Newsletter Only good movies Get the Indie Focus newsletter, Mark Olsen's weekly guide to the world of cinema. The least interesting sort of preliminary awards are the ones that boast about their ability to define or anticipate the Oscar race. … That’s sort of the best function of movie awards to me, is to point people toward great movies.”Jen Yamato and I covered the awards ceremony at the Sundance Film Festival, where “Minari” took the grand jury prize and audience award and women swept the directing prizes. Either we’re doing a movie about Harley and the Joker or the Joker cannot be there, because if he’s there for even a glimpse that would be her sole focus. In other words, ‘Birds of Prey’ isn’t necessarily better than ‘Suicide Squad’ just because it’s mostly about women and was written and directed by women.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2020 20:26 UTC