Academy Awards Voting Opens: How I Would Fill Out My Ballot for the 94th Oscars
variety.comClayton Davis A shortened eligibility year, multiple monochrome films and an underappreciated year for animation is what sums up the 2021 cinematic year.
Oscar voters will be voting for their favorites in 23 categories for six days. As we head into this critical period, we examine the offerings that came with a mixture of return to in-person screenings before getting kicked into virtual programming.Once again, streamers and VOD platforms provided an avenue for many of these films to be seen by audiences.
We should be grateful for their inclusion in this new world order but must never forget the magic and the power of the movie theater itself.
I can’t recall being more emotional than stepping into the TCL Chinese Theatre in June to watch Jon M. Chu’s “In the Heights.” It was my first time back in a theater in more than a year, and I cried for more than two hours, and it wasn’t just because of “Paciencia y Fe.” It was the homecoming of my favorite pastime, and realizing how I took it for granted.
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