In the circle of gal pals we're playfully calling Oscar's Angels, I discuss with Anne, Thelma and Susan the Best...
Read moreCharlie Kaufman's takes quite a hefty slug to Oscar's pudgy middle in his script, Frank or Francis, on its way...
Read moreThe ongoing and ever-increasing fascination with the Oscar race has shifted the way movies are consumed, appreciated, written about and...
Read moreUsually the Oscar race feels a bend in the road right about now, with Toronto making or breaking several titles....
Read moreSeptember is here at last. Two festivals are about to decide the fates of several films in the running for...
Read moreSummer is almost over. Once August ticks over into September it's all hands on deck. The Oscar winning Best Picture...
Read moreIt is easy, as was recently done on Twitter, to dismiss Harry Potter's Best Picture chances. If the process was...
Read more2010's Oscar year proved that no amount of critics awards for a film can influence industry voters when it comes...
Read moreLast night's Oscars will be remembered for several reasons.  The first, there has never been a film that won the...
Read moreAs we close out Oscars 2010, with an an ending predicted but not yet determined, it's starting to feel a...
Read moreThere has never been an Oscar year on record that had such strong opposing forces at play - when the...
Read moreAs we head into the end of the final balloting phase, and we all start into our predictions, we all...
Read moreIt really did come to pass that the race came down to two movies. They sit on opposite sides of...
Read moreIt’s been a while since we could say there was an “Oscar movie,” but that old trope roared to life...
Read moreIn each of the five films nominated for Best Director by the Directors Guild yesterday, overcoming an obstacle to become...
Read moreIt's funny to think that a whole year's worth of films can boil down to just ten. There has been...
Read moreYesterday, Kris Tapley lamented on Twitter, "Most over-covered, over-considered Oscar season ever. Yes, I'm aware of the irony." Is it...
Read moreI often get asked the question if I think the Academy's demographics are changing, if the infusion of younger voters...
Read moreIt happened so fast. Some of us saw it coming, or thought we did. We had no way of knowing...
Read moreWhenever I hit the "like" button on Facebook, or one of the hundreds of sites I visit every day that...
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