The Oscars feel silly in an era of endless crisis. But film still matters | Dave Schilling

It’s hard to be transported by the glitz and glamour when it’s constantly overshadowed by some white-hot new horror It’s been a full decade now since I attended the Academy Awards ceremony for this very same publication, and chat, I am feeling, like, totally cooked. I’m so unc’d, it’s cringe, fam. The article was titled “My first Oscars”, which is a terribly presumptuous statement, because it assumes there will be a second or a third. Despite my best efforts, it remains my only Oscars. I rere...

By Dave Schilling