Here are the results of last week’s poll. The White Ribbon A Single Man The Last Station Sherlock Holmes The Secret of Kells The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The White Ribbon wins and goes into my queue.
The Academy’s second announcement regarding eligible features this year comes for the Documentary Short Subject category. In 2013, the list arrived on Dec. 10. This time, it’s Dec. 20, ten days later. With the Foreign Language Film list only two days behind, it’s hard to extrapolate why this is the case. Based on past years,…
A record 83 countries submitted films this year. The announcement was made earlier this month and I updated the 87th Oscars page, but forgot to post an actual article. Here it is without commentary.
Born December 24, 1906 in Upper Silesia, Germany, now Slaskie, Poland, Franz Wachsmann, later Waxman, pursued his dream of a career in music despite his family’s misgivings, supplementing his piano, harmony and composition lessons with his salary as a bank teller. The young composer found a job arranging music for a popular Berlin jazz band…
Halloween weekend demands a horror film at the top of the box office and that’s precisely what we’re probably going to get. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Surprisingly, 23 Blast doesn’t look half bad, especially compared to the other two releases. On the specialty side, Laggies would probably be my choice. Peter J. Patrick: Where are…
The end of the year brings the most combative environment for films trying to become Oscar winners. The next four months will be an interesting proving round.
You can read more about this project in the article at this link. Below is our fourteenth poll, covering Best Film Editing. As a refresher, here is where we obtain the titles/performances will be included in the polls that will be conducted: Four-Source Categories: Two-Source Categories: The actual Oscar nominees in the selected category. The…
Here are some highlights of the recent releases to the Warner Archive Collection. DVD’s and Blu-rays are manufactured on demand. They also have a streaming service. Before you visit Warner Archive to check out their selection, check out the selections below an a few of my thoughts.
New This Week One of the nicest surprises of the last TV season was the miniseries Fargo, based on, but different from the 1996 film of the same name, produced by, but not directed by, the Coen Brothers. The protagonist here is Billy Bob Thornton as a malevolent killer, and he’s as good as you…
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