Bedsit Cinema

Did you know that until this year in order to vote for The Oscars you didn’t have to have seen every nominated film ? Therefore, in theory, an approved voter could watch no films and just vote for the one their mate is in, and that vote counts. What a fucking liberty. I’d lost interest in The Oscars long ago but now I have absolute disdain for them. Literally every Oscar awarded before 2026 is tainted and I still reserve the right to be annoyed by next year’s. The first year I remember caring about The Oscars was when Saving Private Ryan was up for a few of the golden, gilded little pricks. It is still my favourite film and coming just a year after Titanic (which I had yet to admit I actually liked), I wanted Spielberg’s genre-changing masterpiece to boss it. It won five, which at the time I thought was an injustice. If I hadn’t already given up on them, which I had, La La Land’s 14 nominations and 6 wins was the last nail in that sparkly dildo’s coffin.Time passes. Who cares what win...