EPISODE
Honors for achievements in film take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
21 September 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
February 10, 1958 in London, England, UK
September 5, 1946 in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
August 10, 1942 in Moberly, Missouri, USA
22 March 1960, New York City, New York, USA
7 April 1960, London, England, UK
28 July 1973, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
22 October 1959, New Jersey, USA
12 October 1967, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
25 May 1963, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
6 April 1963, Seattle, Washington, USA
29 December 1979, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
24 April 1942, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
1 September 1984, Linköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden
3 November 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 September 1983, Rhinebeck, New York, USA
29 November 1976, Anderson, South Carolina, USA
February 17, 2019
When you account for their faults, this is still an illuminating group of topical films that speak to the world we live in at this moment, where issues of racism, health care, immigration and extremist politics remain as prevalent as ever.
February 07, 2019
This year's Oscar-nominated shorts carry plenty of emotional weight in their compact running times with stories that span life's breadth.
February 07, 2019
Documentary shorts... provide their share of sad tales, but here, engaging filmmaking can temper the despair...
February 14, 2019
Despite the heavy subject matter and longer average run-times, the films in this showcase are the strongest group of the three Oscar short film categories.
February 06, 2019
Each film, some more artful than others, offers a taut packet of upsetting emotions: anger, grief, outrage, and horror, with only tentative glimpses of hope. Why watch them? Because you must not look away.
February 07, 2019
Rarely has the short film category, especially the features and animated films, been dominated so completely by children in extreme distress and mopey narratives about aging. Some of them are extremely good.
February 05, 2019
Four of the short documentary nominees hail from the U.S., but I'm putting my money on the U.K. entry, "Black Sheep," with "Period. End of Sentence." a close second.
February 09, 2019
In the wake of the president's State of the Union address, I thought it opportune to deliver my State of the Oscar Shorts for 2019. And, sad to report, they are anything but strong.
February 11, 2019
All worth watching, whether together or separately.
February 05, 2019
Review: The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
February 07, 2019
A program worth seeing.
February 19, 2019
My pick: Marshall Curry's 'A Night at the Garden,' presenting footage from a 1939 'pro-America' rally in New York City, a chilling reminder of the unpleasant cycles of American history.
