How to Watch This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Films

Judy Garland. Fred Rodgers. Jimmy Hoffa. Pope Francis. 

Charles Dickens’ 160 year-old “best of times/worst of times” conundrum from “Tale of Two Cities” beautifully sums up the state of filmmaking in this young century. Seemingly around every corner there’s a new disruptive technology changing, and often complicating, either production or distribution.

By this point in awards season, top-billed creators and performers behind Oscar-nominated films have received more than their share of press and advertising coverage. Others involved in the lauded films, particularly those on support staff, tend to go less celebrated."Assistants Behind the Oscars," a new featurette released by Young Entertainment Activists (YEA) on Friday morning, spotlights one of these less-applauded groups.

With her latest best original song nomination for "I'm Standing With You" from the Fox feature Breakthrough, Diane Warren now holds an Oscar record -- if not yet an Oscar. Her 11th career mention makes her the most-nominated woman in Oscar history without a single win.

Some years, the short films nominated for Academy Awards make a well-rounded, coherent program; other years, they feel like a random grab-bag.

Given the ever-shrinking barrier of what constitutes a feature-length film in arthouses, two of the films competing for this year's Documentary Short Oscar only barely qualify for the category. Shown back to back in a theatrical setting, they represent the least inviting of the four touring Oscar Shorts programs this year, however worthy their subjects.

Movie lovers with only a casual interest in compiling a complete set of Oscar-night predictions will likely find their most entertaining evening of short-film viewing to be the Live Action category — a diverse bunch of films, spanning the globe, offering a wide range of emotional experience and just enough topical relevance to feel nutritious.

By Matthew Carey

Harriet Frank Jr., the two-time Oscar nominee forHudandNorma Raewho partnered with her husband, the late Irving Ravetch, to form one of the great screenwriting teams in Hollywood history, has died. She was 96.Frank died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her nephew, Michael Frank, told The New York Times.Frank and Ravetch worked on 17 features together, including eight directed by Martin Ritt over a 32-year span and three that were adapted from William Faulkner novels.

Antonio Banderas is an official Oscar nominee! The 59-year-old received a nomination in the Best Actor category for his role in Pain and Glory. As if his first nomination wasn’t exciting enough, the story about getting the news makes the experience even better.

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By Matt Grobar

When 1917 was announced as Best Film at the Golden Globes 2020, we all were left baffled! How did this Sam Mendes film win over hot favourites like Martin Scorsese's The Irishman and Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story? However, once watched, people understood why this technical marvel was the chosen one amongst several others. Furthermore, 1917 picked up 10 nominations at Oscars 2020, which includes Best Film and Best Director for Sam.

When it came to recognizing this year’s achievements in filmmaking, the Academy Awards nominated movies the public has actually seen.

It was quite an exciting Monday morning for legendary songwriter Diane Warren, 63, and This Is Us star Chrissy Metz, 39. On Jan.

Once you're done steaming about how the Powers That Be in Hollywood seem unable to recognize women directors (as if Little Women, Booksmart, The Farewell, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, and again Hustlers just sprung into theaters fully formed), here are the nine Best Picture Nominees and how you can watch them before the big day. They're not all bad, promise!

A lot of questions came out of Monday morning's announcement of the 2020 Oscar nominees. One of the least controversial: «Where can I watch these movies?»