Three of the year’s strongest female performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as supporting, loving, noble characters who give of themselves in the service of the male lead. It’s not always the case, especially not so in the Best Actress race; what...
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I don’t think I am alone in saying that I was initially uninspired by this year’s Oscar season. In 2010, the massive Hamptons Film Festival Oscar mash up that included “Black Swan,” “127 Hours,” “The King’s Speech,” “Blue Valentine,” preceded by NYFF’s “The Social Network” sent me into an Oscar fervor...
From our friend Nathaniel at The Film Experience: Hey Awards Daily readers. Nathaniel here from The Film Experience. I’m been talking to Sasha off blog a bit about the race between the newbie actresses Rooney Mara vs. Elizabeth Olsen vs. Felicity Jones… and I’ve been lol’ing with everyone I know about Joseph Gordon Levitt’s “Breakthrough”...
Click on the entrance to Fox Searchlight’s new site for Martha Marcy May Marlene and a mist of drifting particles merge and disintegrate in an eerily elusive silhouette. Mouse over the indistinct features of that female face with your cursor to isolate further points of entry for a virtual exploration of the conflicting voices inside her head. It’s an effective...