the technically proficient, period war epic Should win – Parasite, probably sitting in the runner-up chair, Bong Joon-Ho’s masterpiece has … Read More 92nd Academy Awards preview: Parasite v 1917
Cinematic Considerations 