life itself

Yep, it’s that time of the year again. The 2015 Oscar nominations are here and it’s time for everyone to get outraged and cynical over which movies get the opportunity to take home statuettes of naked golden dudes. Sure, we always tell ourselves that the Academy Awards don’t really matter and that a film’s legacy will live or die for reasons beyond trophies, but we always end up getting angry about these things anyway. However, this year’s biggest snubs seems more egregious than usual and require slightly more yelling and stamping of feet.

Ever since the prosperous age of the 1920's, films have had a wide range of diverse approaches. Now in 2014, the possibilities of cinema are endless. When you enter a multiplex you can now easily move from one radically different genre to the next...