Shane Slater

LATEST ARTICLES ( 915 )

• REVIEW: Birds of Passage

  

  As addictive as the drugs themselves, modern audiences can’t seem to get enough of the drugs cartels in their entertainment. But even with all the... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Donbass

  

  Films about civil wars are a dime a dozen, establishing certain tropes and stylistic approaches that audiences have come to expect. But then there are films lik... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: BAFTA Nominations

  

  The BAFTA nominations have just been announced and it's a surprisingly respectable list. "BlacKkKlansman" in particular received a nice seal of approval from... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Golden Globe Awards

  

  It's a day later and I'm still dumbfounded by what transpired at Sunday night's Golden Globes. In a year where several directors delivered universally beloved... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Golden Globe Predictions

  

  Kicking off 2019 in style with the first major awards show of the season, the Golden Globes will make or break numerous Oscar campaigns tomorrow. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Roma

  

  The experience of watching "Roma", the latest masterwork from Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron is hard to fully express in words. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• INTERVIEW: Benedikt Erlingsson

  

  Although Iceland hasn’t been nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar since 1991, the Scandinavian nation has submitted some of the most intriguing films over... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• INTERVIEW: Eva Melander

  

  Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival and now the official Swedish submission for the Foreign Language Oscar, Ali Abassi’s “Border”... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• INTERVIEW: Javier Fesser

  

  It’s rare for a feel-good film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but Spain’s submission “Champions” is trying to buck the trend this year. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• INTERVIEW: Gustav Möller

  

  One of the year’s most captivating films hits North American theaters this weekend in the form of “The Guilty,” the debut feature from Danish director Gustav... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: The Guilty

  

  In our troubled times, it often seems like we are in constant need of a hero to swoop in and save us. With the media frequently reminding us of mass shootings,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Champions

  

  When Spain’s selection committee for the Oscars infamously snubbed Asghar Farhadi’s star-studded “Everybody Knows” for a little-known film without US... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Vice

  

  Prior to 2015, no one would have listed Adam McKay as one of American cinema's most prominent filmmakers. But following that year's release of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Predicting the Foreign Language Film Shortlist

  

  Among the various categories to follow in the Oscar race this year, Best Foreign Language Film is at once the most exciting and uneventful. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Predicting the Documentary Feature Shortlist

  

  By all accounts, it was an outstanding year for documentary filmmaking. While the traditionally narrative feature-focused Best Picture race has seen some high... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• AWARDS ROUNDUP: Golden Globe, Critics Choice & SAG Nominations

  

  It's been a whirlwind week for major nominations announcements, culminating in a rather shocking set of SAG nominees that left Oscar pundits scratching their... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: AAFCA Awards

  

  Early yesterday morning, the African-American Film Critics Association (of which I'm a member) announced their winners for the best in film and TV in 2018. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• AWARDS SEASON: Who's the Favourite Star?

  

  Will "A Star is Born" shine on Oscar night?It's that time again, as we enter one of the most significant phases of the awards season. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: The Favourite

  

  I've never professed to be a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos, the director behind such acclaimed films as "The Lobster" and "Dogtooth". Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: The Front Runner

  

  If there's one thing I hate about the awards season, it's the prevalent use of the reductive term "Oscar bait". Used to refer to a outdated idea of a typical... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES