March 21, 2019

36: Hell or High Fences in Moonlight

50 minutes

On this second episode of this year’s breakdown of the Best Picture nominated films Dakota Arsenault and Rachel Gordon talks about Moonlight, Fences and Hell or High Water. On last week’s episode of Contra Zoom he discussed Hidden Figures and La La Land.

These are the nominations for Moonlight

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor- Mahershala Ali

Best Supporting Actress- Naomie Harris

Best Directing- Barry Jenkins

Best Cinematography- James Laxton

Best Film Editing- Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders

Best Original Score- Nicholas Britell

Best Adapted Screenplay- Barry Jenkins (screenplay) and Tarell Alvin McCraney (story)

These are the nominations for Fences

Best Picture

Best Actor- Denzel Washington

Best Supporting Actress- Viola Davis

Best Adapted Screenplay- August Wilson

These are the nominations for Hell or High Water

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor- Jeff Bridges

Best Original Screenplay- Taylor Sheridan

Best Film Editing- Jake Roberts

Make sure you check out this week’s Oscar Primer where Dakota goes over Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Captain Fantastic, Hail, Caesar! and Suicide Squad. These Primers will be posted once a week on Tuesdays.

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Episode was originally posted on February 9, 2017

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