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Getting Our Piece of the Pi…for Real

I've been fairly silent on the VFX situation amid all the hubbub lately and I think I'm going to catch a lot of heat for this post. But I have to say it like I see it. I'm not happy … more »

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Nice Shoes Colorist Chris Ryan on “Asad”

For writer/director Bryan Buckley, it was time to do something different. A commercial director and co-founder of the production company Hungry Man, Buckley has put Martin Scorsese and Suri together in the back of cab for Apple, Ellen DeGeneres together … more »

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Lincoln Leads Oscar Field with 12 Nominations

This is not a hugely surprising year for Oscar nominations, with the plaudits falling into place more or less as pundits had predicted. The biggest snubs took place in the Best Director category, which left Zero Dark Thirty's Kathryn Bigelow … more »

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Academy Announces Sci-Tech Award Winners

Visual effects technology, camera support and power systems, and cinema lenses have all been singled out for kudos by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The various tools and techniques will be honored at the annual Scientific and … more »

DGA Announces Nominees, Ushers Fincher into Oscar Race

Now this is a surprise: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher has vaulted past Steven Spielberg in the eyes of the Directors Guild of America. Spielberg’s family-friendly World War I melodrama War Horse is widely expected to … more »

Producers Guild Award Nominees Don’t Change Much in the Oscar Race

Kicking off the new year, awards-season style, the Producers Guild of America weighed in on 2011 films today, announcing the nominees for its Producer of the Year awards. Far from shaking things up, the PGA’s decisions mostly reflect the industry … more »

Golden Globes Sound Off for The Artist

The Artist led the field with six Golden Globes nominations this morning, cementing its status as the front-runner for eventual Oscar honors. The status of the Globes as precursors to the Academy Awards is questionable — the tastes of the … more »

NY Critics Honor The Artist, Anointing an Oscars Front-Runner

Everything old is new again, it seems. The Artist, a black-and-white valentine to old Hollywood shot in the Academy ratio and (mostly) without sync sound by French writer-director-editor Michel Hazanavicius (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies), just won the best-film-of-2011 … more »

The Oscars That Got Away

As the Motion Picture Academy walks back its decision, just two years ago, to expand the field of Best Picture nominees to an even 10, it’s interesting to recall some of the other changes that were made, or almost made, … more »

Oscar Season Kicks Off with NBR Nods for Social Network

If you follow the ins and outs of the Academy Awards every year, you know that Oscar campaigns and prognostications really kick into high gear once an organization called the National Board of Review doles out best-of-year kudos. Who’s the … more »