This post signifies the start of my 2014 film awards! While the other day I lamented stuff I had to exclude this post is all about celebration, or in the case of my worst films of the year list, derision. Since I am a writer/podcast producer at Awards Circuit, the following choices will represent part 1 of the ballot I will turn in, so you can’t blame me if the choices turn out boring lol jk. Anyways, here’s my special film awards.
The year 2015 is almost upon us and that means that I have to start talking about 2014. And what better way to kick of the 2014 year in review than with talking about the fictional pairs of people I spent too much time obseesing over! There will be more substantive looks back but to start lets take a look at the ships of the year. Enjoy the fancy slide show with my empirical equations as to why these folks work so well.
There are movies that manage to touch upon current issues and then there are films that speak to you, as an audience member, and your life experiences. Luckily, for me, Dear White People managed to be both of those films, and extremely successful at that. While Justin Simien does encounter some minor stumbles, in his capable hands Dear White People is a perfect film for today’s generation.
Dear White People, a new film produced by LMU alumna Effie Brown (Film and Television – B.A. ’93), opens in theaters October 17. Winner of the 2014 Special Jury Prize at Sundance and Best Picture at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Dear White People has been called “a button-pushing word-of-mouth dynamo” (The Wall Street Journal), “a smart hilarious satire
If you loiter on the interwebs as I tend to do, you’ll often come across articles that have you perplexed. This occurred to me yesterday, during the longest day EVER, when I read a piece over on the site Shadow and Act, titled The Gentrification of Black Film. In said article, author Tanya Steele delivers
Happy New Year everyone ! I hope that you had a fun night wherever you were and are enjoying 2014 in its infancy. We are just two weeks away from the Oscars announcing their nominees for the best of 2013. However, today I’m casting my gaze at the film year of 2014. So without further