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in Op-edBefore the Gold: Best Director
This year’s director line-up is the most diverse ever in Academy history, featuring two women – Emerald Fennell and Chloe Zhao – in a category that has sorely lacked female representation over the years. Only one nominee – David Fincher – returns as a nominee, having come close before for previous works including The Social […] More
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Santa Barbara Honoring Several Oscar Nominated Directors
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced the recipients of their Outstanding Directors of the Year Award for this year, with a lineup that looks familiar to anyone who has seen this year’s Oscars nominations. Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), David Fincher (Mank), Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), and Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) will all receive their awards and participate in live-streamed conversations on […] More
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DGA Lineup Includes Lee Isaac Chung and Emerald Fennell!
The Directors Guild of America released their feature film nominees moments ago, potentially giving us some major insight into the Best Director field at the Oscars. There isn’t always complete crossover between the DGA five and the Oscar five, but four usually is a pretty safe bet. This year, it looks like the DGA nominated […] More
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Interview: Lee Isaac Chung Discusses His Film ‘Minari’
Filmmakers like Lee Isaac Chung don’t come around too often. How many writers or directors can take a deeply personal experience and make it universal? Well, with Minari, Chung did just that. Not only is the movie based on his younger days, growing up as an observational young boy while his family struggled to make […] More
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‘Minari’ Sets an Awards-Friendly Release Date
As studios continue to move most of their big-budget titles away from 2020 due to the pandemic, more breathing room has been created for smaller, independent films that usually get swallowed up this time of year. One such indie that has caused awards pundits to salivate at its potential this year is A24’s Minari, director Lee […] More
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Montclair Film Festival Review: ‘Minari’ is an Intimate Look at Assimilation
A darling for nearly all who have seen it since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Minari is undeniably lovely. It makes sense, too, since this scratches so many of the itches that are necessary to turn an independent drama into a crossover success. At the same time, for someone like myself who likes […] More
