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Tag Archives: Barry Jenkins
MOONLIGHT – the triple least “Oscar Baity” Oscar Winner
“I just hope the weird pandemonium doesn’t overshadow the fact that a $1.5 million independent film by a black director about black, gay, poor people was named Best Picture. The process to get there was very weird, but it’s an … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy Awards, Argo, Ava DuVarnay, Barry Jenkins, Best Picture, Birdman, black, Brokeback Mountain, Carol, Gay, indie, La La Land, LGBTQ, low--budget, Mahershala Ali, Moonlight, Oscar Bait, Oscars, Selma, Tarell Alvin McCraney, The Artist
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#OscarsSoCrazy – The Worst Best Thing that could have happened to La La Land and Moonlight.
In a moment that will be hard to beat as the strangest, most gasp-inducing thing to have ever and might ever again happen at the Oscars, “Moonlight” was revealed to have been the actual Best Picture winner after “La La … Continue reading →
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Tagged Awards Daily, Barry Jenkins, Best Picture, Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Damien Chazelle, director, Gay Movie, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land, Linus Sandgren, Moonlight, PricewaterhouseCooper, Sasha Stone, Spotlight, The Revenant
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MOONLIGHT & the Queer Baker’s Dozen of NewFest LGBT Films – Part 1
Moonlight – The Pass – Esteros – Lazy Eye I am “recovering” from watching 14 LGBTQ themed movies over the course of four and a half days. Not “recovering” in a bad way, only in as much as after seeing … Continue reading →
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Tagged A. O. Scott, Argentina, Barbara Lewis, Barry Jenkins, Brazil, Esteros, film, John Donnelly, Lazy Eye, LGBT, Loggerheads, Moonlight, movies, NewFest, Nicholas Britell, Russell Tovey
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Notes from a Composer 