Which new release will you catch this weekend?
Last week, this column took on the artistic and technical categories at this year's Academy Awards and complained that things looked mighty predictable. While that remains the case, this time around we'll ... Read More »
This profile of "The Social Network" composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross was originally published in late 2010. The duo have since gone on to garner an Oscar nomination for best original score. Read More »
Back in December, Anne Thompson caught up with Michelle Williams shortly following the announcement that she nabbed a Best Actress Spirit Awards nomination for her work in Derek Cianfrance's breakup drama ... Read More »
There's less than three weeks until Oscar; unfortunately, the home stretch doesn't seem to offer much suspense. True, there are a few genuine nail-biters in categories like best documentary feature, best ... Read More »
Since 2005, to the delight of awards-season junkies around the country, Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures have released the Oscar-nominated short films a few weeks shy of the ceremony. Launched ... Read More »
With the 83rd Annual Academy Awards coming later this month, we decided to take a two-part look back at some past nominees and winners in the Best Documentary Feature category for indieWIRE's curation ... Read More »
Why do we care about women's presence in the awards race? Specifically, why do we care so much about a woman getting nominated for best director? That is a great question raised in an very well-written ... Read More »
I was able to get in touch with Alix Madigan Yorkin, producer of Winter's Bone to get her reaction on her four nominations, including a best picture nod. Read More »
I held my breath this morning as the best picture nominations were read. It wasn't until I heard the 10th, the one that named Winter's Bone as a nominee that I was finally able to exhale. Read More »
Scratch almost any Oscar nominee and you'll find a Sundance film in their present ("Winter's Bone"! "Blue Valentine!") or their past ("Inception" director Christopher Nolan, "The Fighter" director David ... Read More »