Author: Joseph
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Animated Feature (Oscars 2025)
This category is all over the place this year. Animation continues to grow in popularity with critics and audiences in the U.S., with expanding and refining tastes eager for new storytellers rather than established industry-leading studio projects. The seismic shifts we’re witnessing in the field right now really demand, and deserve, thoughtful analysis, which we…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Production Design (Oscars 2025)
Continuing our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series, let’s take a closer look at the Production Design category, a race that outside of one sure-thing is still very much fluid. Here’s who we think would get a nomination if the race ended tomorrow. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Costume Design (Oscars 2025)
Next on our series “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW,” we will be running through who is leading the pack in the Costume Design category. It’s already clear we have an abundance of veterans vying for a nomination, which will make this an especially difficult race for new designers to break into. Ground rules to keep…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Makeup & Hairstyling (Oscars 2025)
Let’s dive into the category of Makeup & Hairstyling for our series “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW.” Remember, this branch elects its nominees based on a bake-off where voters get a reel for each of the 10 films that advanced to the second round of voting. After watching the behind-the-scenes presentations from each makeup team,…
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“Architecton” Hammers at the Senses and then Chips Away at the Soul
Now is a precarious time for the cinema. It’s a rote sentiment perhaps, but that’s not necessarily disqualifying. Certainly, the very nature of the modern cinema – always at the intersection between art and commerce, in constant tug-of-war, stretched and yanked and reeled back-and-forth – will always be plagued by the “precarious” moment it currently…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Visual Effects (Oscars 2025)
In anticipation of a barrage of new Oscar contenders with the arrival of the fall festivals, Frames and Flicker will be running a series titled “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW.” It’s a fun exercise meant to take a wide perspective of the Oscar race as it stands now, in the unnerving quiet between the end…
