Tag: Academy Awards
Identity, cruelty, architecture: The Brutalist lays bare immigrant experience
The Brutalist follows László Tóth, leaving a lasting impression of the trauma and struggle of reintegrating into World War II left on its survivors.
Will diversity quotas ruin the movies?
For anyone submitting a movie for a best picture Oscar, an online form now requires information about the race, gender, sexual orientation and mental health of the cast and crew members. These questions, which were reported on multiple online new outlets this week, were part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's new representation and inclusion standards for Oscar eligibility, announced in 2021.
Monica Doumit: Go, be shriven. We all need it
I never thought the Academy Awards – a ceremony that traded its relevance for quota systems some time ago – would ever capture people’s imagination and interest again, but it returned to the headlines and dinner table conversation this year.