National Society of Film Critics Names ‘Goodbye to Language’ Best Film of 2014
The National Society of Film Critics, one of the last major critics groups to announce their best of 2014 has revealed Jean-Luc Godard’s Cannes winner... Read More
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American Sniper Shoots Down Selma in ACE Eddie Nominations
Now that the haze of champagne has worn off, it’s time to get back to business. It’s guilds time! Kicking off the industry’s parade of... Read More
2015 Oscars: The Imitation Game, Foxcatcher and Selma – How Controversy Becomes Campaigning
It happens almost every year at this time. No, not post-Christmas malaise or New Year’s celebrations but emergence of controversies about Oscar films based on... Read More
2015 Oscars: Are You a Hat or a Shoe? The Race for the 5th Spot
It seems like it happens almost every year; the main precursors announce their nominations in the acting categories and we can see the future of... Read More
REVIEW: ‘The Comeback’ Season 2 Finale
If you didn’t keep up with The Comeback’s unlikely second season, you missed some of the most compelling television of the year. If The Comeback... Read More
REVIEW: ‘Into the Woods’
Stephen Sondheim’s musical treatment of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales has been all but canonized by lovers of “highbrow” musical theatre. As such, the selection... Read More
Critics roundup, part 6: The Stragglers
The year draws to an end, and so does our series on the lower rung critics organizations, with Florida, Las Vegas, and Nevada weighing in... Read More
2015 Oscars Poll: Which Five Foreign Language Film Finalists Will Be Oscar Nominated?
The finalists for the Foreign Language Film Oscar are in and not without some surprising inclusions (the Golden Globe-nominated Tangerines from Estonia) and some shocking... Read More
2015 Oscars: 9 Finalists for Foreign Language Film Oscar – ‘Mommy’ and ‘Two Days, One Night’ Snubbed
2015 Oscars: 9 Finalists for Foreign Language Film Oscar – ‘Mommy’ and ‘Two Days, One Night’ Snubbed
The voting committee for the Foreign Language Film Oscar have voted and nine films will compete for a nomination at the 87th Academy Awards. On... Read More
Critics roundup, part 5: Because Phoenix really needs two awards
We’re nearing the end of this series, we think. How many critics organizations can be left, right? Well, they are starting to throw us curveballs... Read More
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