8 Female Directors to Watch Right Now

By Arlett RamirezAssistant Web Content Manager For this International Women’s Day, I’d like to take a minute to recognize all the important and talented female directors who have graced us with emotional, dramatic, action-packed, funny, heart wrenching and heartwarming films over the years. Since the Academy Awards likes to repeatedly not mention female directors. The 2020 Academy Awards were criticized for not having any female director nominees in the Best […]

March 8, 2020 59

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La La Land Going for the Gold

By Brent Ramirez Blog Content Contributor If you haven't heard yet, the film La La Land is taking theaters by storm, with most film lovers and casual moviegoers alike left in awe in its wake. The romantic musical directed by Damien Chazelle has been sweeping through awards season with several trophies already collected, including a Screen Actors Guild Award for Emma Stone's performance, as well as a nomination for Gosling's. […]

February 19, 2017 215

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#OscarsSoWhat?

By Asia Daggs Blog Content Contributor The 88th Academy Awards will be airing on February 28 and we are all overly eager to see what it brings. However, over the past few weeks, trending topics such as #OscarsSoWhite and #OscarsSoDumb have been circling on social media and in the news. This uproar began with the release of the nominees; all of the categories are predominately white and it seems as if […]

February 16, 2016 21

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Category Fraud in the Academy Awards

By Joshua Morrison Blog Content Contributor *KTSW consists of and respects varying opinions within its staff. Opinion articles do not reflect the opinion of KTSW as a whole. I resent the Academy Awards and the status of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the organization which grants them, as an organization, the seal of approval which is taken by many to signify the value in a film. I do. Really, I do. Nonetheless, I watch the awards ceremony each and every year. The pageantry is irresistible and I’m […]

January 25, 2016 44

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2015 Oscar Preview

By Andrew Nogay Blog Content Contributor The Oscars; the most arbitrary thing in the movie industry that actually matters. Nobody ever agrees with the nominations, and the movies that are nominated definitely skew to a certain demographic. As of 2012, 77% of the Oscar voters were male, 94% were white and the median age was 62. No wonder the same types of movies get nominated every year. A definite chasm has emerged […]

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