Academy Awards

Review and Ranking of the 2012 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

Curious which Oscar-nominated animated short film will win the Academy Award on February 26? Well, I'm no prognosticator and I honestly don't really care which little-known filmmaker takes home the golden statue. But I am happy the Oscars exist and have the animated short category because it...

Clooney vs. Dujardin: Can Subtlety Ever Win The Best Actor Oscar?

The Oscar for best Actor doesn't usually reward subtlety. Look at the past two years: Colin Firth won last time around for his stuttery role in The King’s Speech, while the year before his infinitely more nuanced and better performance in A Single Man lost to Jeff Bridges’ roaring dr...

Brad Pitt Reveals Oscar Plan On The Daily Show

Brad Pitt knows he doesn’t have much of a chance to win the Oscar this year. He actually says so during this campaign stop on The Daily Show last night.

Glenn Close and Janet McTeer In Their Oscar-Nominated Albert Nobbs

Why Is Oscar Blue

From the indefatigable Jan Lisa Huttner who writes the Hot Pink Pen. Make sure to check out her Oscar Impact Chart.

2012 Oscar Nominee Discussions

First, obligatorily, we don't care about the Oscars. Second, we really haven't seen or at least haven't written about enough of the Oscar nominees this year. Part of the reason is that a lot of the films of last year weren't that interesting, discussion-wise. Even films that were bei...

Agnieszka Holland is the Only Remaining Female Director with a Shot at the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar

We all know that only one woman -- Kathryn Bigelow (and it has been a long time since we uttered her name) -- has won the best director honors.  But there have been other women acknowledged for their films in the best foreign language category.  Marleen Gorris won for Antonia's Line.&n...

From The Apocalypse to Twitter: Top Four Things To Watch For At The Golden Globes

We could stretch it to more than four, but let’s stay focused. All ears, of course, will be on Ricky Gervais, as we wonder what he can possibly do to top his hilarious, irreverent turn as host last year. The first five minutes should tell.

How Will the New Documentary Rules Affect Women Filmmakers?

When I read the NY Times story earlier this week about the proposed changes for films to qualify for a documentary Academy Award nomination, I wondered how these new rules would affect films by and about women.