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February 25, 2012
Oscar Comes To Grand Central
I'm going to be honest. I have a certain affinity for the Oscars, despite all of the oft-mentioned problems with the event (too long, too off-base with the films it honors). My frequent go-to procrastination technique involves searching for clips from old ceremonies on YouTube. (Billy Crystal as Gol ... More >>
Film
February 22, 2012
Hollywood's Happy Ending: Why the Academy Has to Love The Artist
I'm going to be honest. I have a certain affinity for the Oscars, despite all of the oft-mentioned problems with the event (too long, too off-base with the films it honors). My frequent go-to procrastination technique involves searching for clips from old ceremonies on YouTube. (Billy Crystal as Gol ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
There Are Only Two Nominees For Best Original Song At This Year's Oscars
A few years back the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences switched up the rules for Best Original Song, making the hurdles a track had to clear in order to get nominated a little more difficult and introducing the possibility that no songs at all would be nominated during a particular year. ( ... More >>
Film
October 12, 2011
To Save and Project Fest: Long Live Cinema!
For a month at MOMA, digital is not the savior of cinema
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April 25, 2011
Marlon Brando's Stink-Bomb at the 1973 Oscars
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 5, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 14 films in focus by Andrew Sarris OSCAR WILES (IX): In all the years I have been covering Oscar orgies for The Village Voice, I have never known a single incident to dominate with such paralyzing irrele ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Charlie Chaplin Classes Up the 1972 Oscars Ceremony
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 16 films in focus By Andrew Sarris The 44th annual festivities of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began with a whimper and ended with a bang, demonstrating that, among other things, Oscar ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Bob Hope, John Wayne, Cary Grant -- the 1970 Oscars
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 16, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 16 Films in Focus by Andrew Sarris OSCAR GOES TO COLLEGE: You could hardly recognize Oscar this year at the celebration of his 42nd birthday. After years of flaunting his nouveau riche vulgarity and grade s ... More >>
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February 2, 2010
Which Best Picture Oscar Nominees Wouldn't Have Made It Under the Old Rules?
10! 10! 10! What happens when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences radically shakes things up, nominating not five but TEN films for best picture? A Sandra Bullock movie makes the list. So: Which five of the ten are the real nominees, and which are just padding? Let's make an u ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
We See Invictus, The Lovely Bones, and A Single Man So You Don't Have To
Is there an Oscar at the bottom of that scrum? Oh no, there isn't.Have you heard? It's Oscar Season! That couple of weeks at the end of the year when the studios put away all their horror and Gerard Butler films and instead release The Good Movies. And one after another, the good movies thi ... More >>
Film
November 24, 2009
Viggo Mortensen's The Road Takes Path of Least Resistance
Is there an Oscar at the bottom of that scrum? Oh no, there isn't.Have you heard? It's Oscar Season! That couple of weeks at the end of the year when the studios put away all their horror and Gerard Butler films and instead release The Good Movies. And one after another, the good movies thi ... More >>
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December 16, 2008
A Plea For Hugh Jackman To Put His Oscars Tuxedo To Good Use
Is there an Oscar at the bottom of that scrum? Oh no, there isn't.Have you heard? It's Oscar Season! That couple of weeks at the end of the year when the studios put away all their horror and Gerard Butler films and instead release The Good Movies. And one after another, the good movies thi ... More >>
Film
December 10, 2008
Winslet and Fiennes' The Reader Takes the Long and (Oscar-)Worthy Road to Redemption
Is there an Oscar at the bottom of that scrum? Oh no, there isn't.Have you heard? It's Oscar Season! That couple of weeks at the end of the year when the studios put away all their horror and Gerard Butler films and instead release The Good Movies. And one after another, the good movies thi ... More >>
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October 9, 2008
Angelina Jolie Is Terrible in Clint Eastwood's Changeling
Is there an Oscar at the bottom of that scrum? Oh no, there isn't.Have you heard? It's Oscar Season! That couple of weeks at the end of the year when the studios put away all their horror and Gerard Butler films and instead release The Good Movies. And one after another, the good movies thi ... More >>
Film
February 28, 2006
Paradise Now
The heart of The New World: Feverish fans turn a box office bust into a cult film
Film
February 15, 2005
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The heart of The New World: Feverish fans turn a box office bust into a cult film
Film
January 21, 2003
Stateless Cinema
Palestinian Film and Oscar Eligibility

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Blogs

Oscar Comes To Grand Central

Film

Hollywood's Happy Ending: Why the Academy Has to Love The Artist

Blogs

There Are Only Two Nominees For Best Original Song At This Year's Oscars

Film

To Save and Project Fest: Long Live Cinema!

Blogs

Marlon Brando's Stink-Bomb at the 1973 Oscars

Blogs

Charlie Chaplin Classes Up the 1972 Oscars Ceremony

Blogs

Bob Hope, John Wayne, Cary Grant -- the 1970 Oscars

Blogs

Which Best Picture Oscar Nominees Wouldn't Have Made It Under the Old Rules?

Blogs

We See Invictus, The Lovely Bones, and A Single Man So You Don't Have To

Film

Viggo Mortensen's The Road Takes Path of Least Resistance

Blogs

A Plea For Hugh Jackman To Put His Oscars Tuxedo To Good Use

Film

Winslet and Fiennes' The Reader Takes the Long and (Oscar-)Worthy Road to Redemption

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Angelina Jolie Is Terrible in Clint Eastwood's Changeling

Film

Paradise Now

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