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Oscar Flashback: Why is Leonardo DiCaprio’s Work Ignored by the Academy?

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Leonardo DiCaprio is heading into his fifth collaboration with Martin Scorsese with The Wolf of Wall Street this November. He is Scorsese’s Jimmy Stewart — a laced-up-to-the-collar everyman put in extraordinary circumstances. He anchors Scorsese’s camera by adding a down to earth normalcy....

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Steven Spielberg Predicts ‘Implosion’ of Film Industry

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas describe dire developments at the unveiling of USC’s School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA) Complex (photo via Zimbio) No...

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Oscarwatch: The Directors

Argo — Telluride, early September, 2012 The Artist — Cannes, May, 2011 The King’s Speech — Toronto, September, 2010 The Hurt Locker...

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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...

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Writers Guild choses the 101 Best-Written TV Series of All Time

From the WGA/TV Guide via Deadline 1. The Sopranos – HBO – Created by David Chase 2. Seinfeld – NBC – Created by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld 3....

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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...

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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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Palme d’Or: Blue is the Warmest Color; Grand Prix goes to Inside Llewyn Davis

Palme d’or: LA VIE D’ADÈLE – CHAPITRE 1 & 2 (Blue is the Warmest Color) by Abdellatif KECHICHE Grand Prix (Second Place): INSIDE LLEWYN...

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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,...