Essays About academy awards

The Magical Power of “Let It Go”

In this recent video, musicologist W. Anthony Sheppard (editor of the Journal of the American Musicological Society and department chair at Williams College) investigates how the musical, poetic, and cinematic elements work together to create the powerful impact of “Let It Go” in the Oscar-winning movie Frozen. The song was… Read More

20 Feet From Stardom: Entertainment or History?

by Andrew Flory  NOTE: The 86th Academy Awards will be presented on March 2, 2014. The film treated here is nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Where falls the line between history and entertainment in modern depictions of popular music history? A recent film called 20 Feet From Stardom… Read More