A Definitive Guide to Oscar-Winning Horror Films: From 'Jekyll and Hyde' to 'Wolfman'

Posted by · 12:49 pm · February 20th, 2015

A rundown of all the horror movies that have won Oscars, from “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” to “The Exorcist” to “Black Swan.”

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My favorite Oscar nomination: Eiko Ishioka for 'Mirror Mirror'

Posted by · 5:47 pm · January 16th, 2013

The Japanese costume genius received her second nod a year after her death.

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Remembering Eiko Ishioka

Posted by · 6:02 pm · January 30th, 2012

Though she won an Oscar for the threads of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” the Japanese artist Eiko Ishioka, who recently passed away aged 73, was much more than a costume designer.

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Gary Oldman to receive career retrospective at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood

Posted by · 4:19 pm · December 27th, 2011

The Arclight Hollywood announced today that it will host a six-film retrospective of of character portraits featuring “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” star Gary Oldman.

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The Lists: Top 10 Gary Oldman performances

Posted by · 7:51 am · December 6th, 2011

Gary Oldman has settled into pimps and dwarfs, rednecks and clergymen, kingpins and gangster pawns, punk rockers and classical musicians, crooked cops and noble detectives, political villains and Gothic monsters with equal aplomb. The performances are varied and lived-in. With “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” heading to theaters, we use it as an excuse to count down the best of them.

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