The relevance of films dealing with toxic masculinity was in evidence at the Oscars
The relevance of films dealing with toxic masculinity was in evidence at the Oscars
everything from dog power winning only one of these 12 nominations for silent applause And a standing ovation for Troy Kotsur’s Best Supporting Actor win coda Chris was off the table due to Will Smith’s feud with Rock. Smith, who won Best Actor for his role as Richard Williams King Richard, slapped The Rock when the actor and comedian ‘joke’ about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss. neo-western, dog power, based on the eponymous novel by Thomas Savage, deals with, among other things, toxic masculinity, which was at one stage a Smith-Rock confrontation. In other Oscar news, a heartwarming coming-of-age story, coda Directed by Sean Heder won all three awards for which it was nominated. Denis Villeneuve’s classic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic, Dune, won the most awards. out of 10 nominations Dunes: Part One (as it is titled onscreen), won six. Golden Man went to Hans Zimmer’s score, sound, editing, visual effects, cinematography and production design.
drive my car From Japan, co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had four nominations, winning it ahead of Paolo Sorrentino’s deeply personal hand of god from Italy and Bhutan Lunana: A yak in class, Smith’s fellow nominees for Best Actor include Benedict Cumberbatch as Closet, the controversial rancher dog powerJavier Bardem’s eye-catching twist as Aaron Sorkin’s Desi Arnaz Being RicardoAndrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s biographical musical Tick, tick… BOOM! and Denzel Washington as Macbeth in the black-and-white role of Joel Coen the tragedy of macbeth, Jessica Chastain wins Best Actress category Tammy Faye eyes Maggie Gyllenhaal faces some tough competition from Olivia Colman lost daughter and Kristen Stewart as Lady Diana wig, There was also a competition with Ariana Debos in the Supporting Actress category. story of the west Win against Jesse Buckley ( lost daughter), Judi Dench ( Belfast), Kirsten Dunst ( dog power) and Ajonew Alice ( King RichardPaul Thomas Anderson’s Hideaway Licorice Pizza There was another coming-of-age film with a strong presence in the nomination phase, but did not win. While Jane Campion’s Best Director wins dog power After Chloe Zhao’s victory last year nomadic, making her the second woman to win in as many years, the Smith-Rock controversy proves that there is miles to go before show business comes. Like bad cinema, bad jokes are best ignored and not suppressed by violence.