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The Forums No Longer a Part of AwardsDaily

After fifteen years or so, I’ve made the decision to cut the forums loose.  But the good news is haters who try and fail to comment here now have a safe haven to bitch.  You can’t let the trolls win. If you put yourself out there and take any point of view whatsoever you are going to have those who love you and those who hate you.  For me and this site,...

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Stephen King Talks Stanley Kubrick

Terry Gross talks to the great Stephen King about his new novel, Joyland (I can’t wait), on bookshelves June 4. In the interview he is asked about...

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Box Office – Hope Among the Ruins

I was surprised to see how well Mud has been doing at the box office.  Amid the tent-pole productions, the smaller films aren’t doing badly. They’re...

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New Wave: Narratives By and About Women

What a difference a year makes. The slate of films in 2012, adult-oriented or otherwise, were nearly universally male-centric, and finding any female...

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Trailer for Disney’s Planes

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Female Sexuality Explored, Exposed at the Cannes Film Fest

In one corner, the New York Times’ Manohla Dargis, who takes on the less popular notion that there was something predatory in the camera work of...

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Comparing Cannes Winners to Oscar – Vive La Difference

Now that Blue is the Warmest Color has taken two major awards in Cannes, let’s take a quick look at how the Cannes awards can sometimes match (or...

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Two Clips from Blue is the Warmest Color

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Predicting the Palme d’Or for the 66th Cannes Film Fest

As I read the various articles on predicting the Palme d’or, a few titles rose to the top.  The Film Comment Cannes roundtable is an interesting...

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Diary – Cannes but Not Forgotten

One of the frustrations of Cannes can be missing out on the most talked about movie, which happened to be with Blue is the Warmest Color (French title,...