Liam Hoofe ranks this year’s Best Picture nominees… The 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony is set to take place this Sunday night and yet again, it’s been quite a wild ride for The Academy in the build-up to the ceremony this year. Not only have they had to contend with losing the show’s originally planned […]
Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can BlacKkKlansman win Best Picture?
In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Next, Spike Lee might finally get his awards season time in the sun for BlacKkKlansman… Spike Lee has always been a filmmaker at the forefront of bringing stories […]
Oscars 2019: Biggest snubs and surprises from the Academy Award nominations
Tom Beasley takes a dive into the Oscar nominations to spotlight the biggest snubs and surprises from today’s shortlists… Today, the final nominations for the Oscars 2019 were announced over in Hollywood, sending a mixture of joy and rage rattling through the film world. As usual, most of the major players were pretty easy to […]
Oscars 2019: Predicting the nominations in the main categories
Tom Beasley has a shot at predicting which films will make their way on to the Academy’s shortlists in the main Oscars 2019 categories… Last year, I tried to predict the nominees in all of the main Oscar categories. There were some shortlists I got almost bang on, but others for which I was way […]
Exclusive Interview – American Animals director Bart Layton on making more than just a fun caper, blending documentary with recreation, and the crushing fear of being average
Harrison Abbott chats with American Animals director Bart Layton… Occupying a fascinating middle ground between documentary and – for lack of a better term – ‘’traditional cinema’’, American Animals was one of 2018’s most idiosyncratic movies. And also one of its best. For context, the film chronicles a botched heist from 2003, in which four […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2018
Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2018… As 2018 draws to a close, the writers here at Flickering Myth have been looking back over another twelve months of cinema to vote on our favourite movies of the year. As always, our writers have shared their personal top ten picks, which we’ve […]
Exclusive Interview: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on working with Spike Lee and Adam Driver, playing a white supremacist, Cobra Kai and more
The following conversation took place between Flickering Myth writer Justin Cook and BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser… Today, Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman hits shelves nationwide on 4K, DVD and Blu-ray (and is available for rental), and in celebration of the film’s home video release, Flickering Myth had the opportunity to talk to one of the film’s stars, […]
Exclusive: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on initially auditioning for Jasper Pääkkönen’s role, finding his character one hour before shooting
In BlacKkKlansman, Paul Walter Hauser gives a memorable performance as dim-witted white supremacist Ivanhoe, but according to a recent interview with Flickering Myth, he initially auditioned for a different role. When asked about the signature laugh that Hauser decided to give his character in the film, Hauser launched into an explanation about how he not […]
Exclusive: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on campaigning to play the Penguin for DC, thinks he can do what “Heath Ledger did with the Joker”
During an interview for the home video release of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, Flickering Myth questioned actor Paul Walter Hauser about his campaign to play the Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot in the DC Universe (especially Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman, in which the character is rumored to appear); while he didn’t divulge any details about whether or not he’s heard of any interest […]
Why Jordan Peele and Candyman are a perfect match
Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent rumours about Jordan Peele producing a Candyman remake… Jordan Peele has come a long way in the last 18 months. Predominantly known for his work in comedy, particularly in unison with Keegan-Michael Key, there’s always been an element of social commentary and historical context in whatever Peele has creatively […]