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Finding ethical, spiritual values in the Academy’s 2018 Best Picture nominees

Posted January 30th, 2019

This year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated eight films in the Best Picture category. Because the Academy could have honored as many as 10 (I wish “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “The Hate U Give” had also been chosen), but maybe they thought that would be too many films dealing with racism.

Finding spiritual values in Oscar’s ‘Best Pictures’

Posted February 23rd, 2017

Each year the Academy for Motion Pictures and Sciences nominates five to ten films for the “Best Picture” category. I wish that it were a full ten this year, with the addition of Martin Scorcese’s haunting Silence rounding out the number.