‘Parasite’ from South Korea makes Oscar history with best picture win
Los AngelesReuters South Korean social satire Parasite won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry’s highest honour. Parasite, about the gap between rich and poor in modern Seoul, won a total of four Oscars, including best director and screenplay […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘1917’ AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THE HORRORS OF “THE GREAT WAR”
DAVID ADAMS watches Golden Globe winner ‘1917’…
‘1917’ upsets Hollywood awards season as Globes host Gervais goes for broke
Beverly Hills, California, USReuters World War I movie 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1960s Tinseltown, won the top movie prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday on a night packed with upsets and hot-button issues at the start of Hollywood’s awards season. 1917 was named best drama and took best […]
Lengthy takes and mile-long trenches: the making of Mendes’ war drama ‘1917’
London, UKReuters Presenting his World War I battlefield movie 1917 as a single shot had pros and cons for Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Mistakes meant lengthy retakes but “accidents” also gave an authenticity of life in the trenches. From start to finish, fluid camera work follows two young British soldiers tasked with crossing enemy lines […]