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Tag: announcements

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know the drill.  Rifle off your query and we’ll try to address as many as possible.  PLEASE KEEP IT TO ONE QUESTION, and keep it fresh.  The new, interesting stuff will surely be addressed before the old, dead-horse stuff.

  • No column today…

    I just don’t feel there’s anything to add, any nuance to illuminate, any real twist in the road to be analyzed.  Not at the moment, anyway.  Ballots are in hand and most will be returned this week, so I’ll just sit back and observe.  Enjoy the Oscar Guides and the usual usual.  Off the Carpet will be back in a week’s time, hopefully with something to discuss.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know the drill.  Cut loose with your queries and we’ll try to address as many as we can.  PLEASE KEEP IT TO ONE QUESTION, and as always, steer clear of anything we’ve covered ad nauseam.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    Alright, you know the drill.  Special Edition coming later this morning, so hit us with your urgent queries regarding this morning’s big announcement and we’ll address as many as we can.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    Totally spaced it.  We record in roughly an hour.  So I’ll try to amass a few questions for the show here.  Free-for-all.  Ask as many as you want.  Go!  Fast!

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know the drill.  Rifle off your queries and we’ll try to address a few during the podcast.  PLEASE KEEP IT TO ONE QUESTION, and as always, try to keep it fresh.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know the drill.  Rifle off your query and we’ll try to address a few.  PLEASE KEEP IT TO ONE QUESTION, and as always, the fresher the better.  Anything already covered extensively will likely be avoided.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    After taking the holiday week off (and a good thing, too, as I was knocked on my rear by some wicked virus), Anne and I will be back on the case Friday for Oscar Talk.  Here’s the usual solicitation.  PLEASE KEEP IT TO ONE QUESTION, and as always, keep it fresh.  Anything overly chewed on will likely be avoided in favor of something new to address.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    Anne and I will be welcoming Guy Lodge onto the show this week to discuss the precursor circuit so far.  If you have any questions for the three of us, have at it in the comments section below.  PLEASE LIMIT IT TO ONE QUESTION, and as always, steer clear of territory we’ve covered.  Keep it fresh.  The season is boring enough as it is, no?

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know the drill.  We’ll obviously be addressing “True Grit,” so no need to ask anything about that.  PLEASE LIMIT IT TO ONE QUESTION, and steer clear of specifics we’ve already covered.  The fresher the better.  Go!

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    Totally dropped the ball on this yesterday (of course), but maybe you guys are lurking and can squeeze a few queries in before Anne and I get to the podcast.  PLEASE KEEP IT TO ONE QUESTION, and as usual, stray from stuff we’ve already covered.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know what to do.  PLEASE KEEP IT TO JUST ONE QUESTION, and avoid asking the same thing others have posed in previous weeks.  We don’t always get to everything, but let’s keep it fluid, progressive.  Give us something to think about.  Go!

  • No column today

    Off the Carpet will stay in the garage another seven days.  But I have gone through the Contenders section and done some tweaking, as well as updated the predictions sidebar.  Everything is beginning to feel more insular than ever with awards coverage.  Who cares what us blowhard analysts have to offer?  It’s time for industry feedback, already.  Once screeners hit just before Thanksgiving and voters begin catching up on titles, we’ll start to get a much better idea of the season’s path.  Feel free to use this space for your own predictions or other thoughts.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    Better late than never.  Maybe this can fill up with enough interesting queries before tomorrow morning’s recording session.  Have at it.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know what to do.  PLEASE STICK TO ONE QUESTION, and try not to cover any terrain we’ve already hit.  I immediately gloss over something that feels done or stale (sorry).  Cut loose with your queries in the comments section and we’ll address what we can.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    I keep forgetting to post this on Wednesdays.  Sorry about that.  We’re recording in a matter of hours so if you have any questions you’d like us to address, fire them off here.  PLEASE STICK TO ONE QUESTION.  We do this every week, after all.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    Sorry for not posting this yesterday.  It totally slipped my mind.  But you know the drill.  Rifle off any queries you’d like us to address on Friday’s podcast in the comments section below.

  • Taking questions for Oscar Talk

    You know the drill.  Rattle off any queries you might have for us to address on this week’s podcast.  If we didn’t get to yours last time don’t worry, I’ve saved them all and I’m sure we’ll get around to them at some point.  Anne and I will be joined by both Guy and indieWIRE’s Peter Knegt from London this time around, so it’ll be a fearsome foursome.  So far I know we’ll be addressing “Carlos” and the foreign language film category.