Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho won't get to keep all four of his awards for Parasite
4 years, 10 months ago

Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho won't get to keep all four of his awards for Parasite

Daily Mail  

Director Bong Joon-ho won't be able to keep all four Oscars that was awarded to his hit drama Parasite during the 92nd Academy Awards. Making history: Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho won't get to keep all four awards for Parasite, it was reported on Monday. as film's Best International Feature Film gong is awarded to South Korea Director Bong won the Best Director award on his own, while he shares the Best Original Screenplay award with Jin Won-han and Best Picture gong with his fellow producers Kwak Sin-ae, Moon Yang-kwon and Jang Young-hwan. Big Winner: The director made history by winning the Oscar for Best Picture, and he also got Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film Rules: The current rules in the Academy governing the category state, 'the statuette will be awarded to the picture and accepted by the director on behalf of the film's creative talents' However, in 2014, it was announced that the director's name will be engraved on the statuette along with the country. For the country: The award isn't actually given to the director, or any one person, so it won't be a part of director Bong's trophy case, which has gotten significantly bigger this year The movie earned a whopping $392,216 in its U.S. opening weekend from just three theatres for a per-screen average of $131,072, the highest ever for a foreign-language film.

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Will another international filmmaker prevail this Oscar season?
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Will another international filmmaker prevail this Oscar season?

LA Times  

More films shepherded by directors who grew up outside of the U.S. may be getting nominated for best picture these days, but those that go on to win the coveted Oscar tend to be, like last year’s “Oppenheimer,” led by helmers from English-speaking countries: In the past 50 years, there have been only eight that were not. And of those, …

From Casablanca to Parasite here are the greatest Best Picture winners
10 months ago

From Casablanca to Parasite here are the greatest Best Picture winners

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Look over the list of Best Picture winners over the years …

With this year's Oscar nominations, foreign-language films have gone mainstream
11 months, 2 weeks ago

With this year's Oscar nominations, foreign-language films have gone mainstream

BBC  

With this year's Oscar nominations, foreign-language films have gone mainstream Netflix Non-English language films Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest, Past Lives, and Society of Snow all received Oscar nominations – three of them for best picture. In the decades prior to this shift, non-English language films were nearly always relegated to the "best foreign language film" prize, …

A nod at 90, a 42-year gap and more Oscar nomination numbers
1 year, 11 months ago

A nod at 90, a 42-year gap and more Oscar nomination numbers

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A descending look at the numbers behind Tuesday’s nominations for the 95th Academy Awards. ___ 90: Age of John Williams, nominated for best original score for “The Fabelmans.” The composer’s latest nomination makes him the oldest person ever to be nominated for a competitive Oscar. The songwriter remains a nomination machine with her best original song nod …

What to watch out for when Oscar noms are announced Tuesday
2 years, 10 months ago

What to watch out for when Oscar noms are announced Tuesday

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Among the films expected to …

Oscars 2021: Yuh-Jung Youn Becomes first Korean Actor to Win Academy Award with Best Actress Gong
3 years, 8 months ago

Oscars 2021: Yuh-Jung Youn Becomes first Korean Actor to Win Academy Award with Best Actress Gong

News 18  

Yuh-Jung Youn has become the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award. She claimed the Oscar for best supporting actress Sunday night for her performance in “Minari" as a grandmother who moves from South Korea to live with her daughter’s farming family in Arkansas. "— OscarInterviews April 26, 2021 Last year the South Korean film “Parasite" won best picture …

Oscars 2021: Fewer stars, no audience and no Zoom appearances amid Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 8 months ago

Oscars 2021: Fewer stars, no audience and no Zoom appearances amid Covid-19 restrictions

Daily Mail  

An Oscars unlike any before will get underway Sunday night with a telecast retooled for the pandemic. Covid-19 precautions: The Oscars are adapting to the coronavirus pandemic by having only 170 attendees at LA's Union Station this year, while Zoom appearances are banned; Union Station seen being prepared for the ceremony on Friday In contrast with the largely virtual Golden …

‘Parasite’s’ Bong Joon Ho to head Venice Film Festival jury
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’s’ Bong Joon Ho to head Venice Film Festival jury

Associated Press  

“Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho has been selected as jury president of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Friday. As president of the jury — and more importantly as a perpetual cinephile — I’m ready to admire and applaud all the great films selected by the festival. I’m filled with genuine hope and excitement.” Festival director Alberto Barbera …

Oscars 2021 on April 25 will be in-person event, no virtual ceremony: Report
4 years, 1 month ago

Oscars 2021 on April 25 will be in-person event, no virtual ceremony: Report

India Today  

The 93rd Academy Awards, or the Oscars 2021 will take place on April 25, 2021 and it will be an in-person event, a Variety.com report says. An awards publicist told Variety, “The Academy has done a walkthrough of the Dolby recently to see all the multiple options.” INDIA’S ENTRY TO OSCARS 2021 This year, director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Jallikattu is …

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho to produce adaptation of his 2014 Korean immigrant drama Sea Fog
4 years, 3 months ago

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho to produce adaptation of his 2014 Korean immigrant drama Sea Fog

Firstpost  

The original film, which was directed by Shim Sung Bo from a script he wrote with Bong Joon-ho, follows a fishing-boat crew on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of undocumented immigrants from China to Korea. South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has joined Participant Media’s immigrant drama Sea Fog as a producer. The project is based on Bong’s 2014 …

Oscar-Winning Movie 'Parasite' Rules Asian Film Awards Nominations
4 years, 4 months ago

Oscar-Winning Movie 'Parasite' Rules Asian Film Awards Nominations

ABP News  

'Parasite' -- Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning movie leads the race at this year's Asian Film Awards, by sweeping 10 nominations including best film, best director, and best screenplay. 'Parasite' created history as it became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars. The film also bagged the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, …

Bong Joon Ho to publish 'Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards' to celebrate Oscar-winning film's one year anniversary
4 years, 7 months ago

Bong Joon Ho to publish 'Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards' to celebrate Oscar-winning film's one year anniversary

Firstpost  

Parasite, which examines the class divide in the Korean society through a poor family scheming its way into a rich man’s house with disastrous results, became a phenomenon on its debut at Cannes in May last year, starting a winning March that ended at Oscars. Parasite fans can get a glimpse into the creative mind of director Bong Joon Ho …

Trump criticizes "Parasite" Best Picture Oscar win because it's South Korean
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump criticizes "Parasite" Best Picture Oscar win because it's South Korean

Salon  

President Donald Trump told a rally in Colorado on Thursday that he does not think "Parasite" should have won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture because it is a South Korean film. After "Parasite" won the Golden Globe award for best foreign language film, Bong noted how embracing subtitles can open up one's world: "Once you overcome the one-inch …

Korean cinema starter kit
4 years, 10 months ago

Korean cinema starter kit

Live Mint  

On 9 February, Parasite won four Academy Awards, including Best Director for Bong Joon-ho and Best Picture. Lost in the excitement of a non-English film winning the top prize for the first time was a surprising statistic: Parasite was the first South Korean film to even be nominated for an Oscar. Yet the country’s cinema has, since the 1990s, been …

Bong Joon Ho’s tips on how he stays so chill: ‘I’m actually very anxious’
4 years, 10 months ago

Bong Joon Ho’s tips on how he stays so chill: ‘I’m actually very anxious’

LA Times  

Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s understated and relatable charm have won him throngs of new admirers during the awards season, especially after his Korean-language thriller “Parasite” picked up four Oscars on Sunday night. “At least when we laugh, there’s a feeling that we’re overcoming some kind of horror.” Look loose while simultaneously sweating the details: He comes off super loose, …

Mark Ruffalo is the front runner to headline HBO’s ‘Parasite’ TV series
4 years, 10 months ago

Mark Ruffalo is the front runner to headline HBO’s ‘Parasite’ TV series

The Hindu  

Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo has been tapped for a leading role in the new television spin-off of director Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning film Parasite. Ruffalo watched from the audience as the filmmaker pick up four trophies, including one for Best Picture, at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday and now he’s in line to star in a TV series adaptation …

Bong Joon-Ho's translator has her own 'fan base', Twitter claims she deserves an 'honorary Oscar'
4 years, 10 months ago

Bong Joon-Ho's translator has her own 'fan base', Twitter claims she deserves an 'honorary Oscar'

Firstpost  

Bong Joon-Ho’s translator Sharon Choi has been with the Parasite director since May 2019, and is a filmmaker in her own right. — R. Eric Thomas February 10, 2020 parasite translator sharon choi i am free and available to hang out on thursday — ASYA February 10, 2020 I will not rest until Sharon Choi receives an Honorary Oscar #Oscars …

Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’
4 years, 10 months ago

Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” made history as the first non-English best picture winner in Academy Awards history, he made a modest plea to American moviegoers: Don’t be afraid of subtitles. Accepting the award for best foreign-language film at the Golden Globes last month, the South Korean filmmaker, who has worked in both Seoul and Hollywood, said: …

South Koreans explode with joy over ‘Parasite’ Oscar wins
4 years, 10 months ago

South Koreans explode with joy over ‘Parasite’ Oscar wins

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with rare collective joy Monday after director Bong Joon Ho and his movie “Parasite” won Oscars for best picture and three other categories, good news that came as their country struggles to cope with a new virus from China and its economic fallout. “Can you believe that ‘Parasite’ won the Academy best picture?” …

Making Oscar history, ‘Parasite’ wins best picture
4 years, 10 months ago

Making Oscar history, ‘Parasite’ wins best picture

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — In a milestone win that instantly expanded the Oscars’ horizons, Bong Joon Ho’s masterfully devious class satire “Parasite” became the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards. “Parasite” took Hollywood’s top prize on Sunday night, along with awards for best director, best international film and best screenplay. In …

South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ wins international feature Oscar
4 years, 10 months ago

South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ wins international feature Oscar

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — “Parasite,“ director Bong Joon Ho’s dark comedy about wealth inequality, won the Oscar for best international feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards, becoming the first South Korean film to capture an Oscar. “A foreign-language film winning this later won’t be much of an issue later on, hopefully.” Still, he said he was stunned to see the film sweep …

Oscars 2020: The Irishman to Netflix, biggest snubs at 92nd Academy Awards
4 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2020: The Irishman to Netflix, biggest snubs at 92nd Academy Awards

India Today  

The 92nd Academy Awards were held in Los Angeles, US on February 9 this year and South Korean film Parasite won big by bagging four big awards - Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay. While Joe Pesci and Al Pacino lost the Best Actor in a Supporting Role trophy to Brad Pitt, The Irishman …

By winning the Best Picture Oscar, South Korean film 'Parasite' has beaten Hollywood biggies
4 years, 10 months ago

By winning the Best Picture Oscar, South Korean film 'Parasite' has beaten Hollywood biggies

India TV News  

South Korean film "Parasite" beat Hollywood biggies like "Joker", "1917" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" to win the best picture Oscar that was given a musical touch by artistes such as Elton John and Eminem. Talking about immigrants, before announcing the Academy Award for best animated feature film, Indian-American comedian Mindy Kaling said she found solace in animated …

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho wins best director Oscar
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho wins best director Oscar

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Writer-director Bong Joon Ho made Oscar history Sunday night, capturing Oscars for best director and best international feature with his dark comic thriller, “Parasite,” the first South Korean film to win an Academy Award in any category. In addition to his director Oscar, Bong also shared the best original screenplay award with his “Parasite” co-writer Han Jin …

Oscars 2020: Despite absence from ceremony, Priyanka Chopra Jonas cheers for Parasite's historic win on Instagram
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Despite absence from ceremony, Priyanka Chopra Jonas cheers for Parasite's historic win on Instagram

Firstpost  

As the South Korean drama Parasite made history at the 92nd Academy Awards, actor Priyanka Chopra congratulated the team of the movie and said the craft of artists has the power to transcend borders. At the 92nd Academy Awards, Parasite became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture accolade. Parasite had gained six nominations this year at the …

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-ho quotes Martin Scorsese in acceptance speech at Oscars
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-ho quotes Martin Scorsese in acceptance speech at Oscars

The Hindu  

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho is the toast of Hollywood now, after Parasite became the first foreign film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The 50-year-old beat several iconic directors such as fellow nominees Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sam Mendes for 1917, Todd Phillips for Joker and Martin Scorsese for The Irishman in …

Oscars 2020: From Eminem’s surprise performance to Joaquin Phoenix’s stirring speech; four highlights
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: From Eminem’s surprise performance to Joaquin Phoenix’s stirring speech; four highlights

Hindustan Times  

The 92nd Academy Awards concluded with the historic best picture win for Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean social satire, Parasite, pulling off surprise win after surprise win for a total of four Oscars. Here are four major highlights from the ceremony: Elton John and Hildur Guðnadóttir are just one award away from joining the EGOT club Elton John is seen after …

Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' Creates History, Becomes First Foreign Language Film To Win Best Picture
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' Creates History, Becomes First Foreign Language Film To Win Best Picture

ABP News  

Language is a core expression of identity. #Parasite pic.twitter.com/rqFdQwX4t4 — Eugene Lee Yang February 10, 2020 : South Korean drama 'Parasite' created history as it became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award at Oscars. Earlier in the ceremony, the film won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, and Best Director. 'Parasite' had …

Oscars 2020: Parasite's Bong Joon-ho beats favourite Sam Mendes to win Best Director
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Parasite's Bong Joon-ho beats favourite Sam Mendes to win Best Director

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In one of the biggest moments at this year's Oscars ceremony, …

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon Ho's Parasite makes Oscar history with Best Picture win
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon Ho's Parasite makes Oscar history with Best Picture win

India Today  

South Korean social satire Parasite won the Oscar for Best Picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry's highest honour. Parasite, about the gap between rich and poor in modern Seoul, won a total of four Oscars, including Best Director and Best Screenplay for Bong Joon Ho and Best …

Oscars 2020: South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ makes Oscar history with Best Picture
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ makes Oscar history with Best Picture

The Hindu  

Just days before the Oscars, South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho had referred to the Oscars as “very local” awards. Or, perhaps, it was Mr. Bong’s other famous quote — “once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films” — that made the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences look …

‘Parasite’ Winning Best Picture Is A Huge Leap Forward For The Oscars
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ Winning Best Picture Is A Huge Leap Forward For The Oscars

Huff Post  

Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: NEON + CJ Entertainment/Getty This is major. The film found box-office fortune as it expanded across North American theaters throughout fall and winter, and Bong Joon Ho solidified his reputation as a cunning director skilled at disguising nuanced political allegories as crowd-pleasing blockbusters, something he’d already done with “The Host,” “Snowpiercer” and “Okja.” During the months …

Oscars 2020: Parasite Wins Best International Feature Film
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Parasite Wins Best International Feature Film

ABP News  

Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' won the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. This year, the award name was changed to Best International Feature Film from Best Foreign Language Film. In the Best Foreign Language Film category, 'Corpus Christi', 'Honeyland' ', Les Miserables', 'Pain and Glory' and 'Parasite' were nominated. 'Parasite' has gained six nominations this year at the …

Oscars 2020 winners: The complete list of who won Best Picture, Best Actor, and more at the 92nd Academy Awards.
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020 winners: The complete list of who won Best Picture, Best Actor, and more at the 92nd Academy Awards.

Slate  

The 92nd Academy Awards finished off a largely predictable ceremony on Sunday night with one major surprise: Parasite beating out 1917 for Best Picture. Parasite is not only the first South Korean movie ever to win any kind of Oscar, it’s also the first Best Picture winner in a language other than English. The bleakly comedic thriller, which follows a …

Oscars 2020: All the live updates and winners from the ceremony
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: All the live updates and winners from the ceremony

The Hindu  

Today, the end of the awards season is upon us with the Oscars, and several worthy winners will be taking home the coveted golden statue, even as the ceremony weighs down with accusations of a lack of diversity among the nominees, not enough female representation, and so on. The South Korean film becomes the first non-English/ foreign film in history …

Oscars 2020: Complete List Of Academy Award Winners
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Complete List Of Academy Award Winners

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Bong Joon Ho’s twisty home invasion thriller “Parasite” took home the Best Picture trophy at the 2020 Oscars, making history in multiple categories as the first South Korean film to win major prizes at the award show. “I feel like a very opportune moment in history is happening right now,” producer Kwak Sin-ae said on stage at …

Oscars 2020 Highlights: Audience Demands to Let Crew of Best Picture Winner Parasite Finish Their Speeches
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020 Highlights: Audience Demands to Let Crew of Best Picture Winner Parasite Finish Their Speeches

News 18  

Parasite won Best Picture Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards and the audience encouraged the cast and crew to speak their heart out on stage. Sitting on the front row of the awards show, actors like Tom Hanks and Charlize Theron urged the cast and crew of the South Korean film to extend their speech beyond the stipulated time in …

Big wins for "Parasite" including Best Picture provide the thrills in a long, dull Oscars 2020
4 years, 11 months ago

Big wins for "Parasite" including Best Picture provide the thrills in a long, dull Oscars 2020

Salon  

"Parasite," a film about extreme socioeconomic disparity and class discrimination, won Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. It's also obvious to anyone with working vision that the Academy charged Howell Taylor and Allain to do everything they could to make up for the fact that Academy voters selected an egregiously uninspired slate of nominees that were entirely white in …

Oscars 2020: Parasite director Bong Joon Ho cannot take eyes off his first Oscar trophy. Watch video
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Parasite director Bong Joon Ho cannot take eyes off his first Oscar trophy. Watch video

India Today  

A video of Bong Joon Ho admiring his Oscars trophy on the stage during the 92nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 10 is going viral as the internet is delighted with the moment. Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin-won bagged the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Parasite at the event. As the crowd cheered after the award …

Oscars 2020 highlights: Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite wins Best Picture, Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020 highlights: Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite wins Best Picture, Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor

Hindustan Times  

Best Picture - Parasite Joaquin Phoenix poses on the red carpet during the Oscars arrivals at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Best Live Action Short Film - The Neighbors’ Window Director Marshall Curry wins his first Oscar after three previous nominations. Best Original Screenplay - Parasite Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won win the Oscar for Best …

Oscars 2020 Winners: Joaquin 'Joker' Phoenix Best Actor, Parasite Bags Top Honours at 92nd Academy Awards
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020 Winners: Joaquin 'Joker' Phoenix Best Actor, Parasite Bags Top Honours at 92nd Academy Awards

News 18  

The Academy Awards, the highest honours in the Hollywood, were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Los Angles at the Dolby Theatre. The Korean film won four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay. While Joaquin Phoenix took home the trophy for Best Actor in a Leading role, Renee Zellweger was …

How ‘Parasite’ made Oscars history as the first foreign-language best picture winner
4 years, 11 months ago

How ‘Parasite’ made Oscars history as the first foreign-language best picture winner

LA Times  

By the time Leonardo DiCaprio crashed the poolside “Parasite” party at the Sunset Tower Hotel on the weekend of the Golden Globes, the awards-season momentum for Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed thriller had been building for months. “Parasite” premiered at Cannes in May, unanimously winning the festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or prize, the first in a series of firsts for its filmmaker …

‘Parasite’ pulls off Oscar upset, winning four Academy Awards
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ pulls off Oscar upset, winning four Academy Awards

LA Times  

A historic best director Oscar goes to ‘Parasite’ filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the first Korean winner and only the second director to win the prize for a film not in English. In an upset victory and a historic milestone, director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” — a darkly comic class satire about two families, one rich and one poor, whose lives …

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon Ho praises translator Sharon Choi, who is also a director
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon Ho praises translator Sharon Choi, who is also a director

LA Times  

Bong Joon Ho, winner of the international feature and best picture Oscar for “Parasite” at the 92nd Academy Awards. Like much of the film world, the “Parasite” team was still reeling from its historic best picture win Sunday at the 92nd Academy Awards as they made their way backstage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, greeted by a standing ovation …

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho makes Oscars history with win
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho makes Oscars history with win

LA Times  

A historic best director Oscar goes to ‘Parasite’ filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the first Korean winner and only the second director to win the prize for a film not in English. But after becoming the first foreign film to win the Screen Actors Guild ensemble prize, “Parasite” nabbed Bong his first directing Oscar, capping an awards run that began in …

Oscar 2020 predictions: Joaquin Phoenix is the sure-shot win, while ‘Parasite’ is the dark horse
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscar 2020 predictions: Joaquin Phoenix is the sure-shot win, while ‘Parasite’ is the dark horse

The Hindu  

The Oscars are predictable. For instance, it can be predicted with 99.8% certainty that, this year, Joaquin Phoenix is going to win Best Actor in a Leading Role for Joker. Whereas in the Best Picture category, the win probabilities are relatively more closer, with 1917 at 71%, Joker at 10% and Parasite only at 2%. For instance, between 1938 and …

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers

Live Mint  

Bong Joon-ho has been making films for 20 years. Bong has been living a charmed life since May, when Parasite won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Parasite has snapped up critics’ circle and guild awards across the country, the line “Jessica, only child, Illinois, Chicago” is a rare cinephile meme, it has won a Golden Globe …

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers

Live Mint  

Bong Joon-ho has been making films for 20 years. Bong has been living a charmed life since May, when Parasite won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Parasite has snapped up critics’ circle and guild awards across the country, the line “Jessica, only child, Illinois, Chicago” is a rare cinephile meme, it has won a Golden Globe …

Oscars 2020: Which men were nominated for Best Director, and which women were left out?
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Which men were nominated for Best Director, and which women were left out?

Firstpost  

Issa Rae summed up the Best Director race succinctly, perhaps in more ways than she realised, when she announced the nominees: “Congratulations to those men.” Regardless of the work at hand, the group that the Academy has chosen to nominate represents a gaze toward the past — with one key exception, Parasite — and it feels terribly fitting that a …

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