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Is It Time To Change The Academy Awards To Recognize Streaming-Only Films?

MEDIA Posted: May 24, 2020 11:30 am

Not just for this year, when the change makes sense due to the coronavirus, but forever? Well, says one critic, “I believe there’s something sacred in the moviegoing experience that I can’t re-create at home. And relaxing Oscar rules risks chipping away at the institution you and I hold dear: going to see movies in the dark, on the big screen, among crowds, where they hold our undivided attention — as opposed to competing with incoming emails, phone calls and other distractions. But the truth is … the Academy risks irrelevance when it stands in the way.” – Variety

MEDIA Published: 05.23.20

Read the story in Variety Published: 05.23.20

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