01 Jan 2024

Up and Anatomy!: Reminiscences on the 2023 Movie Year

By Mike Schulz

Either 2023 was a particularly outstanding year for movies or my standards are getting lower – though I suppose both could be true.

30 Nov 2023

Picture This!: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods Bring the Communal Film Experience to Davenport with The Last Picture House

By Mike Schulz

The deservedly lauded homegrown talents Scott Beck and Bryan Woods are clearly In Demand, which makes it all the more impressive and special that they would dedicate time, money, and resources to giving the Quad Cities what we've sorely lacked: a beautiful, conveniently located establishment devoted to the collective moviegoing experience that will provide, as Beck and Woods insist, something for everyone, and on a weekly basis.

13 Mar 2023

Lots of Things in One Place Over 220 Minutes: Notes on the 2023 Academy Awards Telecast

By Mike Schulz

Before getting to the awards – and one particular movie gave us loads to talk about on that front – let me begin by addressing the event itself, because last night's 95th Annual Oscars telecast was a little boring. Intentionally, gloriously, blessedly boring.

01 Mar 2023

The Everything Bagel, with Locks: Predicting the 2023 Academy Award Winners

By Mike Schulz

It feels odd to preface a lengthy article devoted to my predictions for the 95th Annual Academy Awards by asking you to not listen to me. But this year? If you want to win your Oscars pool? Don't listen to me.

24 Jan 2023

The 2023 Academy Awards Nominations

By Mike Schulz

While the announcement itself provided a bunch of welcome confirmations and surprises, as well as the obligatory less-welcome ones, the most gratifying thing about the roughly 20-minute presentation of Oscar nominees was our again being able to hear in-the-moment gasps, whoops, and even, for one category, laughs with the lists of names and titles. Especially titles. But we'll get to that.

16 Jan 2023

Predicting the 2023 Academy Award Nominations

By Mike Schulz

Blockbuster sequels to 13- and 36-year-old films nominated for Best Picture with no correlating nods for directing, acting, or writing, An independent release cited for directing, acting, and writing nods with no corresponding Best Picture acknowledgment. The most nods of the year – 11 in all – awarded to a foreign-language remake that debuted on Netflix. Welcome, folks, to my official, inevitably misguided attempts at predicting the January 24 Oscar nominations!

01 Jan 2023

Field and Dreams: Reminiscences on the 2022 Movie Year

By Mike Schulz

Before composing my annual list of adored movies from the past year, I gave serious thought to continuing the presentation I initiated in the first year of COVID, with write-ups on 20 favorites from 2020 followed by 21 favorites from 2021. Certainly, there were 22 winners from 2022 to emphatically celebrate, yes? Well … yes and no.

28 Mar 2022

“CODA,” and a Coda: Notes on the 2022 Academy Awards Telecast

By Mike Schulz

Congratulations! You've managed to land on the one Oscars postmortem you'll read today whose author won't detail the experience of watching Will Smith slap Chris Rock on live television! I didn't see it!

14 Mar 2022

Every “Dog” Has Its Day: Predicting the 2022 Academy Award Winners

By Mike Schulz

With Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes, and Amy Schumer sharing hosting duties, the 94th Annual Oscars are scheduled to air at 7 p.m. CST on Sunday, March 27, and the boldface names and titles below are my official guesses.

08 Feb 2022

The 2022 Academy Award Nominations

By Mike Schulz

After announcement hosts Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan wrapped up their duties by revealing this year's 10 nominees for the biggest Oscars prize of all, things no longer looked good for The Power of the Dog, especially in terms of Best Picture. They looked freaking great.

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