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De Niro and Pfeiffer – The Family Gets Trailer

Thanks once again to ONTD. From USA Today: “They keep pulling me back in,” Pfeiffer says of her role in the Luc Besson-directed film The Family (out...

The Butler Poster Debuts

I would have preferred this tagline, “back then there was only one way for a black man to get into the White House.” ...

First Look at Michael Keaton in Birdman

Thanks to Jon for the heads up, a first look over at Slashfilm at Michael Keaton starring in Alejando González Iñárritu’s Birdman. The...

Oscarwatch: Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin in Jason Reitman’s Day

I was remiss in the first two Oscar columns of the year in that I neglected to mention Kate Winslet (for Best Actress), Josh Brolin (Best Actor) and perhaps...

Early Prospects for Best Actress

The race for Best Actress has not yet gotten started but looking over the year’s slate, finding five nominees should be easier than it’s been...

NY Times’ Cieply on the Breakout Year for Black Films

The New York Times takes notice of the new wave of black filmmakers releasing movies this year. What remains to be seen is how the critics, then the...

The State of the Race: Oscar’s Best Picture Road Map Thus Far

In one sense, the Oscars continue to matter as much, maybe more, than they ever have. For the past ten or twenty years, the number of films that are good...

Your Before Sunrise Moment? + Giveaway

During the Fresh Air interview with Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, they discuss where Linklater got the idea for Before Sunrise, the first in the relationship trilogy. Linklater’s story is sad because the woman on whom his film was based, or inspired by, died tragically in a motorcycle accident just before they started filming. That is one of those...