It’s the Oscars! 97 tahun sudah acara ini menjadi penghargaan paling bergengsi di industri perfilman. Para sineas berlomba untuk mendapatkan penghargaan, baik sebagai bagian dari nominasi hingga membawa pulang pialanya. Namun, dengan begitu banyaknya film dan pemain peran, banyak karya dan seniman apik yang terlewat dan tidak termasuk dalam acara tersebut. Berikut kami mengumpulkan film dan pemain peran yang layak diperhatikan oleh The Academy Awards.

M HILMI
Managing Editor

What:
Yuni (2021)

Description:
Yuni adalah film yang nyaris sempurna. Ceritanya penting, dituturkan dengan apik, diperankan dengan sangat baik. Memang tak sempurna seutuhnya (portrayal Pak Damar yang problematik, dan ending versi bioskop lokal yang “ajaib”), tapi jarang-jarang ada film dengan kualitas seperti ini. Jika tahun lalu ada “Lady Bird”, “Yuni” lebih dari kompeten untuk setidaknya masuk nominasi. Tapi mungkin kita bisa putar paradigma. Dengan kualitasnya, bukan “Yuni” yang kalah karena nggak masuk nominasi, justru Oscar yang merugi.

MARDHI LU
Graphic Designer

What: 
Luca (2021)

Description: 
Bagi gue film” animated disney dan Pixar (terutama disney) akhir akhir ini mulai ada resepnya dan doesn’t feel crafted. Like just churning out animations after animations yang mirip mirip aja. Apalagi akhir akhir ini menurut gue banyak film disney yang mulai menyentuh subjek “cultural” buat narik market dari belahan dunia yang lain (I think this is good and bad at the same time. Good because of the representation, bad because it feels like using other culture just for money) Been feeling this way since Moana came out dan next” filmnya ga menarik buat gue, kayak gitu gitu aja :/

Tapi 1 film ini. Luca ini menurut gue adalah salah satu film experimental dari tim disney pixar yang ga ngikutin resep itu. They chose a more stylized approach to things, and it feels refreshing! Bagi gue sayang banget film ini ga masuk jadi winner, karena dibanding encanto I felt like this one is better story and visual wise. + The dedication of the teams really showed on this one. I felt like the disney pixar teams are really having fun working on this one. So sad that this joyful piece lost to a cash cow project (DONT @ ME)

INAYA PANANTO
Editorial Intern

What: 
Wes Anderson

Description:
Selalu sesuka itu sama Wes Anderson’s film style and aesthetics apalagi as a fashion student, his proportion rules and color schemes are just perfect. To a T.

So then, how come this man’s got like seven nominations thus far and flawless work of art movies from set, cinematography to direction but not a single Oscar win has gone down his brown vintage suit pocket?? To top it off this year, his newest movie “The French Dispatch” didn’t even make it into the list of nominees for any category 🙁

Dune and Don’t Look Up got nominations left and right is well, okay, but Timothée Chalamet’s got funkier hair here AND there’s Saoirse Ronan again so like??? some things are just not adding up for me :))

YUSRIL MUKAV
Editorial Intern

What:
Jim Eugene Carey

Description:
Siapa sih yang ga tau Jim Carrey? Banyak orang kenal gara gara film Ace Ventura dan Dumb & Dumber atau mungkin banyak lagi film komedi yang berhasil ia bikin dan akhirnya sukses. 

Tapi guys ternyata orang ini bukan cuman sekedar bisa bikin film komedi loh, kalo kalian pernah ngeliat “Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind” akting dia bagus banget dipasangin sama Kate Winslet. Dan memang nggak bisa dipungkiri sih karya film dia banyak banget, dan aku pikir semuanya bagus dan cukup buat porsi dia sebagai aktor kawakan.

Oscar? Maybe next time Jim, but you always make us remember the old times.

JESSLYN SUKAMTO
Editorial Intern

What: 
C’mon C’mon (2021)

Description: 
C’mon, Academy, no love for Joaquin Phoenix in Mike Mills’ ‘C’mon C’mon’?

In all seriousness, C’mon C’mon is another tender, honest & funny film from Mike Mills. Mike Mills delivers a heartwarming narrative on growing up, parenthood, and how it’s okay to admit you’re not okay sometimes. C’mon C’mon feels so distinct with it’s genuine dialogue, making you lose the concept of you watching this as a movie. Instead, you find yourself engulfed in a familial relationship as if it’s your very own.

Joaquin Phoenix plays a New York native (Johnny) who travels the U.S. interviewing children about their expectations for society in the future. The irony in that comes with the fact that he has no outside experience with children, having none of his own. 

There are so many ways this could have easily ended up as just another formulaic family centric affair. But it’s just so heartfelt that in almost every scene it’s trying to make sense of the happy, sad, shifting life we all live in. There are no great epiphanies at the end of the road within, just a lot of quiet conversations, some friendly and some rather fulfilled, between an uncle and nephew as they try to figure out their place in the world. That, for me, is what makes C’mon C’mon as pleasurable as it is. Its calm, melodic tone works extremely well, developing the Uncle and Nephew’s relationship and showing you just how much both were impacted by their time together. To me, this movie felt like a two-hour long warm hug.