Oscar Flashback

Our friends at Fandor have created a cool digital flip book detailing an "alternative history" of the Academy Awards. In...

LOS ANGELES, CA – A 20th anniversary screening of “The Shawshank Redemption”; restorations of Mary Pickford’s “Little Annie Rooney” and...

Considered the greatest film of all time Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo was not taken very seriously at all when it...

Apple Beats has made and released a documentary Do the Right Thing 25 Anniversary: A Beats Music Experience which ends...

My Facebook friend (#humblebrag) and one of my favorite film directors Rod Lurie recently posted the following status update: [Redacted,...

There are just a few years that will always be remembered in Oscar history, either because one film so thoroughly...

Whenever a film comes along that seems "difficult" for Academy voters, but also one as highly praised as Steve McQueen's...

Now that Blue Jasmine has opened with the best premiere numbers of Woody Allen's career, the film will be seriously...

"Good day, Dr. Brewster. I said good day sir." Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie is easily one of the best performances...

Over at the Film Experience, Nat has written up an appreciation of George Lucas' American Graffiti.  That's his 4th of...

Leonardo DiCaprio is heading into his fifth collaboration with Martin Scorsese with The Wolf of Wall Street this November. He...

We Oscarwatchers put a lot of faith in the gatekeepers -- those bloggers and critics who see movies first, review...

File this one under "truth is stranger than fiction."  You hear rumors throughout the years about famous people on movie...

I don't think any actors have ever captured it better than Gwyneth Paltrow and Joe Fiennes.

Ah, the good old days when the Oscars were still a mystery. Siskel gets Best Actor right. Part two after...

This was posted on Facebook from a group called Memories are Made of This.  There are good Oscar Best Picture...

Something has happened to Academy voters. Is it really true that they've all just aged out to the point where...

Right now, Scott Feinberg over at Hollywood Reporter, has Lincoln winning four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and...

We as Oscar pundits invest so much of our time into the Oscar race, nearly a whole year, that the...

All props to In Contention's astute Oscar pundit (I'm sure he'll hate that description) Kris Tapley  for pointing out that...