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Mad Max: Fury Road by Michał Sałata

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Tully (USA, 2017)

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Forrest Goodluck as Adam Red Eagle in The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018).

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samuel l jackson rlly just called marvel fans uncultured SKLDLLDLDKDKDD

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They (2017)

A film about a non-binary child, with diagnosed gender dysphoria and a supportive family, who feels very androgynous and goes by they/them pronouns. Directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh and starring Rhys Fehrenbacher, who was transitioning from male-to-female when she met Ghazvinizadeh and accepted the transgender role.

The film also features an Iranian character named Araz, who struggles with a language barrier, but makes an endearingly genuine effort to refer to his fiancé’s non-binary sibling with neutral language. Parallels are drawn between Araz’s situation, wanting to return to his homeland but being unable to, and the non-binary experience of being stuck between genders.

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BlacKkKlansman (2018), dir. Spike Lee

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Isn’t it Romantic (2019) dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson

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Movies watched in 2019.

Isn't it romantic (2019) - 7/10.

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Netflix does not yet have a Best Picture Oscar, but Steven Spielberg is still apparently none too happy about the prospect of it winning one soon. The iconic filmmaker has long made his thoughts about Netflix known, saying last March that he flat-out doesn’t think Netflix movies should be eligible for Oscars. He compared Netflix originals to TV movies, saying, “I don’t believe films that are just given token qualifications in a couple of theaters for less than a week should qualify for the Academy Award nomination.”

Now, in the wake of three Oscar wins for Netflix’s Roma, including Best Director, Spielberg is prepared to propose a rule change that would rule Netflix films ineligible at an upcoming Academy Board of Governors meeting (he represents the Directors branch on the board). The news comes courtesy of Indiewire, though it’s unclear specifically what rules Spielberg would propose to be changed, and whether Netflix increasing the length of a theatrical window ahead of a streaming release would ease his concerns.

A spokesman for Amblin had this to say:

“Steven feels strongly about the difference between the streaming and theatrical situation. He’ll be happy if the others will join [his campaign] when that comes up [at the Academy Board of Governors meeting]. He will see what happens.”

This puts Spielberg in direct conflict with his friend and fellow filmmaker Martin Scorsese, whose new film The Irishman will debut on Netflix later this year. The streaming service has already committed to a theatrical release for the film, but Scorsese reportedly wants them to give the film a wide release. That poses a challenge. Roma was released in theaters three weeks before it hit the streaming service—a first—but only in limited release, and it followed a smaller platform rollout in the ensuing months.

In order to convince major theatrical chains like AMC or Regal to carry The Irishman, either Netflix would have to bend to their rules and release the film in theaters a full 90 days before it hits Netflix, or theater chains would have to break their long-held standards that hold fast to the 90-day window. That window of exclusivity is there to ensure that exhibiting films is worth a theater’s while—if a movie’s on Netflix at the same time it’s in theaters, chances are most people aren’t going to pay extra to go see it in a movie theater.

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Aww his white male identity in Hollywood feels threatened. Good. 

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The Favourite (2018) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

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Movies watched in 2019.

The Favourite (2018) - 9/10.

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characters from my two favorite movies i’ve watched this fall! left is Justine and Adrien from Raw (2016), right is Arash and the girl in question from A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)

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Rafiki, American Poster

In U.S. Theaters April 19, 2019.

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Movies watched in 2019.

Piercing (2018) - 2/10.

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“I am showing my people that they also can reach something like this, that just because you don’t have blonde hair and green eyes, it doesn’t mean you can’t be a part of it. There are certain things that will change little by little in our culture and let’s hope that with this picture, something is learned."  - Yalitza Aparicio

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Yalitza Aparicio, the breakout star of Alfonso Cuarón’s critically acclaimed film “Roma,” just made history with her Oscar nomination as the first indigenous woman to get a Best Actress nod. 👏

Aparicio ― a 26-year-old born in Oaxaca, Mexico, of indigenous Mixtec descent ― was a newcomer to acting when she was selected to play the lead role of Cleo in Cuarón’s film, according to The New York Times. The semi-autobiographical black-and-white movie tells the story of a domestic worker and the family she works for in early-1970s Mexico City.

The Netflix film has since earned 10 Oscar nominations and launched Aparicio into international stardom, with her recently making waves on the cover of Vogue México.

“Stereotypes are being broken: that only people with a certain profile can aspire to be in a movie or on the cover of a magazine,” Aparicio said in a video for Vogue México. “People are knowing other faces of Mexico ― it’s something that makes me so happy and proud of my roots.” ❤️

Read more here.

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Movies watched in 2019.

Disobedience (2017) - 7/10.