Gathering reactions to last night’s Academy Awards.
Round-up: The post-Oscar shuffle
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:58 pm · February 27th, 2012
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 84 — Special Edition! — 2011 Oscars postmortem, Meryl Streep's upset, Billy Crystal, 'The Artist''s big night
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:37 pm · February 27th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne are joined by Guy Lodge as they discuss last night’s big cherry on the top of the 2011-2012 film awards season: The Oscars.
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My first time
Posted by Roth Cornet · 3:21 pm · February 27th, 2012
A writer’s first foray into the realm of the Oscar blogger has yielded varied results. I have a sharper set of skills with which to run the metaphorical pool table, but a deeper sense of bemusement in regards to the AMPAS and the awards circuit.
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Safety first: putting a lid on the 2011 Oscars
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:15 pm · February 27th, 2012
With its surfeit of repeat winners, familiar names and backward-glancing films, last night’s Academy Awards found the Academy sticking with what they know.
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Tech Support: 'Hugo' dominates Oscar's craft categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:06 am · February 27th, 2012
Wrapping up the year and the Oscars below the line.
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Off the Carpet: AMPAS hits reset
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:49 am · February 27th, 2012
So, the Oscars happened.
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'The Artist' wins five Oscars, including Best Picture, Director and Actor (with live blog)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:30 pm · February 26th, 2012
Thoughts on the Oscar sights and sounds as they happen.
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Box office and Oscar, from 'Deathly Hallows' to 'Tree of Life'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:21 am · February 26th, 2012
It’s Oscar Sunday and by tonight, it’ll be all done but the cryin’, as they say. But as we gear up for today’s festivities, I thought I’d take a look at the box office of this year’s Oscar nominees for the first time this season.
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'The Artist' triumphs at 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:32 pm · February 25th, 2012
The French silent wins four while ‘The Descendants’ nabs two.
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Why it should be 'The Artist'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:59 pm · February 25th, 2012
Detractors have claimed that it’s insubstantial, anachronistic and even regressive, but “The Artist” is still set to run the table at tomorrow’s Academy Awards. Guy Lodge argues why it truly is the best of this year’s nominees.
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Oscar's big miss: 'Singin' in the Rain'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:58 am · February 25th, 2012
What equates to a “big miss” anyway? What does it mean? Does it mean the Academy looks foolish in hindsight? Does it translate to just an unfortunate opportunity lost? What I settled on was merely the concept of not recognizing greatness in its own time, and indeed, I think the test of time is necessary to really gauge.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Picture
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:43 am · February 25th, 2012
The 2011 Oscar Guide has finally reached its destination: the nine-film Best Picture category, which saw its biggest surprise in the very fact that it stretched to that many nominees. It became somewhat obvious down the stretch that five films were assured a spot, with another highly likely. The extraneous possibilities seemed to number no more than three or four, but two of them got in.
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No one needs final Oscar predictions this deep
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:36 pm · February 24th, 2012
Well, enough belly-aching over this nonsense. Pick something and move on. So I have.
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'The Artist' (what else?) takes top honors at César Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:08 pm · February 24th, 2012
“The Artist,” unsurprisingly enough, was the big winner at the César Awards, France’s answer to the Oscars — but not everything went the Oscar frontrunner’s way, as Jean Dujardin was upset in the Best Actor race.
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Punching out: Final Oscar predictions
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:22 am · February 24th, 2012
While Best Picture and Director wins may be a done deal for “The Artist,” this year’s Oscars become less predictable the further down the list of categories one goes. Guy Lodge offers his final picks in all 24 races.
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John Williams wins five awards from International Film Music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:19 am · February 24th, 2012
The International Film Music Critics Association has offered up the final precursor awards announcement of the season as we head into the weekend, which will bring the Independent Spirit Awards and, finally, the Oscars. And John Williams had a great day, it turns out.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Actor
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:28 am · February 24th, 2012
On Sunday, five of our leading men will don their tuxes and walk down the red carpet at the top of their profession. Earlier this awards season, it seemed as though this would be a battle between two A-list movie stars. Since then, however, a silent Frenchman has proven himself very adept at charming everyone in sight, and will be difficult to beat.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 83 — Final Oscar predictions in all categories!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · February 24th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Anne and Kris prepare to put a bow on the season by giving their predictions for Sunday’s Oscarcast.
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