Beyond the Screen: Affleck Thanks the Academy…sort of
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…
Django Unchained and the Dilemma of Distance (in Six Parts)
Just in case you haven’t read enough critiques of Tarantino’s seventh film. Here’s one more.
Beyond the Screen: The Razzie’s Irrelevance Among Bad Movies
The Razzie Award nominees were announced on January 8th, but does anyone really care about a group that selects the most clearly awful films that…
Best Picture Haiku 2013
A little haiku
for movie-loving public
and some of it rhymes.
Oscar Nominees 2013 — Snubs, Surprises, and Criticism
It’s Oscar season! Let the conjecturing begin!
Beyond the Screen: DGA Nominations — How Good is the Barometer?
How prophetic are the DGA announcements this year?
Six Potentially Surprising Nominations that Would be Well-Deserved
Academy Award nominations come out tomorrow. Who might surprise us? Who shouldn’t?
Beyond the Screen: The Manhunt for Zero Dark Thirty’s Sources
The fervor over Zero Dark Thirty, the allegations that it condones torture, and its alleged factual inconsistencies have seemingly come to a head. According to…
Hope Springs — When the Romance is Ending
Hope Springs offers a tense, unflinching look at the waning years of a marriage.
Sign of the Apocalypse: Rampant Amnesia Sparks Horror-Film Success
Texas Chainsaw 3D takes over the box office. Here’s our thoughts as to why.