This year’s Academy Awards best picture nominees each possess a particular way of understanding what it means to be human. They answer inquiries of vast religious significance. “Where are we going?” “How might human joy be obtained?” and “What does the nature of sacrifice entail for the world around us?”
There have always been awards given out for not-so-award-worthy reasons.
On this One Year Anniversary of the show, Wade and Kevin talk about the 2016 Oscars and the movie ‘Room’.
Wade and Kevin talk with director Joshua Overbay about his new film, As it Is In Heaven. Plus, they discuss their favorite best picture nominees for the upcoming 2015 Academy Awards.
While American Sniper allows for an uneasy questioning of its protagonist’s jingoism to linger beneath the surface while simultaneously crowding it out, Selma seems too wrapped up in portraying history’s warp and woof, content to offer up its characters as mere players in an inevitable and necessary battle.
The impulse from the Right to “set the record straight” and portray America’s settlers as heroes rather than villains may be understandable to a certain extent, but it behooves white Christians at least to try to understand why so many find the narrative offensive.
“I want to share some predictions, hopes, and regrets for all of the major categories.”
The films we celebrate should better support moments where we naturally feel good, and not manipulate us towards that end.
On Tuesday, the 2011 Oscar nominees were announced, and it seems that one of the year’s pet themes is nostalgia.
