Awards season continued to be a roller coaster ride at the Producers Guild of Americas as Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's "Birdman" surprised and won the highest honors. How will that big win change the 2015 Oscars race?
On Sunday Jan. 25, the SAG awards were presented, with Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" winning Best Cast in a motion picture. Does the big win make the movie an Oscars contender?
The cinematography category is one of the most competitive each year as the craftsmanship becomes more unique and diverse. This year the nominees are made up previous winners, previous nominees and three newcomers.
The Oscars take place on February 22nd and there are a number of Mexicans in contention for major awards. Among them are director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki. A win for either would continue Mexico's well-documented history at the big event. But how have Mexicans fared in the 87-year history of the Academy Awards?
The 2015 Academy Awards have announced their annual Oscar nominations with "Birdman," "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Boyhood" leading the Best Picture race.
On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the annual Oscar nominations. So which films are locks for Best Picture and which are still on the border?
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association showed Latinos in TV and film some love Sunday night at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards. Latinos who scored big at the Globes included Mexican writer/director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, nabbing the Best Screenplay Award (along with Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo) for "Birdman," and "Jane The Virgin" star Gina Rodriguez, who proudly and humbly won her first-ever Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a TV series, Musical or Comedy.
What were Latin Post.com film writer David Salazar's favorite films of 2014? Here is a run down including the honorable mentions which include "The Imitation Game," "A Most Wanted Man," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," "Inherent Vice" and others.
Three years ago, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences implemented a new rule that would allow five to ten films to be nominated for the Best Picture award. This year, looks like it will hard to guess how many films will be in the Best Picture category. The race is quite crowded, with a number of films already considered locks. But how many will be nominated for the Best Picture award at the 2015 Oscars?
The artistic merit of a film always relies on every single piece coming together if not perfectly, then suitably. Acting in film works in the same way. Even though the lead characters are expected to carry entire films, they also need the supporting casts (assuming they exist) to add emotional depth and layers to each and every story. And in some cases (or many really), the supporting cast members manage to steal away the spotlight with the color or dimension that they add. This installment takes a look at the supporting actor performance by a male that stood out most in 2014 to writers David and Francisco Salazar.
