Award season is in full swing, with basically three straight months of announcements from critic groups, guilds, boards, and yes, academies, underway.
Read More »Film Independent has announced that actor Andy Samberg will host the 28th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards. The 2013 Spirit Awards will be held February 23 in Santa Monica and broadcast later that day on IFC.
Read More »The 2012-13 awards season is fast approaching. Beginning in October with the Gotham Award nominations, over four months of ballot mailing, nomination announcements and award ceremonies are coming our way, culminating in the the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2013. Indiewire is keeping a ...
Read More »The 28th Film Independent's Spirit Awards nominations were announced yesterday in L.A., and while "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Bernie," "Middle of Nowhere" and "Moonrise Kingdom" landed expected nods, they were joined (or not joined) by quite a few unexpected developments.
Read More »We've barely had time to take a breath since the Gotham Awards were awarded last night, and already we're moving on, because their big cousin, the 28th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, revealed their nominations just a few minutes ago.
Read More »The 28th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced today in Los Angeles, with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" and David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" leading the pack with five nominations apiece.
Read More »Ever since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Benh Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild” has been a recurring theme in indie-film fans’ excited chatter about their favorite moviegoing experiences this year. As a result, the film has been charging toward awa...
Read More »With nominations announced Tuesday, the Spirits promise to be a surprising representation of the year in American independent film. But will this year’s event be much less Oscar-friendly than last year’s?
Read More »To paraphrase host Seth Rogen, there was this show on Saturday that you didn't watch and barely knew even existed, taking place in a tent for some fucking reason. It was the Spirit Awards, aka the Independent Spirit Awards as they used to call it (we posted the winners on Saturday) and if you wa...
Read More »The awards season train continues for "The Artist," and while in years past the Spirit Awards have tended to honor edgier or more decidedly independent fare, this year it looks like even they have the fever for the silent movie sensation. Taking home the big prizes for Best Picture, Best D...
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