New year, new us!
@JillianChili
and
@kenzvanunu
are combining their two sites to introduce Offscreen Central 🤍the premiere platform for female and non-binary critics. We are dedicated to highlighting artisans behind the camera with insightful conversations about their work.
Greta Gerwig’s
#Barbie
is a pink spectacular, original, feminist film that’s not only hilarious and smart, but serves as an existential crisis on the experience of being a woman. Read the review from
@kenzvanunu
here 💅🏻
Oscars Central is relaunching as an exclusive outlet for female & non-binary writers! We’re looking forward to having a place to highlight the work of the amazing women and non-binary writers in the film criticism + awards space 🤍
Zac Efron not only delivers career best work in
#TheIronClaw
but one of the best lead actor performances of the year.
@TheMovieMermaid
writes about how no lead actor line up is complete without him 🤍🌹
#FYC
🖤
@ZoeRoseBryant
beautifully explores the themes of
#PoorThings
(and how it’s been received) and how it mirrors her own story. Read her incredible piece on the site now 🏳️⚧️
As (the titular) Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy gives the performance of a lifetime 🖤 The queen of his campaign
@JillianChili
writes about how it is time for this Irish short king to get his Oscar. Read the
#FYC
here ❤️🔥
Since we’re in the middle of Oscar voting,
@msmlroberts
wants everyone to remember the incredible performance Rachel McAdams gives in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
#FYC
🤍
#DunePartTwo
is monumental filmmaking by Denis Villeneuve. A cinematic spectacle exploring religious fanaticism set within a tragic love story. Read the review from
@kenzvanunu
here (and yes she has a whole paragraph on Austin Butler) 🖤
#PastLives
explores all of your unspoken emotions within a relationship & becomes a universal experience as you watch due to Celine Song’s masterful screenplay.
@leiassunsets
discusses why the film deserves to win the Original Screenplay Oscar 🤍
#FYC
The magic Austin Butler brings to the screen is enough to make an Elvis Presley fan out of someone who wasn’t a fan before. Read our FYC from
@kenzvanunu
for Austin Butler in
#Elvis
⚡️
The Lead Actor race feels down to Austin Butler vs Brendan Fraser at the
#Oscars
@kenzvanunu
breaks down the battle between the two actors here 🥊 who do you have winning Lead Actor?
#Oppenheimer
contains multiple timelines, the same scenes from different perspectives, and a brilliant character study all within a 3 hour+ runtime.
@JillianChili
spoke to the brilliant Editor behind the film, Jennifer Lame 🖤
Our next holiday giveaway is this beautiful poster of Guillermo del Toro’s
#PinocchioMovie
by the amazing
@JamesJeanArt
🤍 to enter, make sure you follow us, RT/like this tweet and we will pick a winner* on Monday, 12/12. 🎄🕎💕
Sofia Coppola delivers one of her strongest films to date with a sensitive, caring meditation in Priscilla
💌 Sofia was the only person who could bring this story to the screen & Spaeny was born to play Priscilla. Read the review from
@kenzvanunu
here 🤍
La Chimera is to experience film through the lens of childhood curiosity and trust Alice Rohrwacher as she breaks all the rules to fully entrench the mystique and beauty of Italian cinema from past to present. Review from
@JillianChili
here 🤍
✨ hello, hello ✨ new kid on the block here! Oscars Central is your new home for your award season coverage, but all year long! Follow us here and check out the site!
#FilmTwitter
#Oscars
#AcademyAwards
Emerald Fennell delivers a sexy, pop confection that is a fearless, twisted ride back to 2006.
#Saltburn
is Rebecca meets Jennifer’s Body in a demented, horny examination of social hierarchy and obsession. Read the review from
@kenzvanunu
here 🧂🔥
First reactions to Luca Guadagnino’s Bones & All are finally here!
@rickyvalero_
rounded up the first set of social reactions to the new film starring Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet 🦴🩸
#Venezia79
Our next holiday giveaway is for the Austin Butler and Elvis girlies ⚡️ we’re giving away the soundtrack on vinyl! To enter*, make sure you follow us, RT/like this tweet and reply with how many of our team members have Austin ranked number one in actor!
Watching Cillian Murphy play both an older and younger version of J. Robert Oppenheimer felt both hard to believe and incredibly real thanks to Makeup Department Head Luisa Abel 🤍 she spoke with
@JillianChili
about the deaging and aging process!
Not only did we get to see a balding Robert Downey Jr in
#Oppenheimer
but we got to see a permed Cillian Murphy. Hair Department Head Jaime Leigh McIntosh spoke with
@JillianChili
all about her incredible work on the Chris Nolan film.
Dakota Johnson? Leonardo DiCaprio? Viola Davis? Jesse “Lance” Plemons? Who does
@Tberry57
predict at the
#Oscars
next year? Check out his early predictions! ✨
Zac Efron delivers one of the strongest performances of the year in
#TheIronClaw
🤍
@TheMovieMermaid
wrote all about his performance and why he absolutely deserves to make it in the Oscar Lead Actor five!
#FYC
🤼
Elvis transcends the typical musician biopic by giving new life into the legendary American singer’s story. Read our review from
@kenzvanunu
on the Austin Butler starring film here ⚡️
Zac Efron delivers one of the strongest performances of the year in
#TheIronClaw
🤍
@TheMovieMermaid
wrote all about his performance and why he absolutely deserves to make it in the Oscar Lead Actor five!
#FYC
🤼
After taking an infamous 16-year break from filmmaking, Todd Field returned with an original idea that gave birth to the legend herself: Lydia Tár. Read the
#FYC
from
@JillianChili
for TÁR for Best Original Screenplay 🎼
✨ Our Oscar Board is updated with predictions in all 23
#Oscar
categories ✨ post
#BAFTA
and DGA, but ahead of SAG and PGA, see what our team is predicting!
Our nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Paul Mescal Aftersun
Austin Butler Elvis
Felix Kammerer All Quiet on the Western Front
Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin
Diego Calva Babylon
Jonathan Glazer’s
#TheZoneOfInterest
is a feat of filmmaking that challenges its audience. Only a director with the control and vision like Glazer could pull this off.
@kenzvanunu
writes why she thinks he should be winning director 🥀
Before
#Oscars
voting kicks off, we have updated our Oscar Board! See where we have Austin Butler vs Brendan Fraser at and what is going in with ✨ every ✨ category
#EEAAO
is in! Check out our updated predictions in every category!
Cinematographer Mandy Walker Makes History as 'Elvis' Wins Top Honor at American Society of Cinematographers Awards and makes history by becoming the first woman EVER to win the top prize. Full List of ASC Winners Here 🤍
If you could bring any current Oscar contender (actor/writer/director) as your plus one to Thanksgiving dinner with your family, who would you bring? 🦃
In Elvis, Martin does more than just copy anything existing from Presley’s life. She brings new life to a legend immortalized on screen. Read the
#FYC
for Elvis in Best Costume Design here
Our nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Viola Davis The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler Till
Mia Goth Pearl
Cate Blanchett TÁR
Taylor Russell Bones & All
Coming of age films hold a truly special place in the heart of
@ZoeRoseBryant
💘 Read here how they helped her fill in the blanks of those “lost places of her past.”
From the melancholic score by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, shots of the bloodied sky, and riveting performances, Guadagnino creates a complex portrait of lost lovers that perfectly balances the horror & beauty of humanity in
#BonesAndAll
🦴 -
@JillianChili
Boy Kills World is a blood drenched B-movie dream come true. Bill Skarsgård always looks great covered in blood but in this stylish, high-octane thriller, he’s never looked better. Read the review from
@Kenzvanunu
here 🩸
Motherhood is a common theme in films each year, but this year we have an abundance of films focused on mothers.
@kenzvanunu
explores this year's slate of award season films and their stories on motherhood. Read it here 🤍