Sean Avery

Jan 17, 2025 | dailyemerald.com | Sean Avery

With 2024 officially in hindsight, the year’s best now compete for flowers at the world’s premier awards ceremonies. More crucially, they compete for a spot on my top 10 list for the Daily Emerald. Spanning all genres, budgets and scales, here are my picks for 2024 — a year in review. Despite my best efforts to 100% the year’s cinematic gamut, I lack the time or faculties to access the inaccessible. As lovely as Eugene’s theaters are, they aren’t given the same priority as New York or LA.

Jan 14, 2025 | dailyemerald.com | Sean Avery

It’s that time of year again as the doldrums of January cinema took a backseat to the annual awards circuit. The 82nd Golden Globes Awards were the first major ceremony of the year, testing the waters for its big brother Oscar in a couple of months. By curtain call, it was clear the Globes’ expanded, diversified voting body, which debuted last year, selected some inspired choices at the voting booth.

Jan 1, 2025 | slj.com | Sean Avery |Joan Kindig

by (text) & illus. by Sean E. Avery . May 2025. 32p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781761600661. COPY ISBN Gr 1-4–Frank is a penguin who lives in a cold and snowy spot, as penguins do. All he and his penguin friends ever see is the white of snow and the dark colors of the rocks. Visually, it is not an exciting spot, but Frank is a creative and inspired character who longs for more than just white and black.

Dec 12, 2024 | dailyemerald.com | Sean Avery

Another legacy sequel? You bet. In 2024, big-budget, blockbuster filmmaking can’t seem to escape the past. While plenty of innovative independent filmmakers still pen daring, original scripts and continue to contribute fresh ideas to the cinematic table, the most broadly consumed entries all too often rely on already explored stories. By taking a quick peek at the top 10 highest-grossing films of the year, you’ll gather a glaringly apparent lack of novelty.

Dec 2, 2024 | dailyemerald.com | Sean Avery

Movie theater etiquette is dead. Piercing shrieks, uproarious applause and exuberant obscenities echoed throughout Metro Cinemas in downtown Eugene Saturday night, as hoards of spirited fans experienced the film adaptation of the smash-hit Broadway musical “Wicked.”Directed by John M. Chu, the film was initially announced by Universal Pictures in 2012.