The Oscar-winner also weighs on on the Academy’s new documentary rules
Interview: Alex Gibney on exposing the Catholic Church and giving voice to the deaf in 'Mea Maxima Culpa'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:10 pm · November 16th, 2012
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'Central Park Five,' 'Sugar Man,' 'Queen of Versailles' among IDA Award nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:27 am · October 22nd, 2012
The documentary awards will be presented on December 7
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US docs 'Mea Maxima Culpa,' 'Central Park Five' and 'West of Memphis' powerfully take on corrupt authorities
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:24 pm · October 18th, 2012
Multiple institutions take a beating in a seething trio of films.
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Roundup: Are the Academy's new doc rules really democratic?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:12 am · October 4th, 2012
Also: A kinky year at the movies, and Ramsay to send ‘Moby Dick’ into space.
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Monitoring the documentary standouts of 2012 so far
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:53 pm · June 12th, 2012
With revised Oscar rules for the doc race making it easier to spot contenders, what first-half releases are in with a shout?
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Oscar’s big miss: ‘Hoop Dreams’
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:35 am · February 22nd, 2012
Recent changes in the documentary nominations process remind us of one of the Academy’s most significant omissions.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Documentary Feature
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:08 am · February 16th, 2012
I have no idea what’s going to win the Best Documentary Feature category. Zero. Zilch. Nada. I might as well get that out of the way right at the top. And I’ve even seen each film twice. It’s a rare year that sees such solid arguments in favor of each and every nominee of the bunch. That’s not to say that, personally speaking, each nominee is award-worthy, but I could just see the Academy’s doc voters falling for any of them.
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Exclusive: Root for the underdog in the trailer for Weinstein's Oscar-nominated doc 'Undefeated'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · January 27th, 2012
One of the documentary features nominated by the Academy Tuesday was Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Matin’s “Undefeated.” No, not the Sarah Palin thing. This is a chronicle of an inner-city North Memphis, Tennessee high school football team’s journey through, with all the petty and profound drama that comes with it, and it’s an outstanding portrait.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 77 — Critics' Choice Awards, DGA nominees, documentary rule changes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:56 am · January 13th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the week’s DGA nominations and rule changes affecting the Academy’s documentary branch.
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Steve James's Oscar-snubbed 'The Interrupters' wins big with Cinema Eye Honors
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:00 am · January 12th, 2012
Despite critics furiously protesting its exclusion from the Oscar longlist, Steve James’s “The Interrupters” has been largely sidelined on the precursor circuit thus far. So it took the Cinema Eye Honors to right that wrong. Other films honored by them include “Pina,” “Senna” and “Tabloid.”
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Round-up: Oscar's doc rule change favors theatrical visibility
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:50 am · January 9th, 2012
Also: ‘The Iron Lady”s composer switch and the craftsmen of ‘War Horse’
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International Documentary Association picks doc winners, PGA shortlists nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:39 pm · December 3rd, 2011
The International Documentary Association has crowned “Nostalgia for the Light” as this year’s Best Documentary. Meanwhile, the Producers Guild has announced its slate of nominees.
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 71 — Formidable 'War Horse' charges onto the scene
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:30 pm · November 25th, 2011
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne offer up their thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” discuss Meryl Streep and “The Iron Lady” further (as well as Charlize Theron and “Young Adult”) and handicap the Best Animated Feature Film.
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Academy advances 15 doc features, 'Senna,' 'Interrupters' stunningly snubbed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:06 pm · November 18th, 2011
The Academy has announced its list of qualifying films for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, and there were, as usual, some head-turning snubs. Poor, poor Werner Herzog and Errol Morris.
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International Documentary Association announces nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:06 am · October 28th, 2011
In the week’s second set of documentary award nominations, the IDA goes lower-profile than the Cinema Eye Honors — though Chilean critics’ favorite “Nostalgia for the Light” scores with both.
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Cinema Eye Honors nominees include 'Senna,' 'Project Nim' … and Justin Bieber
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 pm · October 26th, 2011
The Cinema Eye Honors, the premier international documentary awards, announced their nominees in London night. Multiple nods for “Senna,” “The Interrupters” and “Project Nim” were predictable — a nod for “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” less so.
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Pondering America's insistence on capital punishment as the debate rages in theaters
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · September 22nd, 2011
With the capital punishment debate particularly punctuated this year by the cases of the West Memphis Three and Troy Davis, it’s interesting to note the issue raging on film in movies like “Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life” and “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory.” Christopher Hitchens considers why America is obsessed with sticking with the death penalty.
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