nomadland

Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland is a film in which nothing happens and everything happens. The film finds its protagonist Fern (Frances McDormand) as a nomad and it ends with her still a nomad. There are no big dramatic set pieces in between, just small moments of Fern’s life as she...

Tylah Mofford After halting my day at exactly 12.20pm on Monday 15th March to tune in to Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra revealing the 2021 Oscar nominations (which was obviously much more important than my seminar at that time), I was pleasantly surprised by the diverse nature of the...

Adam Feeley As the virtual ceremony came to an end, it became clear that zoom awards show don’t work. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler failed to recapture the magic of their previous hosting gigs, as Fey hosted from New York and Poehler from Los Angeles. They are at their...

Daria Paterek Following the critical acclaim for recent film Nomadland, an American drama film, written, directed, and edited by Chloé Zhao, it is no surprise that Zhao won the prize of Best Director at the Golden Globes. After Nomadland achieved 167 awards and 122 nominations, it is only logical that...

Adam Feeley As we approach awards season peak, the defining films of the season come into focus. The movies which you claim to have seen or ‘have heard great things about’, or even bragged about how early you got to see it. This awards season sets to be defined...