One of the great

One of the great benefits of having an artist membership at Moma is having access to their streaming movies program and I have been taking advantage of this. I usually prefer seeing movies (a very limited number) on a big screen, but only at a few chosen theatres. I will not see anything at one of the cinemplex's after one two many bad experiences. My second choice is on my 40" tv screen which has been my way to see movies for the past few years, and more so in this pandemic year. My last choice is the computer, but have watched quite a few youtube movies this way. Scratchy bad prints lousy sound, but I love low budget b's. So I was quite excited to see that moma was screening 3 choice Oscar nominated movies and I jumped at the chance to see Nomadland. It worked quite well on my smaller screen, even though its full of lush and gorgeous landscapes, its basically a small scale intimate character study of a tough, sensitive woman on her own in a vast country, trying to find her way, make a living and get on with her life after drastic changes to her life. The lead is beautifully acted (why would I be surprised) by the great national treasure Frances McDormand and is my choice for the Oscar. Granted I adore her, she might be my favorite contemporary actress, but a third Oscar? The film was written, edited and directed by Chloe Zhao who will win for sure a few Oscars in a week or so, and I am fine with that. Besides this wonderful film she made my favorite film from a few years back "The Rider". See this film.