AuthorKarel Peters

Last year, I wrote an article for Obiter Dicta about my now thirteen-year tradition of watching and  ranking all of the films nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, also known as the  Oscars. As previously explained, in 2023, I actively avoided watching films that received praise  from critics or the film community at large. After the Academy releases the nomination...

For the past twelve years in a row, I have dedicated the month of February to watching and ranking all of the films nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. I am unsure as to how or why I started this silly little tradition, but it has become very near and dear to my heart. My opinion of a film can be shaped by the bias of how my life is going when I watch it...