The truth is something on the fringe is likely to win the Best Animated Short Oscar this year. "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" over "La Luna," "The Lost Thing" over &q...
Following the International Documentary Association's breaking of the champagne on the hull of this year's documentary race, the Cinema Eye Honors have announced their list of nominees. "The Imposter" and &q...
I've been so tied up in my own little world this week, toiling away, working on this and that, closed up in the apartment for the most part (typical when you're at your busiest in this line of work -- and this has pro...
The nominations for the 25th annual European Film Awards have been announced, and Michael Haneke's "Amour" led the way with six nominations.
This could be the start of an awards roll-out for "Amour&quo...
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Okay, well, I missed a few unseen contenders. I had a feeling I might since suddenly messages were being left on my phone from publicists pitching fringe hopefuls.
In addition to 16 of the Best Animated Feature Film ...
AFI Fest picked a fun and droll piece of work for its 2012 opener in Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock" last night. (Greg Ellwood's review here.) As you'll hear me mention in this evening's podcast (coming later du...
I haven't had a chance to really get out my thoughts on "Wreck-It Ralph" beyond those in the animated feature piece, but I'm kind of over the moon for it. It's Pixar-level storytelling out of ...
Alright, enough out of us about "Flight." You know I like it and you've heard what screenwriter John Gatins, co-star John Goodman and star Denzel Washington have to say. It's time to get your thoug...
When I sat down with "Flight" screenwriter John Gatins a few weeks back, he spoke about the release date of the film and how Robert Zemeckis's theory was that there are a lot of people out there who get t...
