Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir wonders whether audiences will come out to see Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere – I have no idea if they will. I’m guessing the target demo will not. But I’m hoping that anyone who wants to see a dreamy, haunting and altogether unforgettable film made for thinking adults will check this one out. Lots of really...
If Ava DuVernay is nominated for an original screenplay Oscar for Middle of Nowhere — a slim possibility, if more people see it — she will be only the second black female screenwriter in 85 years of Oscar history to do so. You have to yawn all the way back to 1972 to find the one and only co-writer of Lady Sings the Blues, Suzanne De Passe nominated alongside...
Writer’s Panel Podcast By Jackson Truax The first full week of February typically marks the Oscar-nominees luncheon, and the plethora of events that follow suit, many of which are hoping to capitalize on the sudden influx of nominees from all over the world touching down in Los Angeles. One of the events that has become a tradition of this week is Jeff Goldsmith’s...
True Blood star Anna Paquin talks about her role in Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret Anna Paquin burst onto the movie scene in 1993 at age 11 when she won an Oscar for her performance in Jane Campion’s The Piano. Her filmmography since then has encompassed everything from indies to blockbusters and has featured films from a long list of great directors including...
We have a master list of 265 screenplays eligible for Oscar consideration. We need to separate the Adapted from the Originals so that Rob can finish constructing the simulated Oscar ballot . It’s a monster project, so can I enlist your help? I’ve made a really rough stab at dividing them up, but I’m sure the two lists I’ve drafted are riddled...