The Case For
The Case for Michelle Pfeiffer
Give Michelle Pfeiffer her damn Oscar ! Michelle Pfeiffer’s still got it. Fact. A fact that may surprise nobody who...
The Case For Tiffany Haddish Best Supporting Actress Nod in ‘Girls’ Trip’
The Oscars made history in 2017 by awarding a record number of black artists, which showed tremendous progress when it...
In Celebration of Cinema as Art – Darren Aronofsky’s mother!
We live in an era of at-a-glance numerical assessment. Metacritic, CinemaScores, Rotten Tomatoes, and box office opening weekend tallies are...
“Color Didn’t Matter at NASA, You Were Only as Good as Your Last Answer” – The Case for: Hidden Figures
It took a hashtag, a boycott, and a massive membership shift to make the machine that drives the Oscar race...
Strangers in a Strange Land – The Case for Loving and Midnight Special
Taking the Crookeds with the Straights – the Case for Fences
August Wilson wanted to expand perceptions in America, to tell the stories that don't get told. Even though he began his...
Time and Infinite Echoes – The Case for Arrival
Preservation of Integrity in Journalism: The Case for Spotlight
It’s the Funniest Movie of the Year Until It Isn’t: The Case for The Big Short
- Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away. - But if you can't walk away? - I guess...
The Case for Brooklyn by Tomris Laffly
The Case for Carol
The last time a movie about two women in love took the critics by storm it was Blue is the...
The Case for: Beasts of No Nation
I am not moving and the leader man is throwing up his arm to the sky. He is shouting, where...
The Case for The Danish Girl
After a victorious season for Eddie Redmayne last year, the Best Actor winner returns to the awards conversation this year...
The Case for 99 Homes
The Case for Kristen Stewart – A Supporting Frontrunner Who’s Still a Longshot
There were three films involving relations between older women and younger women this year. One is Carol, which has been...
From Darkness to Light: The Case for Ridley Scott and The Martian
Ridley Scott’s masterpiece Alien rewrote the rules of horror and science fiction. His murky, acid rain-drenched noir Blade Runner did the...
The Case for Joy
After Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, David O. Russell continues his productive cinematic partnership with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy,...
The Case for Straight Outta Compton
When Straight Outta Compton dropped, earned good reviews and made a ton of money, its success was chased by valid...
The Case for Tangerine
There are so many films about women this year that voters actually have choices. Old women, young women, women in...
The Case For: Leonardo DiCaprio and the Best Actor Oscar
The year has been filled with great performances by actors. So many good ones - Oscar worthy turns - that...