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Though the show featured some pleasantly surprising wins and an impressive number of awards given to artists of color, the moments we could champion were quickly snuffed out by those that disappointed.
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Even though “Beale Street” is a better film than “Vice,” the latter is the easier awards sell. As films such as “Darkest Hour” or “Bohemian Rhapsody” can attest, even awful-to-mediocre biopics with strong central performances are an Oscars shoo-in for best actor and best picture.
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The 2019 Academy Award nominations were released Jan. 22, and as with recent years, the conversation surrounding this year’s awards race involved much more than “snubs” and “surprises.” In many ways, this year’s batch of nominees was one of the most diverse we’ve seen, as films centered on people of
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The world is blooming with powerful Black-centered works of art.
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Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize winning poet, passed away this past week.
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Every semester in The Daily Californian’s arts & entertainment department, we welcome a new batch of beat reporters. While they will spend the semester reporting on a multitude of different projects and exhibits specific to their expertise, they rarely have the opportunity to focus on their topics on a small scale.
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A Sam Raimi stan and recent graduate who missed UC Berkeley’s film and media commencement ceremony to screen his short film, “Life in Color,” at the Cannes Film Festival.
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“Best Picture” is a massive concept that is not properly captured by the rules and logistics in place because it transcends them.
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Colin Trevorrow might not be a director on the public’s radar yet, but having been handed the reins for “Star Wars: Episode IX,” he soon will be. But is he the right choice for the galaxy from far, far away?
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Last Monday, students at Minnesota liberal arts college St. Olaf College protested — and shut down — the campus after a racist, incendiary note was left on the windshield of Black student Samantha Wells’ car. It’s one of many traumas that Black students on college campuses have experienced, from UCLA
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