Retrospective 2019- A Year in Film
February
A Short Month With a Long Stride
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The year’s second and shortest month once again proved to be one of the more eventful in film terms, as UK audiences were finally treated to several award season stragglers like Peter Farrelly’s eventual Oscar-winner ‘Green Book‘ and Barry Jenkins’ lyrical 70s love tale ‘If Beale Street Could Talk‘, as well as quirky biographical dramedy ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?‘ and Lee Chang-dong’s memorable Korean mystery ‘Burning‘. Both British and American moviegoers also got to see some bigger crowdpleasing fare in February, like the CGI-heavy Robert Rodriguez dystopian sci-fi epic ‘Alita: Battle Angel‘ and quirky wrestling underdog tale ‘Fighting with My Family‘, among other things.
And the Award Goes To…
Bronze Masks in London Town
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A per tradition the biggest night in the British film calendar took place in February as the awards season express made one of its final stops in London town for the 72nd edition of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), here are some of the notable winners this year;
Best Film
Outstanding British Film of the Year
Best Director
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Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Best Actor and Actress
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Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody
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Olivia Colman for The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor and Actress
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Mahershala Ali for Green Book
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Rachel Weisz for The Favourite
Best Screenplay (Original)
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
You can check out our breakdown of all the night’s big winners here.
The Big Golden Kahuna
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After another eclectic twelve months of cinema, film festivals, scandals and social change, everything came to a head in Hollywood on Sunday the 24th of February at the 91st Academy Awards, the biggest night of the year for the industry. As is becoming tradition, the event was preceded by some prerequisite media scandal, this year resulting in a rare hostless Oscars with the most diverse selection of nominees in recent memory, whith Peter Farrelly’s racially-charged biographical American dramedy road movie ‘Green Book’ picking up the big one, while Alfonso Cuarón’s very personal Mexican period family drama ‘Roma’ took home best director, foreign language film and cinematography—making history for Netflix.
Once again we can endlessly debate who should have won what and whether any of it matters, but the Oscars can make careers and give publicity to films that normally wouldn’t get much, not to mention celebrating legitimate achievements in filmmaking, so here are some of 2019’s notable winners;
Best Picture
Best Director
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Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Best Cinematography
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Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Actor and Actress in a Leading Role
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Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody
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Olivia Colman for The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor and Actress
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Mahershala Ali for Green Book
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Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Screenplay (Original)
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
You can see our full recap of all the winners at the 2019 Academy Awards here.
Those We Lost
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February saw the passing among others of British acting legend Albert Finney (82) (Murder on the Orient Express, Annie), American screen heartthrob Jan-Michael Vincent (73) (The Mechanic, Airwolf) and veteran Swiss star Bruno Ganz (77) (Wings of Desire, Downfall). The industry also mourned the loss of two of its legends in February with the passing of Golden Age Hollywood director Stanley Donen (94) (Singin’ in the Rain, Charade), as well as classical conductor, Oscar-winning composer and all around music icon André Previn (89) (Gigi, My Fair Lady).
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