🎬 Oscars 2022: a Notion Template

After the great feedback I got last year, I’m back with the 2022 version of my popular Oscars Tracker Notion Template, following the announcement of all the nominees this week:

Even though I'm calling this a template, since anyone can duplicate it into your own Notion system, this works more as a guide than a template, since all the content is already there ready to be used.

I've been using Notion for a while now to track all my content consumption, like movies I've watched, tv-series I'm currently watching, books I'm reading or want to read, music I want to listen to, even video games I'm playing. Especially now having a weekly newsletter where I share music recommendations (learn more about it), it's very important for me to have all this content centered in one place.

So here are a few screenshots explaining the basics of the template.

« 1 » This is the home page, where you'll get a quick explanation of how the system works, and links to the specific pages for the different pages:

« 2 » When you click on "Nominees", you'll access the database with all the films nominated in all the categories, organized alphabetically by title. Here you're able to quickly mark a film as "watched" and give a rating from 1 to 5 stars:

« 3 » Each film is its own clickable page where you can go a little further, adding a date when you watched (optional), watch the trailer, find a link to learn more about the specific film, as well as a dedicated space for you to write down a few personal comments:

« 4 » Back to the home page, clicking on "Watchlist" will bring you to a side-by-side view for a quick glance of the films that you've already seen and what's still on your watchlist. Once you mark a film as "watched", it automatically moves to the proper column, changing its view to the film poster instead of just the title:

« 5 » Back to the home page, clicking on "Favorites" you can access a separate page with all your Favorite Films, which means the ones that you rated as 3 stars or more. That way you can look back and remember your favorite films from the award season!

« 6 » And finally, as a bonus, I created a “Ballot” page, where you can simply mark your bets for the films you think will win and you want to win on each category, so you get ready to enjoy the big night!

If you download and use this template, please share your thoughts and any feedback with me through the comments section below, on Twitter, or by sending me an email.

And if you love music, like me, consider subscribing to Shuffle Sundays, my weekly Newsletter with personal recommendations to help you find your next obsession. All directly to your inbox for you to consume at your own pace. Click here to learn more!

🎞 Oscars 2021: a Notion Template

After the great feedback I had on the template I created to keep track of all the Golden Globes nominees, I got excited to work on a similar page, this time focused on the Oscars 2021:

Even though I'm calling this a template, since anyone can duplicate it into your own Notion system, this works more as a guide than a template, since all the content is already there ready to be used.

I've been using Notion for a while now to track all my content consumption, like movies I've watched, tv-series I'm currently watching, books I'm reading or want to read, music I want to listen to, even video games I'm playing. Especially now having a weekly newsletter where I share recommendations (learn more about it), it's very important for me to have all this content centered in one place.

So here are a few screenshots explaining the basics of the template.

« 1 » This is the home page, where you'll get a quick explanation of how the system works, and links to the specific pages for the different pages:

« 2 » When you click on "Nominees", you'll access the database with all the films nominated in all the categories, organized alphabetically by title. Here you're able to quickly mark a film as "watched" and give a rating from 1 to 5 stars:

« 3 » Each film is its own clickable page where you can go a little further, adding a date when you watched (optional), watch the trailer, find a link to learn more about the specific film, as well as a dedicated space for you to write down a few personal comments:

« 4 » Back to the home page, clicking on "Watchlist" will bring you to a side-by-side view for a quick glance of the films that you've already seen and what's still on your watchlist. Once you mark a film as "watched", it automatically moves to the proper column, changing its view to the film poster instead of just the title:

« 5 » Back to the home page, clicking on "Favorites" you can access a separate page with all your Favorite Films, which means the ones that you rated as 3 stars or more. That way you can look back and remember your favorite films from the award season!

« 6 » And finally, as a bonus, I created a “Ballot” page, where you can simply mark your bets for the films you think will will on each category, so you get ready to enjoy the big night!

If you download and use this template, please share your thoughts and any feedback with me through the comments section below, on Twitter, or by sending me an email.

If you love movies, like me, consider subscribing to Shuffle Sundays, my weekly Newsletter with personal recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to, and even play. All directly to your inbox for you to consume at your own pace. Click here to learn more!

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🎬 movie: Nomadland: a quick review

Nomadland is one of those movies that, the more I think about it, the more I like it.

Directed by Chloé Zhao, and starting Frances McDormand, the story goes around a woman who embarks on a journey through the American West, after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Mixing real-life with fictional characters, with most actors playing versions of their lives using their real names, Nomadland has a powerful narrative with a natural backdrop that will tempt you to forget about quarantine and get on the road. The backdrop, in this case, is the beautiful landscape of the west coast of the US and some of its famous deserts and national parks. I’m not sure I could ever adapt to van-life, but there’s no question on how tempting it looks like.

Part of me wanted to understand a little more of all of the reasons for Fern (Frances McDormand) to be living like that. What exactly she was chasing, looking for? But aren’t we all going through life more or less like that? We have the impression that people around us have all figured out, but that’s so far from reality.

While watching the movie, I couldn’t stop thinking how weird is the lifestyle that those people have chosen to live, abnegating their past lives and comfort. But in the end, I realized that those of us who chose to leave our hometown and chase a different life far away, are not that much different from the nomads portrayed in the movie. Deep inside it’s a constant battle with our past, present, and future, in a way that our families and close friends may not ever understand all the reasons behind our choices.

In a way, we are all nomads in our own land.

» Nomadland is currently available through Hulu in the US.

Soul, by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers

Pixar's most recent animated film is another masterpiece that instantly became my favorite movie of 2020 and one of my favorite from the studio of all time.

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A journey into finding our purpose in life, something that we all think about it at some point, but that artists and creative people will easily identify since the main character here is a jazz musician. Beautifully animated, trippy at times, with an equally incredible soundtrack, alternating jazz music from Jon Batiste, with electronic ambiance composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. {available on Disney+}

Through a Different Lens • Stanley Kubrick Photographs

Through October 28, 2018, the Museum of the city of New York hosts a must-see exhibit for Photography and Film lovers. You probably already know Stanley Kubrick for his classic movies ”2001: A Space Odyssey”, ”A Clockwork Orange”, ”The Shining” and many others. What you may not know is that when he was only 17 years old, he started working for Look magazine as a Photographer documenting a broad of different subjects throughout New York City.

The exhibit showcase more than 120 photographs from that period and it will probably blow your mind!

(all photographs by Stanley Kubrick)

(all photographs by Stanley Kubrick)

Check the Museum of the City of New York’s website for more information and plan your visit.

3 Brazilian movies on Netflix

If you’re into foreign films and are looking for something different to watch on Netflix, check it out this three great Brazilian movies available on the streaming service right now:

• Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho), 2016

The final holdout in her historic beachside building in Brazil, a retired music critic refuses to sell her apartment to developers bent on demolition.

• The Way He Looks (Daniel Ribeiro), 2014

A new classmate transforms the daily life of a blind teenager who longs for independence and disrupts his relationship with his best friend.

• The Man From The Future (Cláudio Torres), 2011

Accidentally inventing a time machine, Zero returns to college to avoid losing his dream girl. But how many times will he have to change the past?