WETA Around Town: Nell Minow on Band Aid
Posted on June 19, 2017 at 8:45 pm
It was a great pleasure to discuss “Band Aid” on WETA with my friends Robert Aubrey Davis and Travis Hopson.
Join Me Tonight at Filmfest DC
Posted on April 21, 2016 at 10:00 am
Travis Hopson of WETA Around Town, Jason Fraley of WTOP Radio, and I will join celebrated television movie critic Arch Campbell in a panel discussion about the world of movies, both on and off the screen. With Netflix and Amazon expanding into producing or buying first-run features, the lines between television and feature films are becoming more blurred. How does this situation affect commercial film distribution? The once-staid Academy Awards® were embroiled in controversy this year over minority representation. There seem to be more and more superhero-oriented, special-effects blockbusters geared to young men. Given the success of art houses like Landmark Theaters E Street Cinema, why aren’t more quality films being exhibited? The media experts will discuss these issues and many more.
It’s free, at Washington DC’s Landmark E Street Theater, 7 pm tonight. Please join us!
Washington Area Film Critic Awards: The Nominees are Out!
Posted on December 8, 2013 at 12:00 pm
It’s awards season! I’m voting in at least four different critics awards groups and will keep posting updates. Despite the manipulation of the awards process and questions about the relevance of critic awards, I think they are meaningful. First, critics are the only people who spend the whole year seeing the widest possible range of films, mostly in theaters, as they were intended to be seen. We don’t watch only those films supported by their studios for awards, so we have context and experience to guide our choices, and no relationships with filmmakers to affect our judgement as the industry awards do. Because of that, we can pay tribute to some films that might otherwise be overlooked. I’m proud of the Washington Area Film Critics Association nominees:
| Best Film: American Hustle Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis 12 Years a Slave Best Director: Best Actor: Best Actress: Best Supporting Actor: Best Supporting Actress: Best Acting Ensemble: Best Youth Performance: Best Adapted Screenplay: Best Original Screenplay: |
Best Animated Feature: Best Documentary: Best Foreign Language Film: Best Art Direction: Best Cinematography: Best Editing: Best Original Score: The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC: |
We will announce our winners Monday morning at 8 am.
And I was honored to be invited on two podcasts to discuss our awards, Cinema Royale with Travis Hopson and Cinema Con Queso with John Nolan.
Tonight on Punch Drunk Critics — The Year in Film
Posted on December 30, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Please listen in at 7 pm Eastern tonight as I visit my friends at Punch Drunk Critics to talk about the best and worst of the year in film!
I Join the Punch-Drunk Critics to Talk about the Best and Worst of 2012 So Far
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm
I had a blast talking to my pals at Punch-Drunk Critics about the best and worst in 2012 film so far. Many thanks to Travis and John for including me!