Moonlight

Moonlight' And 'la La Land' Face Off For The Final Awards

... seen another woman of color enter it since. That's not because lack of talent or nominations. Since Berry's win, eight women of color have been nominated in the category, from Salma Hayek ("Frida") the year following to Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious") in 2010. This year, Ruth Negga of "Loving," is the eighth. In total, in almost 90 years of the Academy Awards, only 16 women of color have been nominated in the lead actress category. See them all below. Dorothy Dandridge, "Carmen Jones". Diana Ross, "Lady Sings The Blues". Cicely Tyson, "Sounder". Whoopi Goldberg, "The Color Purple". Angela Bassett, "What's Love Got to Do With It". Fernanda Montenegro, "Central Station". Catalina Sandino Moreno, "Maria Full of Grace". Penélope Cruz, "Volver". Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild". ...

Moonlight' Sweeps 2017 Independent Spirit Awards

... to win the Best Picture Oscar, the highest honor in the movie industry. But this year, some of the films getting the most awards buzz, like “La La Land,” “Lion” and “Hidden Figures,” were not eligible for Spirit Awards. Hosted by comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, Saturday’s show was a light-hearted affair but that didn’t stop stars from taking some jabs at the administration of U. S. President Donald Trump. Casey Affleck, who won for his lead role as a grieving janitor in “Manchester by the Sea,” used his acceptance speech to say “the policies of this administration are abhorrent and they won’t last.”. French star Isabelle Huppert was named best actress for playing a woman who pursues her rapist in “Elle.”. ”I’ve made so many independent films and I think it’s independence that makes art win,” Huppert said. ”O. J.: Made in America,” a look at the 1995 murder trial of former U. S. football star O. J. Simpson, won best documentary over Ava Du Vernay’s “13 th” and Raoul Peck’s ...

What Next After The Success Of Moonlight

... 25 won over Lemonade for Album of the Year at the 59 th annual Grammy Awards. It has been nothing but one reminder after another that being the best doesn't translate to getting what you deserve, that cheaters do in fact prosper, and most of all, that whiteness trumps all. Perhaps somehow, someway, Moonlight will manage to skirt past La La Land and win Best Picture at the looming Academy Awards, but I won't hold my breath, and neither should anyone else. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Even if Moonlight won, it wouldn't necessarily yield the results Black men who identify as gay, queer, single gender loving, or any other turn of phrase that translates to "not straight" truly need in terms of wider representation. Halle Berry became the first Black actor to win Best Actress in 2002 for her role in ...

Moonlight May Be 'important

... it been done before? An installation of milk bottles at Tate Modern? More, more! A symphony orchestra composed entirely of dwarfs? Get them to the Proms! Somebody will pronounce it important. Ad Feedback. There are important figures, though they are fewer than many "cultural commentators" imagine. In film, for instance, John Ford and Billy Wilder were clearly important directors, but they were important because they made great films. Ford was an Irish mythologist, Wilder a bittersweet Jewish ironist. Both made imperishable masterpieces. There was painting before Caravaggio, wrote Robert Hughes, who knew his artists, and there was painting after; and they were not the same things. One could say something similar about Wordsworth in poetry, and Beethoven in music. But that doesn't mean we should ignore Keats or Brahms because they came later. "In my Father's house there are many mansions.". Mario Anzuoni/Reuters. One senses, in the adulation heaped upon Moonlight and ...

Moonlight’ Casts A Glow On Liberty City That Will Shine Long After Oscars

... me that it can be done.”. INVESTING IN THE FUTURE. Mc Craney, who will share the podium with Jenkins if “Moonlight” wins the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, will return to the center this summer to teach an eight-week intensive course in writing, acting, dance and visual arts skills. “Becoming an artist in Miami is daunting, period,” he said via email. “There are hurdles all over and more acutely in economically challenged areas like Liberty City. But there are also artists all over Liberty City. My hope is that we learn to support them and their voices now before they become artists of some other city.”. And regardless of how “Moonlight” fares with Academy voters, Jenkins says nothing can detract from the experience of having made a movie about the Miami he grew up in, near the same locations where he once lived. “I’ve been walking around in my dream,” he said of the past few months. “It’s a shocking thing to realize this is a dream that became a reality through a lot of hard work and the generosity of all the people I collaborated with. It’s crazy. I know how hard it was to make this film, ...

Moonlight Warms Up With Independent Spirit Awards Win

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Fighting For Symbolism, Or More

... than text. The Best Picture race is black vs. white, progressive vs. conservative, good vs. bad. On the one hand, this all makes sense. Awards shows are rituals, and rituals serve to determine who is an insider and who is an outsider; the anthropologist Clifford Geertz theorized that they “encapsulate a worldview that serves as both a ‘model for’ and a ‘model of’ reality.”. Diversity and progressiveness remain on the periphery when a team led by a (white) golden boy and a (white) dark Sith Lord beats a team of underdogs led by dynamic (black) skill players or when a traditional album of soul ballads made by a white woman beats a tour de force R&B album made by a black woman. Both literally and symbolically, conservative forces have been more successful at modeling reality since November. Still, the whole thing feels reductive and a little bit arbitrary. Why is Best Picture the only award that matters? And why is Best Picture a two-movie race, between “La La Land” and “Moonlight”. What would be the reaction if “Hidden Figures,” a biopic in the mold of traditional Oscar bait but for the fact that it features a cast of black women, won Best Picture? What ...

Moonlight' Star Alex Hibbert Is In Los Angeles Ready For The Oscars

... black directors whose documentaries were nominated, three of which are about race. It might lead one to think that #Oscars So White is a thing of the past — eradicated through public outcries and an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership shake-up in which 683 new faces were invited to join with an emphasis on diversity. One of those new members, director Amma Asante, said it's "a good thing" that "more people who look like me have been nominated.". In reality, however, the nominations are the result of a messy confluence of factors that don't lend themselves to a simple narrative — not to mention the fact that diversity doesn't end with black and white. "One year does not make up for over 80 years of a lack of representation of black people in the film industry," Reign said. She never intended #Oscars So White to just be about black nominees, either, or even race. Instead, it was meant to shine a light on all ...

From 'moonlight' To 'manchester,' A Critic Marks His Hypothetical Oscar Ballot

... that foundation of intimacy and compassion that we all need, wherever we can get it. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Michelle Williams , “Manchester by the Sea”. Michelle Williams picks up the lingo of 'Manchester by the Sea'. Michelle Williams watched and listened to locals to authenticate her performance in "Manchester by the Sea.". BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”. Director Kenneth Lonergan discusses his acclaimed drama 'Manchester By The Sea'. WATCH: Director Kenneth Longergan discusses "Manchester By The Sea" with L. A. Times film critic Justin Chang. See more videos. If the category were called most original screenplay, “The Lobster” would be a worthy winner for its diabolically clever vision of a romantic-fascist dystopia. But the best script here is “Manchester by the Sea,” an extraordinarily layered swirl of rage, grief, confusion and rueful humor that confirms Lonergan’s reputation (after “You Can Count on Me” and “Margaret”) as one of the most distinctive voices on the American independent scene. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: ...