Tagged Academy Awards

June 15, 2020

From the valley of The Broadway Melody, Andrew and Dave reach a peak with the exceptional All Quiet on the Western Front, a masterful anti-war epic that looks at World War One through the perspective ...

Wings Review – 1st Best Picture Winner Review: Patreon Exclusive

May 29, 2020

William A. Wellman’s masterful war epic, Wings, holds the honour of kicking off the Academy Awards by winning the Best Outstanding Picture award. While the grander, undeniable masterpiece of cinema, Sunrise: A...

1928-1929 Best Picture Winner – The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont) – Awards Don’t Matter

May 15, 2020

Ah, after a stellar start, David and Andrew encounter the first bonafide dud Best Picture winner: Harry Beaumont's musical The Broadway Melody. This pioneering musical film should be the benchmark for...

Rabbit Hole Review – Finding a Future After Spiralling Grief and Loss

Nadine Whitney

April 29, 2020

From outré queer director and musical theatre genius, John Cameron Mitchell comes a revelatory piece of understated suburban melodrama exploring the complex nature of grief when complicated by intricate famili...

Parasite Review – 92nd Best Picture Winner: Patreon Exclusive

April 28, 2020

A devilish question to ask viewers of Bong Joon-ho’s history defining Best Picture winner, Parasite, is who they believe the titular parasite to be? Is it the Kim’s? A lower-class family, eking whatever oun...

1927-1928 Best Picture Winners – Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Wings – Awards Don’t Matter

April 15, 2020

Welcome to the first discussion episode of Awards Don't Matter! Hosts David and Andrew discuss the first two Best Picture winners, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Wings. Two? Yep! The first A...

Welcome to Awards Don’t Matter!

April 7, 2020

Welcome to... Follow along with hosts Andrew F Peirce and David Giannini as they travel through the history of the Academy Awards by looking at each of the Best Picture winners and discussing their...

The Lighthouse Review – Cult Classic Perfection

Simone Grogan

February 19, 2020

On my way to see this film, I thought about a story I had seen on TV some years ago about The Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy. Two men operated a lighthouse in Wales in the 1800s. During their stint, one of the men ...

For Sama Review – A Challenging and Utterly Gripping Documentary

Christopher Spencer

February 19, 2020