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Previously on Comics: Rest in Peace, Akira Toriyama

March 11, 2024

Hello from your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor! Daylight savings has really done a number on us. Losing an hour of sleep means I’ve entered zombie mode. So this edition is going to be short. I’m here with the news from last week and some quick thoughts on how the Academy Awards went down.

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Previously on Comics: Awards and Calls for Papers

January 29, 2024

Good morning, everyone. It’s your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor bringing you the latest news from the world of comics and entertainment. Some of it is distressing, but there’s hope to be found in the darkness. And isn’t that really what pop culture is, at its core?

News, Roundtables, Television and Film

Oscars Roundtable: Villains, Faves, and The Ceremony

March 29, 2022

It’s been a strange time for film-making — working around COVID protocols, virtual festivals, and audiences reluctant to head out to the theatres have all been obstacles no one has figured out how to circumvent. Even the Oscars got rescheduled, and while this year everyone was in ...

News, Television and Film

Last Week’s Episode: No Disguise For That Wandavision

February 6, 2020

The Oscars are this weekend and I’m glad to soon be free of the burden of reading takes on any of the best picture nominees. #Bonghive baby.

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White Helmets Cinematographer Barred from U.S.

February 26, 2017

Not even the Oscars are immune from American politics and some celebrities and other members of the film industry won’t be attending — and not all by choice: twenty-one-year-old cinematographer and White Helmets press officer Khaled Khatib has been banned from entering the United ...

Reviews

Oscar Animated Shorts: Birds, Booze, and Bands

February 25, 2017

The Oscar animated shorts category has a few familiar faces and one director who adapted his own graphic novel into an animated short. “Borrowed Time” (7 minutes) Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj (directors) USA This is a short, silent Western about guilt and grief and dads, and it does that very ...

Reviews

Oscar Shorts: Singing, Baking, and Assimilation

February 25, 2017

One take away from the live action Oscar shorts this year is that they’re not really that short these days. Only one film comes in under the twenty minute mark. While a few of these films could have really done more with less, overall, it’s a year of strong contenders covering a ...

Essays

Elle: A Study On Trauma

February 24, 2017

Content Warning: Rape and sexual violence. A film that is centered solely around rape will never be a film for everyone. Though as a rape survivor, I felt that every moment of Elle was made with me in mind. Paul Verhoeven’s study of a woman dealing with the aftermath of a violent rape in ...

Reviews

Jackie: History Has Its Eyes On You

February 21, 2017

Jackie Pablo Larraín (dir), Stéphane Fontaine (cin) , Noah Oppenheim (wri) Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt (cast) LD Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures September 7, 2016 (Venice), December 2, 2016 (USA) We are midway through Jackie, and Jacqueline ...

Opinion

Oscars Welcomes Abusers Gibson and Affleck

February 14, 2017

Content Warning: This article discusses sexual assault, racism and antisemitism. In July 2010, two women filed a $2m lawsuit against actor Casey Affleck, alleging repeated instances of sexual harassment from Affleck as they worked together on his directorial debut. The allegations included ...

Oscars

Previously on Comics: Rest in Peace, Akira Toriyama

Previously on Comics: Awards and Calls for Papers

Oscars Roundtable: Villains, Faves, and The Ceremony

Last Week’s Episode: No Disguise For That Wandavision

White Helmets Cinematographer Barred from U.S.

Oscar Animated Shorts: Birds, Booze, and Bands

Oscar Shorts: Singing, Baking, and Assimilation

Elle: A Study On Trauma

Jackie: History Has Its Eyes On You

Oscars Welcomes Abusers Gibson and Affleck

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