On Alfred Hitchcock's ups and downs at the Oscars

Posted by · 6:20 am · November 20th, 2012

52 nominations spread out across 16 films

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Will 'Hitchcock' remind the Academy of its own Hitch neglect?

Posted by · 7:40 am · November 1st, 2012

The biopic is set to premiere at the AFI Fest tonight.

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The Lists: Top 10 remakes that got it right

Posted by · 6:05 pm · July 31st, 2012

With a new take on ‘Total Recall’ out Friday, we round up cinema’s best do-overs.

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AMPAS tips its hat to Saul Bass

Posted by · 3:04 pm · November 8th, 2011

Saul Bass, the late creator of the iconic title sequence and poster designs for “Vertigo” and “Psycho,” will be feted by the Academy at New York’s Museum of Modern Art next week.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Rosebud 70 years later

Posted by · 6:51 am · September 30th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Kenneth Turan writes up the gorgeous new “Citizen Kane” anniversary DVD/Blu-ray, Hitfix’s own Drew McWeeny chats with “50/50” writer Will Reiser and we get a little more out of this weekend’s test screening of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”

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