The Golden Globes have honoured the best names on our screens and behind the scenes at their 2019 ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday. Co-hosts Sandra Oh and Andy Samburg opened the ceremony, and Oh celebrated the increase of representation on our screens with works like Pose and Crazy Rich Asians. Oh also made history herself, becoming […]
The winner of last year’s Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards was honoured with a street in its name in Miami’s Liberty City. Moonlight was the first LGBT+ film and the first film with an all-black cast to win the prestigious Best Picture Award at the Oscars, and now the films directed is being honoured […]
MTV’s 26th Movie & TV Awards have removed gendered categories for their upcoming ceremony at the Shine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Formerly the MTV Movie Awards, the celebration of on-screen talent has expanded to cover the work of television and silver screen performers alike. This year, the categories will not be split into “Best Male” […]
Confusion has broken out in the final moments of the Academy Awards ceremony as the wrong film was named as Best Picture. The producers of the musical La La Land, which was widely tipped to take out the top prize, were giving their speeches when host Jimmy Kimmel had to interrupt and break the news […]
Moonlight has picked up six trophies at the Independent Spirit awards. The latest haul of accolades comes on the eve of the Academy Awards where the film is nominated for eight Oscars. The Independent Spirit Awards which are traditionally held on the day before Hollywood’s glamorous premier awards ceremony, honor the year’s best independent film […]
Our past lives within us. Our life experiences not only form our identities but inform us which identity is best to present to others. The shadows left by society’s construction and labelling of difference as deviance are still with us, and three films this month tell personal stories of those marginalised by what Michael Foucault […]
Award winning queer film Moonlight won’t make a lot of sense to audiences in India after the government’s censorship board ruled that a pivotal scene be cut from the film. Barry Jenkins’ award winning film has been scooping up awards and gaining widespread praise for it’s powerful and understated portrayal of an African American man at […]
Gay drama Moonlight has scored eight Oscar nominations. The film is up for Best Picture completing alongside Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, La La Land, Fences, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, Lion and Manchester by Sea. Barry Jenkins has also been nominated for his work as the film’s director and for the screenplay. Mahershala Ali is nominated for […]
Queer themed films ‘The Pass’ and ‘Moonlight’ have both scored nominations at the BAFTAs. The British Academy of Film and Television Awards are seen as an indicator of which films might fare well at the Academy Awards. ‘Moonlight’ hot off it’s win for Best Drama Picture at the Golden Globes picked up four nominations. It’s […]
Moonlight has been named Best Drama Film at the 74th Golden Globe Awards. During the awards presentation the film was presented by actor Brad Pitt, making a rare public appearance. “It’s born of the courage of a group of actors willing to strip to their souls and express their humanism inside mistake and misstep and […]
