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The State of the Race: DGA Fallout – And Yeah, David Fincher

It’s been a funny year for Oscar movies. The trial separation between critics and the industry has widened to a full blown divorce. The Artist and...

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The State of the Race — Rage Against the Machine

  Reviews, like the Oscars, like your own impressions, are moments in time captured.  Some of that enthusiasm or hatred will last a long time.  You...

The State of the Race — Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

Every year, hope springs eternal until the awards actually start being handed out. The disappointment of not seeing your favorite film remembered and awarded is probably the worst part of the year. And of course, the flipside, when you see a movie you loved honored what could be better. Last year when The Social Network swept the National Board of Review it was not only...

The State of the Race: First out of the Gate

The decision to move the New York Film Critics up to be announced before the National Board of Review was an interesting experiment. I don’t know...

The State of the Race – It isn’t the 1%, it’s the 9%

My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night But oh my foes, and oh my friends it gives a lovely light As we barrel towards the end of the...

The State of the Race: The Calm Before the Storm

As we contemplate where we’re going and where we’ve been it’s important to take note of how things stand right now. To my mind, there are three films that could win Best Picture if the Oscars were held today. So many movies have yet to open, some of them completely shrouded in mystery, others seem to be deliberately avoiding being screened here in Los...

The State of the Race: Climbing the tree and finding Best Picture, branch by branch

In the circle of gal pals we’re playfully calling Oscar’s Angels, I discuss with Anne, Thelma and Susan the Best Picture race.  Eventually,...

The State of the Race – And Then Toronto Happened

Usually the Oscar race feels a bend in the road right about now, with Toronto making or breaking several titles.  There is always the hope that a film...

The State of the Race: Oscar Season Starts, Beware the Insta-Pundit

September is here at last.  Two festivals are about to decide the fates of several films in the running for Oscar.  In Venice, judgment calls have already...

The State of the Race: Can't Stop What's Coming

Summer is almost over.  Once August ticks over into September it’s all hands on deck.  The Oscar winning Best Picture will be something that’s been released from September through December.  There has been nothing released so far this year that can win.  Before we look at the winner, though, we have to look at the potential nominees.  Any Oscar watcher...