Many of you would really like to see the Oscar-nominated shorts prior to Sunday’s telecast but can’t make it to one of the theaters currently running the package. Well, better late than never, I guess.
Oscar-nominated shorts make their way to cable
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:54 am · February 22nd, 2012
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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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My favorite Oscar win: Anton Furst and Peter Young for 'Batman'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:40 am · February 22nd, 2012
The spring and summer of 1989 were dominated by a solitary image — the Batman logo — plastered on lunch boxes, hats, posters, anything marketable. It was a beautiful image, a painting by Anton Furst, in fact, boldly stretched across the film’s one-sheets and cut off on the sides, indicating that, indeed, this film would be big, too big even for the poster.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Director
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:45 am · February 22nd, 2012
As was the case last year, this year’s Best Director race pits one foreign first-time nominee against a quartet of more established American auteurs — will the outsider emerge victorious again? We examine who will win, and who should.
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Round-up: Calling for a collaborative performance Oscar
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 am · February 22nd, 2012
Also: Clothing ‘Jane Eyre,’ and rejecting the idea of ‘Oscar bait’
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Costume Designers Guild speaks up for 'Harry Potter,' 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'W.E.'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:20 pm · February 21st, 2012
The 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards were held this evening, and it was a good night for wizards, hackers and, uh, Madonna.
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My favorite Oscar win: Kevin Kline for 'A Fish Called Wanda'
Posted by Roth Cornet · 12:09 pm · February 21st, 2012
As we prepare ourselves for the inevitable moments of disappointment and satisfaction on Sunday night, let us recall some of Oscar’s finer moments.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Music (Original Song)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:34 am · February 21st, 2012
So, 39 songs were qualified for eligibility in this year’s Best Original Song race. 39. That’s one short of 40. But apparently 37 of them just weren’t good enough for the sound branch, as the category turned up two — yes, two — contenders. And one of them is dubious at best, while the other appears now to be entering a cake walk for the win.
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The Lists: Top 10 Oscar upsets we'd like to see
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:04 am · February 21st, 2012
With ballots due in a matter of hours, we’re in the home stretch of Oscar season. But while some of the races are decided, that doesn’t mean we’re not crossing our fingers for this upset or that for deserving competitors watching the inevitability from the sidelines.
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Round-up: McQueen blames America's fear of sex for Fassbender snub
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:40 am · February 21st, 2012
Also: The oldest Oscar voter speaks, and Ebert sinks ‘Titanic 3D’
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Cannes regains its Oscar foresight
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:43 pm · February 20th, 2012
With “The Tree of Life” the first Cannes Palme d’Or winner in nine years to receive a Best Picture nomination, and “The Artist” set to join the short list of top Oscar champs that debuted on the Croisette, was the French festival last year’s most important Oscar hunting ground?
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Off the Carpet: We won't get another hero
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:44 am · February 20th, 2012
Oscar season heads into the home stretch with no real surprises in sight.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Film Editing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:25 am · February 20th, 2012
Of all the crafts categories, Best Film Editing always tends to parallel the Best Picture race the most, both in the nominations stage and again during the race for the win. This year’s final five fit squarely into that paradigm.
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Round-up: A dry, old, white guy season
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:26 am · February 20th, 2012
Also: The costumes of ‘W.E.,’ and making excuses for ‘Cars 2’
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'War Horse,' 'Super 8' win with MPSE
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:09 pm · February 19th, 2012
The Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) 59th annual Golden Reel Awards were held this evening, celebrating excellence in sound editing. “Super 8,” you’ll recall, led the way with nominees (as well as with the Cinema Audio Society), yet failed to score an Oscar nod in either sound category.
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Berlinale Diary: 'Tabu,' 'Barbara,' 'Sister'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:18 pm · February 19th, 2012
Guy Lodge concludes his coverage of this year’s Berlin Film Festival by reviewing his three favorites of the fest.
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'Midnight in Paris,' 'Descendants' take WGA Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:25 pm · February 19th, 2012
Woody Allen took his fifth Best Original Screenplay award from the WGA for “Midnight in Paris,” but with “The Artist” ineligible here, can he beat the Best Picture frontrunner at the Oscars? Meanwhile, “The Descendants” continues to lead the adapted screenplay race.
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'Hugo' sounds great to Cinema Audio Society
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:13 pm · February 18th, 2012
The Cinema Audio Society has made some interesting calls over the years. “True Grit” last season, in the face of blockbuster and eventual Oscar winner “Inception.” “No Country for Old Men” in 2007 rather than the skillfully layered “Transformers” (and, again, eventual Oscar winner “The Bourne Ultimatum”). “Road to Perdition” over musical heavyweight “Chicago” and feast for the ears “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.”
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