This is not a Film is not just a documentary; it’s a microcosm of what we consider “film” and how we allocate awards.

 

 

Here’s a look at the tightest race this awards season.

 

 

A lot has been made about the Academy’s snub of Ben Affleck’s direction of Argo, despite wide acclaim for the movie. The subsequent criticism of the Academy is certainly warranted, particularly if you want to focus on the fact that Affleck provided a movie that is essentially about a half-dozen people getting on an airplane and dealing […]

 

 

A little haiku for movie-loving public and some of it rhymes.

 

 

It’s Oscar season! Let the conjecturing begin!

 

 

How prophetic are the DGA announcements this year?

 

 

Academy Award nominations come out tomorrow. Who might surprise us? Who shouldn’t?

 

 

MGM’s recent announcement that Carrie, a remake of Brian De Palma’s 1976 film of the same name, will be moved to October is a bit difficult to read – much like the remake itself. On the one hand, this newest version (another one, starring no one in particular, was made for television in 2002) might be decent […]

 

 

Masterful, suspenseful, simple, satirical.

 

 

The Big Homie saw Argo. He said it was really intense.