Another year, another delightful conversation with Morgan Goldin. We got his thoughts on the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards, who we liked, who we didn’t, and how the show has changed in the last 6 years.
Steve and Chris talk with director, Walker Whited about his life as a filmmaker and his new psychological action thriller, By Night’s End, widely available on VOD October 6, 2020.
Morgan is back once again to talk all things Oscars with us as we delve into the alleged best films and snubs of 2019’s awards season. You can keep up with what he’s doing these days at his site, https://www.morgangoldin.com/
Please welcome Lee Esposito of Ritterhaus Productions, director of the award winning indie horror flick, Lillith (Check out the trailer here)! We got to chat with Lee a bit last week about his path to becoming a filmmaker, taking inspiration from other films, and his directorial debut among other fun stuff. So turn up and tune in.
We continue our journey through foreign language films with a review of The Lives of Others, a movie about life in state-controlled East Germany shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. [Aggregate score: 9.6]
And now, without further adieu, here are your 2019 Errant Indication winners:
Best Narrative Structure:
The Nominees:
One of our two bigger categories, there were some real heavy weights in the Narrative Structure category this year, but only one reigned supreme. And the winner is:
In a year of some incredibly poignant films, there were many and varied powerful themes. However, according to our poll, one film (that the Academy didn’t even deign to nominate for a single award, ahem) went above and beyond. And the winner is:
Sarah Churchill played by Rachel Weisz (“The Favourite”)
Thanos played by Josh Brolin (“Avengers: Infinity War”)
Institutionalized Racism (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Michael Myers/”The Shape” played by James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle (“Halloween (2018)”)
Alien Monster Things (“A Quiet Place”)
David Duke played by Topher Grace (“BlacKkKlansman”)
I wouldn’t want to go up against any of these formidable foes, but you voted that the only intangible nominee in this list was the worst. And the votes went to:
Reverend Toller played by Ethan Hawke (“First Reformed”)
Ally played by Lady Gaga (“A Star is Born”)
Freddy Mercury played by Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”)
Queen Anne played by Olivia Coleman (“The Favourite”)
Dick Cheney played by Christian Bale (“Vice”)
The ladies cleaned up this year in our poll, and for good reason. So many incredible performances, and you couldn’t decide on just one. With our first tie of the night are:
The Favourite (screenplay by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara)
Sorry to Bother You (screenplay by Boots Riley)
Isle of Dogs (screenplay by Wes Anderson)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen)
Eighth Grade (screenplay by Bo Burnham)
If Beale Street Could Talk (based on the book by James Baldwin, adapted for the screen by Barry Jenkins)
In an incredibly strong category this year, people could not decide which film’s dialogue was the best. We ended up with a four-way tie! And the FOUR winners are:
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” dir. by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey
“If Beale Street Could Talk” dir. by Barry Jenkins
“Sorry to Bother You” dir. by Boots Rilly
“Black Panther” dir. by Ryan Coogler
“The Favourite” dir. by Yorgos Lanthimos
There were some truly beautiful films this year, even ones that were left off this list, but as for what the people voted on, it was one more tie, and it goes to:
A few final thoughts: – Looking back on these choices, this list was bad in terms of female directed films and we could have included some great ones such as Can You Ever Forgive Me, Leave No Trace, and You Were Never Really Here, among others. Something I absolutely need to keep in mind next year. – How the hell did the Oscars snub If Beale Street Could Talk? It was pretty easily one of the best movies of 2018 and I’m glad it took a couple of categories here. – I think Spike Lee would’ve been alright with this one.
We’d like to thank you, the fan(s), for playing. It’s been a rush. We’ll see you next year!
Another year, another Oscars discussion with returning friend of the show, Morgan Goldin. We go in depth about the nominees, what we liked, what bugged us, and what films we thought were snubbed.
Morgan is a filmmaker himself and his work can be found at www.morgangoldin.com. He also does an annual supercut rundown of his favorite films from the year before. Here is his 2018 video.
The Lost Signals recently watched and reviewed this year’s Oscars darling, a story about the facade of celebrity. It’s A Star is Born. [Aggregate Score: 9.25]
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