Retrospective 2014 – A Year in Film

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March

The March Mix

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The month of March brought us another mix of films from the uniquely funny and typically quirky Wes Anderson ensemble piece The Grand Budapest Hotel, to one of the blockbusters of the year in Marvel’s Captain America sequel The Winter Soldier.

And the award goes to- The End of the Road

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A quick note about award shows; all art criticism is subjective and a matter of opinion, you like what you like and for your own reasons, so the notion of giving awards for best anything in Movie performance is ridiculous.

Having said that these shows have become an entity unto themselves, and in particular the Oscars, they matter and can make careers. Let’s remember that for the most part the people and films nominated deserve recognition, even though we might argue about who wins and who never gets nominated in the first place.

With all that being established, the 2nd of March signified the biggest night in the Movie industry with the arrival of the 86th Academy Awards (Oscars), notable winners were;

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity

Best Actor and Actress in a Leading Role

Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club

and

Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club

and

Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave

Best Screenplay (Original)

Spike Jonze for Her

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave

Those We Lost

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Perhaps not a name you will recognize but a face you surely will, character actor James Rebhorn died in March of melanoma complications at 65, a perennial authority figure and often unlikable in films like Scent of a Woman, Independence Day and Meet the Parents.